Ted Simmons

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: August 9, 1949 in Highland Park, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (10th) of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southfield HS (Southfield, MI).

High School: Southfield HS (Southfield, MI)

Schools: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)

Debut: September 21, 1968 (Age 19-043d, 12,761st in major league history)
vs. LAD 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1988 (Age 39-054d)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2020. (Voted by Modern Baseball Era Committee on 13/16 ballots)
View Ted Simmons's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Himself • Previously: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Ted Lyle Simmons

Nicknames: Simba

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.4

8680

2472

248

.285

1074

RBI

1389

OBP

.348

SLG

.437

OPS

.785

OPS+

118

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	5	Apr 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	6	Apr 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	7	Apr 13	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 15	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	11 (1)	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	13 (1)	Apr 22	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	14	Apr 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	15	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
12	17 (1)	Apr 27	MIL		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	19 (1)	Apr 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	42	8.2	2	1	1	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	20	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	21	May 2	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	22	May 3	MIL	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
17	24 (1)	May 6	MIL		TEX	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
18	26 (1)	May 10	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	29 (2)	May 14	MIL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	31 (1)	May 16	MIL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
21	32	May 17	MIL		TOR	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
22	33	May 18	MIL		TOR	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
23	34	May 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	35	May 21	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	36	May 22	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
26	40 (3)	May 27	MIL		SEA	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	41	May 28	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	43 (1)	May 30	MIL		SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	45 (1)	Jun 1	MIL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	47 (1)	Jun 3	MIL		CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	48	Jun 4	MIL		CAL	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	52 (3)	Jun 8	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	57 (4)	Jun 13	MIL		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	58	Jun 15	MIL		BAL	L,8-11	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	61 (2)	Jun 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	62	Jun 19	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	63	Jun 20	MIL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	66 (2)	Jun 24	MIL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	67	Jun 25	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	74 (6)	Jul 3	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
41	75	Jul 4	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	79 (3)	Jul 11	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	62	14.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	80	Jul 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
44	87 (6)	Jul 18 (2)	MIL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	88	Jul 19	MIL		TEX	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH C
46	91 (2)	Jul 22	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
47	93 (1)	Jul 24	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	94	Jul 25	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-17	CG	46	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	95	Jul 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	4	2	0	6	0	C
50	99 (3)	Jul 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	100	Aug 1	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
52	102 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
53	104 (1)	Aug 4	MIL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
54	105	Aug 5	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	107 (1)	Aug 7	MIL		TOR	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
56	108	Aug 8 (1)	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
57	109	Aug 8 (2)	MIL	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	110	Aug 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	111	Aug 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	112	Aug 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	113	Aug 12	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	115 (1)	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	116	Aug 15	MIL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	117	Aug 16	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	118	Aug 17 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	125 (6)	Aug 24	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	54	14.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	127 (1)	Aug 26	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
68	129 (1)	Aug 28	MIL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	130	Aug 29	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
70	131	Aug 30	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	132	Aug 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	134 (1)	Sep 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	139 (4)	Sep 8	MIL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	140	Sep 9 (1)	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	142 (1)	Sep 10	MIL		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
76	144 (1)	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	145	Sep 13	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
78	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	148 (1)	Sep 17	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	C
80	150 (1)	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	52	10.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	151	Sep 20	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	152	Sep 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	155 (2)	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	158 (2)	Sep 28	MIL		CLE	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	159	Sep 29	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							86gm		744.1	395	41	11	447	4