Ted Simmons
Ted Lyle Simmons
Born: August 9, 1949
Highland Park, MI USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 3B, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 193
Career: 1968-1988
Draft: Round 1 (1967 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
School: Southfield HS (MI)
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020.
Minor League Statistics
Ted Simmons compiled a career batting average of .285 with 248 home runs and 1389 RBI in his 2456-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves. He began playing during the 1968 season and last took the field during the 1988 campaign. Simmons was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1968 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1970 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 324 | 284 | 29 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 37 | .243 | .333 | .317 | .650 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1971 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 133 | 563 | 510 | 64 | 155 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 50 | .304 | .347 | .424 | .771 | 216 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
1972 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 152 | 629 | 594 | 70 | 180 | 36 | 6 | 16 | 96 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 57 | .303 | .336 | .465 | .801 | 276 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
1973 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 161 | 690 | 619 | 62 | 192 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 91 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 47 | .310 | .370 | .438 | .808 | 271 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
1974 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 152 | 662 | 599 | 66 | 163 | 33 | 6 | 20 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 35 | .272 | .327 | .447 | .774 | 268 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
1975 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 157 | 649 | 581 | 80 | 193 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 100 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 35 | .332 | .396 | .491 | .887 | 285 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
1976 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 150 | 625 | 546 | 60 | 159 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 35 | .291 | .371 | .394 | .765 | 215 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
1977 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 150 | 601 | 516 | 82 | 164 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 95 | 2 | 6 | 79 | 37 | .318 | .408 | .500 | .908 | 258 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
1978 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 152 | 604 | 516 | 71 | 148 | 40 | 5 | 22 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 39 | .287 | .377 | .512 | .889 | 264 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
1979 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 123 | 521 | 448 | 68 | 127 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 34 | .283 | .369 | .507 | .875 | 227 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
1980 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 145 | 562 | 495 | 84 | 150 | 33 | 2 | 21 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 45 | .303 | .375 | .505 | .880 | 250 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
1981 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 100 | 413 | 380 | 45 | 82 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 32 | .216 | .262 | .376 | .638 | 143 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
1982 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 137 | 581 | 539 | 73 | 145 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 40 | .269 | .309 | .451 | .759 | 243 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
1983 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 153 | 650 | 600 | 76 | 185 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 108 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 51 | .308 | .351 | .448 | .799 | 269 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
1984 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 132 | 532 | 497 | 44 | 110 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 40 | .221 | .269 | .300 | .569 | 149 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
1985 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 143 | 592 | 528 | 60 | 144 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 32 | .273 | .342 | .402 | .743 | 212 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
1986 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 76 | 144 | 127 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .252 | .313 | .386 | .698 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
1987 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 73 | 200 | 177 | 20 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | .277 | .350 | .390 | .740 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
1988 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 78 | 123 | 107 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .196 | .293 | .308 | .601 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 2456 | 9685 | 8680 | 1074 | 2472 | 483 | 47 | 248 | 1389 | 21 | 33 | 855 | 694 | .285 | .348 | .437 | .785 | 3793 | 287 | 39 | 11 | 100 | 188 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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1968 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1969 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 4 | 3 | 28.0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 7.071 | 5.500 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
1970 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 79 | 74 | 691.0 | 466 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .990 | 6.551 | 6.367 | 15 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 39.3 |
1971 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 130 | 126 | 1145.0 | 747 | 52 | 9 | 11 | .989 | 6.280 | 6.146 | 18 | 0 | 42 | 31 | 42.5 |
1972 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 135 | 134 | 1194.0 | 842 | 78 | 8 | 6 | .991 | 6.935 | 6.815 | 15 | 0 | 83 | 39 | 32.0 |
1972 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 15 | 15 | 132.0 | 125 | 15 | 5 | 9 | .966 | 9.545 | 9.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 153 | 151 | 1352.7 | 888 | 74 | 13 | 13 | .987 | 6.401 | 6.288 | 25 | 0 | 64 | 50 | 43.9 |
1973 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 6 | 7 | 53.7 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 7.043 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1974 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 141 | 139 | 1252.3 | 717 | 82 | 11 | 13 | .986 | 5.742 | 5.667 | 14 | 0 | 99 | 49 | 33.1 |
1974 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 12 | 11 | 100.0 | 96 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .962 | 9.090 | 8.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 154 | 148 | 1292.0 | 803 | 62 | 15 | 5 | .983 | 6.026 | 5.617 | 28 | 0 | 96 | 33 | 25.6 |
1975 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.353 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.813 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 113 | 108 | 959.7 | 493 | 66 | 4 | 4 | .993 | 5.242 | 4.947 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 48 | 44.0 |
1976 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 30 | 26 | 231.0 | 219 | 21 | 3 | 21 | .988 | 9.351 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 7 | 7 | 56.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.768 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1.964 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1977 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 143 | 139 | 1226.7 | 683 | 75 | 10 | 5 | .987 | 5.561 | 5.301 | 8 | 0 | 97 | 54 | 35.8 |
1977 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1978 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 134 | 119 | 1065.7 | 670 | 88 | 9 | 6 | .988 | 6.402 | 5.657 | 8 | 0 | 125 | 65 | 34.2 |
1978 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 23 | 23 | 176.3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.684 | 1.435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1979 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 122 | 118 | 1052.3 | 606 | 69 | 10 | 10 | .985 | 5.773 | 5.533 | 14 | 0 | 98 | 40 | 29.0 |
1980 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 129 | 120 | 1066.0 | 520 | 71 | 9 | 12 | .985 | 4.990 | 4.581 | 9 | 0 | 116 | 53 | 31.4 |
1980 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 5 | 5 | 39.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.846 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1981 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | C | 75 | 72 | 633.7 | 300 | 37 | 7 | 3 | .980 | 4.786 | 4.493 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 27 | 36.5 |
1981 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 1B | 4 | 4 | 38.7 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 8.612 | 9.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1982 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | C | 121 | 120 | 1065.3 | 570 | 62 | 3 | 8 | .995 | 5.339 | 5.223 | 8 | 0 | 96 | 54 | 36.0 |
1983 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | C | 86 | 83 | 744.3 | 395 | 41 | 11 | 4 | .975 | 5.272 | 5.070 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 34 | 29.3 |
1984 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 1B | 37 | 37 | 336.3 | 346 | 27 | 2 | 35 | .995 | 9.981 | 1.081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1984 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 3B | 14 | 14 | 121.0 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .838 | 2.306 | 2.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1985 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 1B | 28 | 27 | 230.7 | 226 | 17 | 2 | 22 | .992 | 9.481 | 8.679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1985 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | C | 15 | 11 | 108.0 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 5.750 | 4.600 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 27.3 |
1985 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1986 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 14 | 11 | 102.3 | 124 | 10 | 5 | 13 | .964 | 11.785 | 9.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1986 | NL | Atlanta Braves | C | 10 | 6 | 59.7 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 6.788 | 4.500 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12.5 |
1986 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 3B | 9 | 1 | 27.7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.952 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1987 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 28 | 23 | 198.7 | 216 | 23 | 4 | 24 | .984 | 1.827 | 8.536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1987 | NL | Atlanta Braves | C | 15 | 14 | 125.0 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 5.328 | 4.933 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 23.8 |
1987 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 3B | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1988 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1B | 19 | 15 | 125.0 | 128 | 13 | 1 | 8 | .993 | 1.152 | 7.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1988 | NL | Atlanta Braves | C | 10 | 1 | 21.3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 5.484 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 2035 | 1925 | 17163.3 | 10544 | 1092 | 169 | 248 | .986 | 6.102 | 5.718 | 182 | 3 | 1188 | 611 | 34.0 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1981 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | AEDIV | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .444 | .744 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | ALCS | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1982 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | WS | 7 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .174 | .321 | .435 | .756 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Totals | 17 | 68 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .186 | .279 | .356 | .635 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1981 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | AEDIV | C | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 5.114 | 5.000 |
1982 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | ALCS | C | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.163 | 7.800 |
1982 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 58.0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 4.655 | 4.286 |
Totals | 17 | 17 | 145.0 | 87 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 5.834 | 5.529 |
Awards
1977 - NL TSN All-Star C
1978 - NL TSN All-Star C
1979 - NL TSN All-Star C
1980 - NL Silver Slugger C
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