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)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Himself • Previously: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Ted Lyle Simmons

Nicknames: Simba

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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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	STL		MON	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	STL		MON	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	STL		MON	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	STL	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 16	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	STL		NYM	L,7-14	CG	53	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	9	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,1-7	GS	25	4.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	STL		PIT	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	STL	@	NYM	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	STL	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
14	14	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	16	Apr 29	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
17	17	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 2	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	19	May 3	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	20	May 4	STL		CHC	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	21	May 5	STL		PHI	W,11-3	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	22	May 7	STL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
23	23	May 8	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	24	May 9	STL		SFG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
25	25	May 10	STL		SFG	W,9-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	26	May 11	STL		SFG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	27	May 12	STL		LAD	L,4-6	GS	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	28	May 13	STL		LAD	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	29	May 14	STL		LAD	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	30	May 16	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	31	May 17	STL	@	SFG	W,17-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	32	May 18	STL	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	33	May 19	STL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	37	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	34	May 20	STL	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	35	May 21	STL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
36	36	May 23	STL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	37	May 24	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	38	May 25	STL	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	39	May 26	STL		SDP	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
40	40	May 27	STL		SDP	W,7-1	GS	27	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
41	41	May 28	STL		SDP	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
42	42	May 30	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	43	May 31	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	45	Jun 2	STL		ATL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	46	Jun 3	STL		ATL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
47	48 (1)	Jun 6	STL	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	49	Jun 7	STL	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	50	Jun 8	STL	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	51	Jun 9	STL	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	52	Jun 11	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	53	Jun 12	STL	@	CIN	L,1-10	GS	38	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	54	Jun 13	STL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
54	55	Jun 14	STL		HOU	L,0-9	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	56	Jun 15	STL		HOU	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	57	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	47	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
57	58	Jun 17	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	59	Jun 18	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
59	60	Jun 19	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	61	Jun 20	STL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	62	Jun 21	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	63	Jun 22	STL		CHC	W,7-2	GS	25	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
63	64	Jun 23 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	66 (1)	Jun 24	STL	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	67	Jun 25	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	68	Jun 26	STL	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	70 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	71	Jun 28	STL	@	MON	W,3-2	GS	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
69	72	Jun 29	STL	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	73	Jun 30	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74	Jul 1	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	75	Jul 2	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	76	Jul 3	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
74	77	Jul 4	STL		MON	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
75	78	Jul 5 (1)	STL		MON	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
76	79	Jul 5 (2)	STL		MON	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
77	80	Jul 6	STL		MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
78	81	Jul 7	STL		SFG	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	82	Jul 8	STL		SFG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	83	Jul 9	STL		SFG	W,9-0	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
81	84	Jul 11	STL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
82	85	Jul 12	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
83	86	Jul 13	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	87	Jul 17	STL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
85	88	Jul 18	STL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	41	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
86	89	Jul 19	STL	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
87	90	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	35	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
88	92 (1)	Jul 21	STL	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
89	93	Jul 22	STL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
90	94	Jul 23	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	95	Jul 24	STL	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
92	96	Jul 25 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B C
93	97	Jul 25 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
94	98	Jul 26	STL		PHI	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
95	99	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
96	100	Jul 28	STL		NYM	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
97	101	Jul 29 (1)	STL		NYM	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	102	Jul 29 (2)	STL		NYM	L,6-11	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
99	103	Jul 30	STL		NYM	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	104	Jul 31	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	105	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
102	106	Aug 2	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
103	107	Aug 3 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
104	108	Aug 3 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
105	109	Aug 4	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	110	Aug 5	STL		PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
107	111	Aug 6	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	112	Aug 8	STL		SDP	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	113	Aug 9	STL		SDP	W,6-1	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
110	114	Aug 10	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
111	115	Aug 11	STL	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
112	116	Aug 12	STL	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
113	117	Aug 13	STL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	118	Aug 14	STL	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	120 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
116	121	Aug 16	STL	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	45	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	123 (1)	Aug 18	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
118	124	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
119	125	Aug 20	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
120	126	Aug 22	STL		ATL	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
121	127	Aug 23	STL		ATL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
122	128	Aug 24	STL		ATL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	129	Aug 25	STL		HOU	T,3-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
124	130	Aug 26 (1)	STL		HOU	W,10-9	CG	62	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
125	131	Aug 26 (2)	STL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
126	132	Aug 27	STL		HOU	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
127	134 (1)	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
128	135	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
129	136	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	137	Sep 1	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
131	138	Sep 2	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
132	139	Sep 3	STL		CHC	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
133	140	Sep 5	STL	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
134	141	Sep 6	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
135	142	Sep 7	STL	@	NYM	W,12-4	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
136	143	Sep 8	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
137	144	Sep 9	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
138	145	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
139	146	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	L,6-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
140	147	Sep 12	STL		NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
141	148	Sep 13	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
142	149	Sep 14	STL		NYM	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
143	150	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
144	151	Sep 16	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
145	152	Sep 17	STL		MON	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
146	153	Sep 18	STL		MON	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
147	154	Sep 19	STL	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
148	155	Sep 20	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
149	156	Sep 21	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
150	157	Sep 22 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,6-4	GF	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
151	158	Sep 22 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
152	159	Sep 23	STL	@	MON	L,0-7	GS	35	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
153	160	Sep 24	STL	@	MON	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
154	161	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
155	162	Sep 27	STL		PIT	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
156	163	Sep 28	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
							158gm		1325.0	818	64	15	897	5