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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	STL	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	STL	@	PHI	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	STL		PIT	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 15	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
11	11	Apr 18	STL		NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	12	Apr 19	STL		NYM	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	8	4	0	12	0	C
13	13	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
14	14	Apr 23 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,7-14	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	15	Apr 23 susp	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
16	16	Apr 24	STL	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	17	Apr 25	STL	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
18	18	Apr 26	STL	@	MON	W,12-2	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	19	Apr 28	STL		LAD	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
20	20	Apr 29	STL		LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	21	Apr 30	STL		LAD	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	STL		SFG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	23	May 2	STL		SFG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	24	May 3	STL		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	25	May 5	STL		SDP	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
26	26	May 6	STL		SDP	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	27	May 7	STL		SDP	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	28	May 9	STL	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	29	May 10	STL	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
30	30	May 11	STL	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	31	May 12	STL	@	SFG	L,3-9	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	32	May 13	STL	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
33	33	May 14 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	47	11.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
34	34	May 14 (2)	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	10	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
35	35	May 15	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	54	13.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	36	May 16	STL	@	SDP	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
37	37	May 17	STL	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
38	38	May 19	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
39	39	May 20	STL	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	40	May 21	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	41	May 23	STL		MON	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
42	42	May 24	STL		MON	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	43	May 25	STL		MON	L,2-11	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	44	May 26	STL		CHC	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	45	May 27	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GS	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	46	May 28	STL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	24	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	47	May 29 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	48	May 29 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
49	49	May 30	STL	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	50	May 31	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 2	STL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	52	Jun 3 (1)	STL	@	HOU	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
53	53	Jun 3 (2)	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	54	Jun 4	STL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	55	Jun 5	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	56	Jun 6	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	57	Jun 7	STL		ATL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
58	59 (1)	Jun 9	STL		HOU	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
59	60	Jun 10	STL		HOU	L,5-12	GS	34	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	61	Jun 11	STL		HOU	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
61	62	Jun 12	STL	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	63	Jun 13	STL	@	ATL	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
63	64	Jun 14	STL	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	65	Jun 16	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
65	66	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF C
66	67	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
67	68	Jun 20	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
68	69	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	70	Jun 23	STL		MON	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	71	Jun 24	STL		MON	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	72	Jun 25	STL		MON	W,7-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	73	Jun 26	STL	@	PIT	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	74	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	75	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	76	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	43	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	77	Jun 30	STL	@	MON	W,2-1	GS	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	78	Jul 1	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	6	2	0	8	0	C
78	79	Jul 2 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	80	Jul 2 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	81	Jul 3	STL		CHC	L,2-6	GS	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF C
81	82	Jul 4	STL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
82	83	Jul 5	STL		CHC	L,1-5	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
83	84	Jul 6	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	85	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
85	86	Jul 8	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
86	87	Jul 9	STL		PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
87	88	Jul 13	STL		LAD	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	89	Jul 14	STL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
89	90	Jul 15	STL		LAD	L,1-2	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF C
90	91	Jul 16 (1)	STL		SFG	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	93 (1)	Jul 17	STL		SFG	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
92	94	Jul 18	STL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
93	95	Jul 19	STL		SDP	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	97 (1)	Jul 21	STL	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
95	98	Jul 22	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
96	99	Jul 23	STL	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
97	100	Jul 25	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	101	Jul 26	STL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	102	Jul 28	STL	@	SDP	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	103	Jul 29	STL	@	SDP	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	104	Jul 30	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	105	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
103	106	Aug 2	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
104	107	Aug 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
105	108	Aug 4	STL		NYM	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
106	111 (2)	Aug 7	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
107	112	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	114 (1)	Aug 9	STL		PHI	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
109	115	Aug 11	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	48	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
110	117 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
111	118	Aug 14	STL		HOU	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
112	120 (1)	Aug 16	STL		HOU	L,2-4	GS	32	7.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
113	121	Aug 17	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
114	122	Aug 18	STL		ATL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
115	124 (1)	Aug 20	STL		ATL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	125	Aug 21	STL	@	CIN	W,14-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	126	Aug 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	127	Aug 24	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
119	128	Aug 25	STL	@	ATL	W,11-10	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
120	129	Aug 26	STL	@	ATL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
121	131 (1)	Aug 29	STL	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
122	132	Aug 30	STL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	133	Aug 31	STL		CIN	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	134	Sep 1	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
125	135	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GF	24	5.0	7	2	0	9	0	PH C
126	136	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
127	137	Sep 4 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH C
128	138	Sep 4 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-10	GS	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
129	139	Sep 6	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	C
130	140	Sep 7	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	C
131	141	Sep 8 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
132	143 (1)	Sep 9	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
133	144	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
134	145	Sep 11	STL	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
135	146	Sep 12	STL	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
136	147	Sep 13	STL	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	148	Sep 14	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF C
138	149	Sep 15	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	48	12.0	7	1	0	8	0	LF C
139	150	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF C
140	151	Sep 17	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	32	6.1	3	0	1	4	0	LF
141	152	Sep 19	STL		NYM	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
142	153	Sep 20	STL		NYM	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
143	154	Sep 21	STL		NYM	W,6-2	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
144	155	Sep 22	STL		CHC	L,3-5	GS	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF C
145	156	Sep 23	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
146	157	Sep 24	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
147	159 (1)	Sep 26	STL	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
148	160	Sep 29	STL		MON	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
149	161	Sep 30	STL		MON	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							157gm		1242.1	702	88	10	800	6