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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	STL		PHI	T,2-2	CG	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 15	STL	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	13	2	0	15	1	C
11	11	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 20	STL		CIN	L,3-10	GS	36	6.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
13	13	Apr 21	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	15	Apr 23	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
16	16	Apr 24	STL	@	ATL	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	17	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	18	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	W,12-1	GS	14	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	19	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	20	Apr 30	STL		HOU	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	STL		HOU	W,7-6	GS	38	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	22	May 2	STL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	23	May 3	STL		HOU	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	24	May 4	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
25	25	May 5	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	26	May 6	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
27	27	May 8	STL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	28	May 9	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	29	May 10	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
30	30	May 11	STL		ATL	L,0-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
31	31	May 12	STL		ATL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	32	May 13	STL		ATL	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	33	May 15	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	34	May 16	STL		MON	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	36 (1)	May 19	STL	@	NYM	W,9-4	CG	51	12.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
36	37	May 20	STL	@	NYM	L,7-8	CG	47	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	38	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	39	May 22	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	31	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	40	May 23	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	41	May 27 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,3-8	GS	27	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	42	May 27 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	43	May 29	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	44	May 30	STL		NYM	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	45	May 31	STL		NYM	W,9-6	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	STL		LAD	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
46	48 (1)	Jun 3	STL		LAD	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
47	49	Jun 5	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	C
48	50	Jun 6	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	52 (1)	Jun 8	STL		SDP	L,7-8	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	53	Jun 9	STL		SDP	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
51	54	Jun 10	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
52	55	Jun 11	STL	@	LAD	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	56	Jun 12	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	GS	34	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	57	Jun 13	STL	@	LAD	L,8-9	GS	34	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
55	58	Jun 15	STL	@	SFG	L,6-9	CG	58	12.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
56	60 (1)	Jun 17	STL	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
57	61	Jun 18	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	62	Jun 19	STL	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	63	Jun 20	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
60	64	Jun 22	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	65	Jun 24	STL		NYM	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	93 (27)	Jul 24	STL		ATL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	94	Jul 25	STL		ATL	L,4-13	GS	41	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
64	95	Jul 26	STL		ATL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	96	Jul 27	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	97	Jul 28	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	98	Jul 29	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	99	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	101 (1)	Jul 31	STL	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	102	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	103	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
72	104	Aug 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
73	105	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	106	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	107	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	109 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
77	110	Aug 8	STL	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	111	Aug 9	STL	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	112	Aug 10 (1)	STL		CHC	W,13-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
80	114 (1)	Aug 11	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	115	Aug 12	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	116	Aug 13	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
83	117	Aug 14	STL		LAD	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	118	Aug 15	STL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
85	119	Aug 16	STL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	58	15.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
86	120	Aug 17	STL		SFG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	121	Aug 18	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	123 (1)	Aug 20	STL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
89	124	Aug 21	STL		SDP	L,2-3	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	125	Aug 22	STL		SDP	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	126	Aug 24	STL	@	LAD	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
92	127	Aug 25	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	128	Aug 26	STL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	129	Aug 28	STL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
95	130	Aug 29	STL	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
96	131	Aug 30	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	132	Aug 31	STL	@	SDP	W,8-7	CG	67	15.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	133	Sep 1	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
99	134	Sep 2	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	135	Sep 3	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	136	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	137	Sep 5	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	8	3	2	13	1	C
103	138	Sep 6	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
104	139	Sep 7	STL		MON	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
105	140	Sep 8	STL		MON	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
106	141	Sep 9	STL		MON	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
107	142	Sep 11	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
108	143	Sep 12	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
109	144	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	145	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
111	146	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
112	148 (1)	Sep 17	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	C
113	149	Sep 18	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
114	150	Sep 19 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
115	151	Sep 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
116	152	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	154 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
118	155	Sep 23	STL	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	37	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
119	156	Sep 24	STL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
120	157	Sep 25	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
121	159 (1)	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							122gm		1052.1	606	69	10	685	10