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Ted Simmons was born on Tuesday, August 9, 1949, in Highland Park, Michigan. Simmons was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 21, 1968, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ted Simmons baseball stats page.

"The ball jumps off the bat and you're running to first, drifting outside the line to start you on your way to second. The ultimate pleasure in baseball is that abstract moment when everything comes together and flows naturally." - Ted Simmons

Birth Name:	Ted Lyle Simmons
Nickname:	Simba
Born On:	08-09-1949 (Leo)
Born In:	Highland Park, Michigan
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Southfield High School (Southfield, MI)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Both	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00	Weight:	200
First Game:	09-21-1968 (Age 19)
Last Game:	10-02-1988
Draft:	1967 : 1st Round (10th) / Signing Bonus = $50,000

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Ted Simmons Ted Simmons Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1968	19	Cardinals	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333
1969	20	Cardinals	5	14	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.214	.250	.357
1970	21	Cardinals	82	284	29	69	8	2	3	0	24	37	5	37	0	1	2	5	.243	.333	.317
1971	22	Cardinals	133	510	64	155	32	4	7	0	77	36	3	50	4	10	3	20	.304	.347	.424
1972	23	Cardinals	152	594	70	180	36	6	16	2	96	29	8	57	1	3	2	18	.303	.336	.465
1973	24	Cardinals	161	619	62	192	36	2	13	0	91	61	15	47	1	7	2	29	.310	.370	.438
1974	25	Cardinals	152	599	66	163	33	6	20	1	103	47	8	35	1	9	6	22	.272	.327	.447
1975	26	Cardinals	157	581	80	193	32	3	18	2	100	63	16	35	0	4	1	20	.332	.396	.491
1976	27	Cardinals	150	546	60	159	35	3	5	0	75	73	19	35	0	6	0	9	.291	.371	.394
1977	28	Cardinals	150	516	82	164	25	3	21	0	95	79	25	37	0	4	2	20	.318	.408	.500
1978	29	Cardinals	152	516	71	148	40	5	22	0	80	77	17	39	0	8	3	19	.287	.377	.512
1979	30	Cardinals	123	448	68	127	22	0	26	1	87	61	22	34	0	8	4	10	.283	.369	.507
1980	31	Cardinals	145	495	84	150	33	2	21	1	98	59	13	45	0	6	2	13	.303	.375	.505
1981	32	Brewers	100	380	45	82	13	3	14	0	61	23	2	32	1	6	3	10	.216	.262	.376
1982	33	Brewers	137	539	73	145	29	0	23	0	97	32	5	40	1	7	2	20	.269	.309	.451
1983	34	Brewers	153	600	76	185	39	3	13	0	108	41	6	51	0	7	2	23	.308	.351	.448
1984	35	Brewers	132	497	44	110	23	2	4	0	52	30	3	40	1	1	3	23	.221	.269	.300
1985	36	Brewers	143	528	60	144	28	2	12	1	76	57	9	32	1	5	1	17	.273	.342	.402
1986	37	Braves	76	127	14	32	5	0	4	1	25	12	5	14	0	4	1	1	.252	.313	.386
1987	38	Braves	73	177	20	49	8	0	4	0	30	21	5	23	0	2	0	4	.277	.350	.390
1988	39	Braves	78	107	6	21	6	0	2	0	11	15	2	9	0	1	0	4	.196	.293	.308
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
21 Years			2,456	8,680	1,074	2,472	483	47	248	9	1,389	855	188	694	11	100	39	287	.285	.348	.437

Ted Simmons Ted Simmons Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1968 Cardinals	C	2	1	30	4	2.0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
1969 Cardinals	C	4	3	84	23	5.8	22	22	0	1	0	0	2	0	.957	7.07
1970 Cardinals	C	79	74	2,073	508	6.4	503	466	37	5	2	15	37	24	.990	6.55
1971 Cardinals	C	130	126	3,435	808	6.2	799	747	52	9	11	18	42	31	.989	6.28
1972 Cardinals	1B	15	15	396	145	9.7	140	125	15	5	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	9.55
1972 Cardinals	C	135	134	387	928	6.9	920	842	78	8	6	15	60	15	.991	64.19
1973 Cardinals	1B	6	7	159	43	7.2	42	38	4	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	7.13
1973 Cardinals	C	153	151	444	975	6.4	962	888	74	13	13	25	0	25	.987	58.50
1973 Cardinals	RF	2	2	54	6	3.0	6	6	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
1974 Cardinals	1B	12	11	300	105	8.8	101	96	5	4	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	9.09
1974 Cardinals	C	141	139	3,757	810	5.7	799	717	82	11	13	14	99	49	.986	5.74
1975 Cardinals	1B	2	2	51	12	6.0	12	10	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.35
1975 Cardinals	C	154	148	396	880	5.7	865	803	62	15	5	28	0	28	.983	58.98
1975 Cardinals	LF	2	2	48	5	2.5	5	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.81
1976 Cardinals	1B	30	26	693	243	8.1	240	219	21	3	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	9.35
1976 Cardinals	3B	2	2	54	7	3.5	4	3	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.571	2.00
1976 Cardinals	C	113	108	2,879	563	5.0	559	493	66	4	4	9	61	48	.993	5.24
1976 Cardinals	LF	7	7	168	12	1.7	12	12	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.93
1977 Cardinals	C	143	139	3,680	768	5.4	758	683	75	10	5	8	97	54	.987	5.56
1977 Cardinals	RF	1	1	15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1978 Cardinals	C	134	119	3,197	767	5.7	758	670	88	9	6	8	12	5	.988	6.40
1978 Cardinals	LF	23	23	528	33	1.4	32	32	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	1.64
1979 Cardinals	C	122	118	3,157	685	5.6	675	606	69	10	10	14	98	40	.985	5.77
1980 Cardinals	C	129	120	3,198	600	4.7	591	520	71	9	12	9	116	53	.985	4.99
1980 Cardinals	LF	5	5	117	9	1.8	8	8	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.85
1981 Brewers	1B	4	4	114	38	9.5	37	33	4	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	8.76
1981 Brewers	C	75	72	1,901	344	4.6	337	300	37	7	3	4	47	27	.980	4.79
1982 Brewers	C	121	120	3,196	635	5.2	632	570	62	3	8	8	96	54	.995	5.34
1983 Brewers	C	86	83	2,233	447	5.2	436	395	41	11	4	2	82	34	.975	5.27
1984 Brewers	1B	37	37	1,008	375	10.1	373	346	27	2	35	n/a	n/a	n/a	.995	9.99
1984 Brewers	3B	14	14	363	37	2.6	31	6	25	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.838	2.31
1985 Brewers	1B	28	27	690	245	8.8	243	226	17	2	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	.992	9.51
1985 Brewers	3B	2	2	54	5	2.5	5	0	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.50
1985 Brewers	C	15	11	324	70	4.7	69	65	4	1	1	1	8	3	.986	5.75
1986 Braves	1B	14	11	306	139	9.9	134	124	10	5	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	11.82
1986 Braves	3B	9	1	81	6	0.7	6	3	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00
1986 Braves	C	10	6	179	46	4.6	45	40	5	1	0	2	14	2	.978	6.79
1987 Braves	1B	28	23	594	243	8.7	239	216	23	4	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	10.86
1987 Braves	3B	2	1	30	4	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.60
1987 Braves	C	15	14	375	75	5.0	74	64	10	1	1	2	16	5	.987	5.33
1988 Braves	1B	19	15	375	142	7.5	141	128	13	1	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.993	10.15
1988 Braves	C	10	1	64	15	1.5	13	12	1	2	0	0	5	0	.867	5.48
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
C Totals		1,771	1,687	34,989	9,951	5.6	9,821	8,906	915	130	104	182	892	497	.987	7.58
1B Totals		195	178	4,686	1,730	8.9	1,702	1,561	141	28	142	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	9.81
LF Totals		37	37	861	59	1.6	57	57	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	1.79
3B Totals		29	20	582	59	2.0	50	14	36	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.847	2.32
RF Totals		3	3	69	6	2.0	6	6	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.35
21 Years		2,035	1,925	41,187	11,805	5.8	11,636	10,544	1,092	169	248	182	892	497	.986	7.63

Ted Simmons Ted Simmons Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1968 Cardinals	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.0	0.0	-	-	-
1969 Cardinals	0	0	.000	2	0	n/a	0.0	14.0	4.7	-	-	-
1970 Cardinals	2	2	.500	5	0	n/a	94.7	7.7	11.8	-	-	-
1971 Cardinals	1	3	.250	7	0	n/a	72.9	10.2	6.6	-	-	-
1972 Cardinals	1	3	.250	2	0	n/a	37.1	10.4	6.2	-	-	-
1973 Cardinals	2	2	.500	1	0	n/a	47.6	13.2	6.8	-	-	-
1974 Cardinals	0	0	.000	2	0	n/a	30.0	17.1	5.8	-	-	-
1975 Cardinals	1	3	.250	5	0	n/a	32.3	16.6	5.8	-	-	-
1976 Cardinals	0	7	.000	7	0	n/a	109.2	15.6	7.3	-	-	-
1977 Cardinals	2	6	.250	9	0	n/a	24.6	13.9	5.4	-	-	-
1978 Cardinals	1	1	.500	10	0	n/a	23.5	13.2	6.5	-	-	-
1979 Cardinals	0	1	.000	4	0	n/a	17.2	13.2	5.1	-	-	-
1980 Cardinals	1	0	1.000	19	0	n/a	23.6	11.0	5.1	-	-	-
1981 Brewers	0	1	.000	3	0	22	27.1	11.9	6.2	-	-	-
1982 Brewers	0	0	.000	2	0	15	23.4	13.5	5.6	-	-	-
1983 Brewers	4	2	.667	4	0	66	46.2	11.8	5.6	-	-	-
1984 Brewers	3	0	1.000	6	0	77	124.3	12.4	9.6	-	-	-
1985 Brewers	1	1	.500	3	0	99	44.0	16.5	6.9	-	-	-
1986 Braves	1	0	1.000	54	0	n/a	31.8	9.1	5.1	-	-	-
1987 Braves	1	1	.500	34	0	n/a	44.3	7.7	5.9	-	-	-
1988 Braves	0	0	.000	54	0	n/a	53.5	11.9	9.7	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
21 Years	21	33	.389	233	0	279	35.0	12.5	6.2	-	-	-

Ted Simmons Ted Simmons Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1968 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	-	-
1969 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	-	-
1970 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	-	-
1971 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	-	-
1972 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	Stats	-
1973 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	Stats	-
1974 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	Stats	-
1975 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	-	-
1976 St. Louis Cardinals	23	$191,000.00	-	-
1977 St. Louis Cardinals	23	$216,000.00	Stats	-
1978 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	Stats	-
1979 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	Stats	-
1980 St. Louis Cardinals	23	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Milwaukee Brewers	23	Undetermined	Stats	-
1982 Milwaukee Brewers	23	Undetermined	-	Stats
1983 Milwaukee Brewers	23	Undetermined	Stats	-
1984 Milwaukee Brewers	23	Undetermined	-	-
1985 Milwaukee Brewers	23	$1,000,000.00	-	-
1986 Atlanta Braves	23	$1,000,000.00	-	-
1987 Atlanta Braves	23	$500,000.00	-	-
1988 Atlanta Braves	23	$470,000.00	-	-
Ted Simmons Stats by Baseball Almanac

Ted Lyle Simmons was a Major League Baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals (1968�1980), Milwaukee Brewers (1981�1985), and Atlanta Braves (1986�1988). When Simba, his nickname, made his big league debut on September 21, 1968, he became the first Southfield High School (Southfield, MI) graduate to play in the majors.

Ted Simmons Rookie Card | Baseball Almanac

Ted Simmons Rookie Card | 1971 Topps Baseball Card (#117 | Checklist)
Baseball Almanac Research Library

Did you know that Ted Simmons, who was only 19-years-old his rookie season, was the second youngest player in the National League in 1968? The youngest was born exactly one day after Simba! Who was it? [Answer]

.373: Did you know that Ted Simmons was hitting .373 (1.025 OPS) in the minors to start the 1970 season, got called-up on Memorial Day weekend, and the team moved All-Star third-baseman Dick Allen to first base, and their All-Star catcher — a future Hall of Fame manager — to third, making room for Simba at backstop. Who was the future hall of fame skipper they moved? [Answer]

1: Did you know that Ted Simmons finished the 1980 season with a .303 batting average, the highest in the National League by a catcher, earning him his first and only career Silver Slugger Award? What backstop finished second that year? [Answer]

2: Did you know that Ted Simmons was behind the plate during two no-hitter? The first, on August 14, 1971, was by Bob Gibson. The second, on April 16, 1978, was tossed by which twirler? [Answer]

3: Did you know that when Ted Simmons homered right-handed and left-handed in the same game on April 17, 1975 (a baseball feat he did twice more in his career), only one Cardinal had ever duplicated that switch-hitting feat before Simba? Who was it? [Answer]

23: Did you know that when the St. Louis Cardinals retired #23 for Ted Simmons on July 31, 2021, nine years had passed since the franchise recognized anyone in that manner? Who did they honor on May 11, 2012? [Answer]

25: Did you know that when Ted Simmons was intentionally walked twenty-five times in 1977, he set a still-standing Cardinals single season record for intentional bases on balls by a catcher? Do you know what backstop held the team record (19 IBB in 1967) before Simba? [Answer]

1,389: Did you know that when Ted Simmons retired, he had 1,389 career RBIs, the second most in baseball history by a catcher? Do you know what Hall of Fame backstop had more than Simba? [Answer]

2,472: Did you know that when Ted Simmons retired, he had 2,472 career hits, which was more than every other catcher in the National Baseball Hall of Fame at that time? Do you know what backstop exceeded Simba's hit total after he was inducted in 2017? [Answer]

Ted Simmons Hall of Fame Plaque | Baseball Almanac

Ted Simmons | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 2020 (HOF)

Ted Simmons was behind the plate in 1,769 games — 1,578 were complete games! He caught 122 shutouts, was an eight-time All-Star, batted above .300 seven times, hit twenty-or-more home runs six times, and drove in 90+ RBI nine times. Despite his incredible offensive numbers, only 5% of the Baseball Writers' Association of America voted for him on the 1994 Hall of Fame ballot, making him ineligible. In 2019, the Modern Baseball Era Committee elected Simba, and former executive Marvin Miller, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame!