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Ted Simmons
Full name Ted Lyle Simmons Born August 9, 1949, Highland Park, Michigan First Game: September 21, 1968 ; Final Game: October 2, 1988 Managed First Game: June 12, 2010 ; Managed Final Game: June 12, 2010 Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 193 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2020 Named catcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1977 to 1979) Named catcher on The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger Team (1980) Ejections as player: 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1977 (1), 1978 (2), 1979 (1), 1985 (1), 1986 (1). Total: 9 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1968 STL N Daily Splits 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 0.0 1968 STL N
1969 STL N Daily Splits 5 14 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .250 .357 -0.1 1969 STL N
1970 STL N Daily Splits 82 284 29 69 8 2 3 24 37 5 37 2 0 1 0 4 5 2 2 .243 .333 .317 -1.0 1970 STL N
1971 STL N Daily Splits 133 510 64 155 32 4 7 77 36 3 50 3 4 10 0 7 20 1 3 .304 .347 .424 1.0 1971 STL N
1972 STL N Daily Splits 152 594 70 180 36 6 16 96 29 8 57 2 1 3 0 8 18 1 3 .303 .336 .465 2.8 1972 STL N
1973 STL N Daily Splits 161 619 62 192 36 2 13 91 61 15 47 2 1 7 0 10 29 2 2 .310 .370 .438 4.1 1973 STL N
1974 STL N Daily Splits 152 599 66 163 33 6 20 103 47 8 35 6 1 9 0 12 22 0 0 .272 .327 .447 1.1 1974 STL N
1975 STL N Daily Splits 157 581 80 193 32 3 18 100 63 16 35 1 0 4 0 14 20 1 3 .332 .396 .491 3.5 1975 STL N
1976 STL N Daily Splits 150 546 60 159 35 3 5 75 73 19 35 0 0 6 0 6 9 0 7 .291 .371 .394 1.4 1976 STL N
1977 STL N Daily Splits 150 516 82 164 25 3 21 95 79 25 37 2 0 4 0 7 20 2 6 .318 .408 .500 3.4 1977 STL N
1978 STL N Daily Splits 152 516 71 148 40 5 22 80 77 17 39 3 0 8 0 6 19 1 1 .287 .377 .512 4.1 1978 STL N
1979 STL N Daily Splits 123 448 68 127 22 0 26 87 61 22 34 4 0 8 0 8 10 0 1 .283 .369 .507 2.6 1979 STL N
1980 STL N Daily Splits 145 495 84 150 33 2 21 98 59 13 45 2 0 6 0 6 13 1 0 .303 .375 .505 2.8 1980 STL N
1981 MIL A Daily Splits 100 380 45 82 13 3 14 61 23 2 32 3 1 6 0 3 10 0 1 .216 .262 .376 -1.5 1981 MIL A
1982 MIL A Daily Splits 137 539 73 145 29 0 23 97 32 5 40 2 1 7 0 11 20 0 0 .269 .309 .451 0.8 1982 MIL A
1983 MIL A Daily Splits 153 600 76 185 39 3 13 108 41 6 51 2 0 7 0 9 23 4 2 .308 .351 .448 1.9 1983 MIL A
1984 MIL A Daily Splits 132 497 44 110 23 2 4 52 30 3 40 3 1 1 0 9 23 3 0 .221 .269 .300 -3.6 1984 MIL A
1985 MIL A Daily Splits 143 528 60 144 28 2 12 76 57 9 32 1 1 5 0 9 17 1 1 .273 .342 .402 -0.2 1985 MIL A
1986 ATL N Daily Splits 76 127 14 32 5 0 4 25 12 5 14 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 .252 .313 .386 -0.6 1986 ATL N
1987 ATL N Daily Splits 73 177 20 49 8 0 4 30 21 5 23 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 .277 .350 .390 -0.3 1987 ATL N
1988 ATL N Daily Splits 78 107 6 21 6 0 2 11 15 2 9 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 .196 .293 .308 -0.5 1988 ATL N
Total NL (16 Years) 1791 6136 776 1806 351 37 182 995 672 163 499 28 7 74 0 96 194 13 29 .294 .363 .453 24.3 Total NL
Total AL ( 5 Years) 665 2544 298 666 132 10 66 394 183 25 195 11 4 26 0 41 93 8 4 .262 .311 .399 -2.6 Total AL
Total (21 Years) Splits 2456 8680 1074 2472 483 47 248 1389 855 188 694 39 11 100 0 137 287 21 33 .285 .348 .437 21.7 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Division Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1981 MIL A Daily Splits 5 18 1 4 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .444 1981 MIL A
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1982 MIL A Daily Splits 5 18 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .200 .167 1982 MIL A
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1982 MIL A Daily Splits 7 23 2 4 0 0 2 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .174 .321 .435 1982 MIL A
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1973 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 NL
1977 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 NL
1978 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1978 NL
1981 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1981 AL
1983 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 AL
Total ( 5 Years) Splits 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1968 STL N Daily Splits C 2 1 1 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 STL N Daily Splits C 4 3 3 28 22 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .957
1970 STL N Daily Splits C 79 74 72 691 466 37 5 2 0 15 37 24 3 .990
1971 STL N Daily Splits C 130 126 124 1145 747 52 9 11 0 18 42 31 5 .989
1972 STL N Daily Splits C 135 134 129 1193.2 842 78 8 6 0 15 83 39 7 .991
1972 STL N 1B 15 15 15 132 125 15 5 9 0 .966
1973 STL N Daily Splits C 152 151 148 1352.2 888 74 13 13 0 25 64 50 5 .987
1973 STL N 1B 7 7 3 53.2 38 4 1 1 0 .977
1973 STL N OF 2 2 1 18 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2
1973 STL N RF 2 2 1 18 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 STL N Daily Splits C 141 139 133 1252.1 717 82 11 13 0 14 99 49 2 .986
1974 STL N 1B 12 11 9 100 96 5 4 5 0 .962
1975 STL N Daily Splits C 154 148 132 1292 803 62 15 5 0 28 96 33 3 .983
1975 STL N LF 2 2 1 16 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 STL N 1B 2 2 1 17 10 2 0 0 0 1.000
1975 STL N OF 2 2 1 16 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0
1976 STL N Daily Splits C 114 108 100 959.2 493 66 4 4 0 9 61 48 2 .993
1976 STL N 1B 30 26 16 231 219 21 3 21 0 .988
1976 STL N OF 7 7 4 56 11 0 0 0 0 1.000 7 0 0
1976 STL N LF 7 7 4 56 12 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 STL N 3B 2 2 2 18.1 3 1 3 0 0 .571
1977 STL N Daily Splits C 143 139 124 1226.2 683 75 10 5 0 8 97 54 0 .987
1977 STL N RF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 STL N OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1978 STL N Daily Splits C 134 119 110 1066 670 88 9 6 0 8 127 65 1 .988
1978 STL N LF 23 23 8 176.1 32 0 1 0 0 .970
1978 STL N OF 23 23 8 176.1 33 0 1 0 0 .971 23 0 0
1979 STL N Daily Splits C 121 118 104 1052.1 606 69 10 10 0 14 98 40 1 .985
1980 STL N Daily Splits C 129 120 113 1066 520 71 9 12 0 9 116 53 2 .985
1980 STL N LF 5 5 2 39 8 0 1 0 0 .889
1980 STL N OF 5 5 2 39 8 0 1 0 0 .889 5 0 0
1981 MIL A Daily Splits C 75 72 66 633.2 300 37 7 3 0 4 47 27 0 .980
1981 MIL A DH 22 21 20 -
1981 MIL A 1B 4 4 4 38.2 33 4 1 4 0 .974
1982 MIL A Daily Splits C 121 120 109 1065.1 570 62 3 8 0 8 96 54 0 .995
1982 MIL A DH 15 15 13 -
1983 MIL A Daily Splits C 85 83 80 744.1 395 41 11 4 0 2 82 34 1 .975
1983 MIL A DH 66 66 63 -
1984 MIL A Daily Splits DH 77 75 69 -
1984 MIL A 1B 37 37 33 336.1 346 27 2 35 0 .995
1984 MIL A 3B 14 14 11 121 6 25 6 2 0 .838
1985 MIL A Daily Splits DH 99 99 93 -
1985 MIL A 1B 28 27 20 230.2 226 17 2 22 0 .992
1985 MIL A C 15 11 11 108 65 4 1 1 0 1 8 3 0 .986
1985 MIL A 3B 2 2 2 18 0 5 0 0 0 1.000
1986 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 14 11 9 102.1 124 10 5 13 0 .964
1986 ATL N C 10 6 5 59.2 40 5 1 0 0 2 14 2 0 .978
1986 ATL N 3B 9 1 0 27.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000
1987 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 28 23 17 198.2 216 23 4 24 0 .984
1987 ATL N C 15 14 14 125 64 10 1 1 0 2 16 5 0 .987
1987 ATL N 3B 2 1 1 10 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
1988 ATL N Daily Splits 1B 19 15 8 125 128 13 1 8 0 .993
1988 ATL N C 10 1 0 21.1 12 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 .867
Total (20 Years) Splits C 1769 1687 1578 15092.2 8906 915 130 104 0 182 1190 611 32 .987
Total ( 5 Years) DH 279 276 258 -
Total (11 Years) 1B 196 178 135 1565.1 1561 141 28 142 0 .984
Total ( 6 Years) OF 40 40 16 310.1 63 0 2 0 0 .969 37 0 3
Total ( 4 Years) LF 37 37 15 287.1 57 0 2 0 0 .966
Total ( 5 Years) 3B 29 20 16 195 14 36 9 2 0 .847
Total ( 2 Years) RF 3 3 1 23 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1981 MIL A Daily Splits C 5 5 5 44 23 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .962
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1982 MIL A Daily Splits C 5 5 5 43 36 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1982 MIL A Daily Splits C 7 7 6 58 28 2 1 0 0 0 7 3 0 .968
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1973 NL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 NL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 NL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1983 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits C 4 2 0 17 14 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
2010 SD N 1 1 0 1.000 7 1 6-12 6-12 1 1 2
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END
2008 MIL N Bench 3-31 9-14
2009 SD N Bench 4- 6 10- 4
2010 SD N Bench 4- 5 10- 3
Total ( 3 Years)
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 9-1973 BOX STL N Chris Pelekoudas Fair/foul call
6-15-1974 BOX STL N Bruce Froemming Balls and strikes
4-18-1975 BOX STL N Terry Tata Balls and strikes
9- 9-1977 BOX STL N Dutch Rennert Balls and strikes
5-27-1978 BOX STL N Paul Runge Balls and strikes (Tipped cap at umpire after HR)
8-16-1978 BOX STL N Jim Quick Balls and strikes
5- 9-1979 BOX STL N Dave Pallone Call at 2B
9-27-1985 BOX MIL A Mike Reilly Call at 1B
5-23-1986 BOX ATL N Randy Marsh Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (10th pick overall) of the
free-agent draft (June 6, 1967 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Pete Vuckovich and Rollie Fingers to Milwaukee
Brewers in exchange for Sixto Lezcano , David Green , Lary Sorensen and Dave LaPoint
(December 12, 1980 ).
Granted free agency (November 7, 1983 ).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 16, 1984 ).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Rick Cerone , Dave Clay
and Flavio Alfaro (March 5, 1986 ).
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