Ted Simmons

1968–1988 · Bats B · Throws R · 5'11", 193 lb · b. 1949 Highland Park, MI

Career 2,456 G · 2,472 H · 248 HR · 1,389 RBI · .285 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3 best in baseball 2 league only

44 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1972 Best season

Spanning 1972–1982, peaking at 2 titles in 1972.

Team records #8 Cardinals career RBI #10 Cardinals career HR

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,156th League titles 5
897th Best in baseball 3
497th Top-5 finishes 44

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

29th Catcher Putouts 8,906
49th Catcher Double Plays 104
62nd Catcher Assists 915
73rd Catcher Range Factor 5.55
78th Catcher Fielding Percentage .987
82nd Runs Batted In 1,389
83rd Doubles 483
106th Hits 2,472
122nd Total Bases 3,793
217th Walks 855
263rd Home Runs 248
293rd Runs 1,074
485th First Base Assists 141

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Assists	2	1st	—	1972 78 1978 NL 88 1973 #2 1974 #2 1975 #3 1976 #2 1979 #3
Catcher Putouts	2	1st	2 yrs (1972–1973)	1973 888 1972 NL 842 1971 #2 1974 #3 1975 #2 1978 #3
Catcher Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1982 .995
Catcher Range Factor	—	#2	—	1971 #3 1972 #2
Catcher Double Plays	—	#2	—	1971 #3 1973 #3 1974 #2 1980 #2 1982 #3
Doubles	—	#3	—	1972 #3 1973 #3 1978 #3
Batting Average	—	#2	—	1975 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1982	1	C FPCT .995
1978	1	C A 88
1973	1	C PO 888
1972	2	C PO 842 C A 78

Batting

21 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1968	SLN	NL	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
1969	SLN	NL	5	14	0	3	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	.214	.250	.357	.607
1970	SLN	NL	82	284	29	69	8	2	3	24	37	37	2	.243	.333	.317	.650
1971	SLN	NL	133	510	64	155	32	4	7	77	36	50	1	.304	.347	.424	.771
1972	SLN	NL	152	594	70	180	36	6	16	96	29	57	1	.303	.336	.465	.801
1973	SLN	NL	161	619	62	192	36	2	13	91	61	47	2	.310	.370	.438	.808
1974	SLN	NL	152	599	66	163	33	6	20	103	47	35	0	.272	.327	.447	.774
1975	SLN	NL	157	581	80	193	32	3	18	100	63	35	1	.332	.396	.491	.887
1976	SLN	NL	150	546	60	159	35	3	5	75	73	35	0	.291	.371	.394	.765
1977	SLN	NL	150	516	82	164	25	3	21	95	79	37	2	.318	.408	.500	.908
1978	SLN	NL	152	516	71	148	40	5	22	80	77	39	1	.287	.377	.512	.889
1979	SLN	NL	123	448	68	127	22	0	26	87	61	34	0	.283	.369	.507	.875
1980	SLN	NL	145	495	84	150	33	2	21	98	59	45	1	.303	.375	.505	.880
1981	ML4	AL	100	380	45	82	13	3	14	61	23	32	0	.216	.262	.376	.638
1982	ML4	AL	137	539	73	145	29	0	23	97	32	40	0	.269	.309	.451	.759
1983	ML4	AL	153	600	76	185	39	3	13	108	41	51	4	.308	.351	.448	.799
1984	ML4	AL	132	497	44	110	23	2	4	52	30	40	3	.221	.269	.300	.569
1985	ML4	AL	143	528	60	144	28	2	12	76	57	32	1	.273	.342	.402	.743
1986	ATL	NL	76	127	14	32	5	0	4	25	12	14	1	.252	.313	.386	.698
1987	ATL	NL	73	177	20	49	8	0	4	30	21	23	1	.277	.350	.390	.740
1988	ATL	NL	78	107	6	21	6	0	2	11	15	9	0	.196	.293	.308	.601
Career	—	—	2,456	8,680	1,074	2,472	483	47	248	1,389	855	694	21	.285	.348	.437	.785

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1968	SLN	NL	C	2	1	10.0	3	1	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
1969	SLN	NL	C	4	3	28.0	22	0	1	0	23	.957	5.50
1970	SLN	NL	C	79	74	691.0	466	37	5	2	508	.990	6.37
1971	SLN	NL	C	130	126	1145.0	747	52	9	11	808	.989	6.15
1972	SLN	NL	C	135	134	1194.0	842	78	8	6	928	.991	6.81
			1B	15	15	132.0	125	15	5	9	145	.966	9.33
1973	SLN	NL	C	153	151	1352.2	888	74	13	13	975	.987	6.29
			1B	6	7	53.2	38	4	1	1	43	.977	7.00
			OF	2	2	18.0	6	0	0	0	6	1.000	3.00
1974	SLN	NL	C	141	139	1252.1	717	82	11	13	810	.986	5.67
			1B	12	11	100.0	96	5	4	5	105	.962	8.42
1975	SLN	NL	C	154	148	1292.0	803	62	15	5	880	.983	5.62
			1B	2	2	17.0	10	2	0	0	12	1.000	6.00
			OF	2	2	16.0	5	0	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
1976	SLN	NL	C	113	108	959.2	493	66	4	4	563	.993	4.95
			1B	30	26	231.0	219	21	3	21	243	.988	8.00
			OF	7	7	56.0	11	0	0	0	11	1.000	1.57
			3B	2	2	18.1	3	1	3	0	7	.571	2.00
1977	SLN	NL	C	143	139	1226.2	683	75	10	5	768	.987	5.30
			OF	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1978	SLN	NL	C	134	119	1065.2	670	88	9	6	767	.988	5.66
			OF	23	23	176.1	33	0	1	0	34	.971	1.43
1979	SLN	NL	C	122	118	1052.1	606	69	10	10	685	.985	5.53
1980	SLN	NL	C	129	120	1066.0	520	71	9	12	600	.985	4.58
			OF	5	5	39.0	8	0	1	0	9	.889	1.60
1981	ML4	AL	C	75	72	633.2	300	37	7	3	344	.980	4.49
			1B	4	4	38.2	33	4	1	4	38	.974	9.25
1982	ML4	AL	C	121	120	1065.1	570	62	3	8	635	.995	5.22
1983	ML4	AL	C	86	83	744.1	395	41	11	4	447	.975	5.07
1984	ML4	AL	1B	37	37	336.1	346	27	2	35	375	.995	10.08
			3B	14	14	121.0	6	25	6	2	37	.838	2.21
1985	ML4	AL	1B	28	27	230.2	226	17	2	22	245	.992	8.68
			C	15	11	108.0	65	4	1	1	70	.986	4.60
			3B	2	2	18.0	0	5	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
1986	ATL	NL	1B	14	11	102.1	124	10	5	13	139	.964	9.57
			C	10	6	59.2	40	5	1	0	46	.978	4.50
			3B	9	1	27.2	3	3	0	0	6	1.000	0.67
1987	ATL	NL	1B	28	23	198.2	216	23	4	24	243	.984	8.54
			C	15	14	125.0	64	10	1	1	75	.987	4.93
			3B	2	1	10.0	2	2	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
1988	ATL	NL	1B	19	15	125.0	128	13	1	8	142	.993	7.42
			C	10	1	21.1	12	1	2	0	15	.867	1.30
Career	—	—	C	1,771	1,687	15092.2	8,906	915	130	104	9,951	.987	5.55
	—	—	1B	195	178	1565.1	1,561	141	28	142	1,730	.984	8.73
	—	—	OF	40	40	310.1	63	0	2	0	65	.969	1.58
	—	—	3B	29	20	195.0	14	36	9	2	59	.847	1.72