Ted Simmons
Bats B Throws R5'11" 193 lbBorn 1949 Highland Park, USADebut 1968Team ATL8x All-StarDraft 1967 R1 #10 St. Louis Cardinals, Southfield HS (MI)
Awards: TSN All-Star x3, Silver Slugger
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 1988 | ATL | 78 | 123 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0.196 | 0.293 | 0.308 | 0.601 | 67.9 |
| 1987 | ATL | 73 | 200 | 20 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 0.277 | 0.350 | 0.390 | 0.740 | 89.5 |
| 1986 | ATL | 76 | 144 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 0.252 | 0.312 | 0.386 | 0.698 | 77.5 |
| 1985 | ML4 | 143 | 592 | 60 | 144 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 76 | 1 | 57 | 32 | 0.273 | 0.342 | 0.402 | 0.743 | 101.8 |
| 1984 | ML4 | 132 | 532 | 44 | 110 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 30 | 40 | 0.221 | 0.269 | 0.300 | 0.569 | 59.3 |
| 1983 | ML4 | 153 | 650 | 76 | 185 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 108 | 4 | 41 | 51 | 0.308 | 0.351 | 0.448 | 0.799 | 125.1 |
| 1982 | ML4 | 137 | 581 | 73 | 145 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 97 | 0 | 32 | 40 | 0.269 | 0.309 | 0.451 | 0.759 | 109.7 |
| 1981 | ML4 | 100 | 413 | 45 | 82 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 61 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 0.216 | 0.262 | 0.376 | 0.638 | 83.2 |
| 1980 | STL | 145 | 562 | 84 | 150 | 33 | 2 | 21 | 98 | 1 | 59 | 45 | 0.303 | 0.375 | 0.505 | 0.880 | 140.5 |
| 1979 | STL | 123 | 521 | 68 | 127 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 87 | 0 | 61 | 34 | 0.283 | 0.369 | 0.507 | 0.875 | 129.0 |
| 1978 | STL | 152 | 604 | 71 | 148 | 40 | 5 | 22 | 80 | 1 | 77 | 39 | 0.287 | 0.377 | 0.512 | 0.889 | 146.4 |
| 1977 | STL | 150 | 601 | 82 | 164 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 95 | 2 | 79 | 37 | 0.318 | 0.408 | 0.500 | 0.908 | 140.1 |
| 1976 | STL | 150 | 625 | 60 | 159 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 73 | 35 | 0.291 | 0.371 | 0.394 | 0.765 | 114.2 |
| 1975 | STL | 157 | 649 | 80 | 193 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 100 | 1 | 63 | 35 | 0.332 | 0.396 | 0.491 | 0.887 | 142.2 |
| 1974 | STL | 152 | 662 | 66 | 163 | 33 | 6 | 20 | 103 | 0 | 47 | 35 | 0.272 | 0.327 | 0.447 | 0.774 | 113.7 |
| 1973 | STL | 161 | 690 | 62 | 192 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 91 | 2 | 61 | 47 | 0.310 | 0.370 | 0.438 | 0.808 | 122.7 |
| 1972 | STL | 152 | 629 | 70 | 180 | 36 | 6 | 16 | 96 | 1 | 29 | 57 | 0.303 | 0.336 | 0.465 | 0.801 | 127.3 |
| 1971 | STL | 133 | 563 | 64 | 155 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 1 | 36 | 50 | 0.304 | 0.347 | 0.424 | 0.771 | 114.6 |
| 1970 | STL | 82 | 324 | 29 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 37 | 0.243 | 0.333 | 0.317 | 0.650 | 73.8 |
| 1969 | STL | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.214 | 0.250 | 0.357 | 0.607 | 57.3 |
| 1968 | STL | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.333 | 0.833 | 186.9 |
| Career | | 2456 | 9685 | 1074 | 2472 | 483 | 47 | 248 | 1389 | 21 | 855 | 694 | 0.285 | 0.348 | 0.437 | 0.785 | 115.8 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 1988 | ATL | 1B | 19 | 125 | 128 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0.993 | |
| 1988 | ATL | C | 10 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.867 | |
| 1987 | ATL | 1B | 28 | 199 | 216 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 0.984 | |
| 1987 | ATL | C | 15 | 125 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0.987 | |
| 1987 | ATL | 3B | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1986 | ATL | 1B | 14 | 102 | 124 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 0.964 | |
| 1986 | ATL | C | 10 | 60 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.978 | |
| 1986 | ATL | 3B | 9 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1985 | ML4 | 1B | 28 | 231 | 226 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 0.992 | |
| 1985 | ML4 | C | 15 | 108 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.986 | |
| 1985 | ML4 | 3B | 2 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1984 | ML4 | 1B | 37 | 336 | 346 | 27 | 2 | 35 | 0.995 | |
| 1984 | ML4 | 3B | 14 | 121 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0.838 | |
| 1983 | ML4 | C | 86 | 744 | 395 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0.975 | |
| 1982 | ML4 | C | 121 | 1065 | 570 | 62 | 3 | 8 | 0.995 | |
| 1981 | ML4 | C | 75 | 634 | 300 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0.980 | |
| 1981 | ML4 | 1B | 4 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.974 | |
| 1980 | STL | C | 129 | 1066 | 520 | 71 | 9 | 12 | 0.985 | |
| 1980 | STL | OF | 5 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | |
| 1979 | STL | C | 122 | 1052 | 606 | 69 | 10 | 10 | 0.985 | |
| 1978 | STL | C | 134 | 1066 | 670 | 88 | 9 | 6 | 0.988 | |
| 1978 | STL | OF | 23 | 176 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.971 | |
| 1977 | STL | C | 143 | 1227 | 683 | 75 | 10 | 5 | 0.987 | |
| 1977 | STL | OF | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1976 | STL | C | 113 | 960 | 493 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 0.993 | |
| 1976 | STL | 1B | 30 | 231 | 219 | 21 | 3 | 21 | 0.988 | |
| 1976 | STL | OF | 7 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1976 | STL | 3B | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | |
| 1975 | STL | C | 154 | 1292 | 803 | 62 | 15 | 5 | 0.983 | |
| 1975 | STL | 1B | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1975 | STL | OF | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1974 | STL | C | 141 | 1252 | 717 | 82 | 11 | 13 | 0.986 | |
| 1974 | STL | 1B | 12 | 100 | 96 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0.962 | |
| 1973 | STL | C | 153 | 1353 | 888 | 74 | 13 | 13 | 0.987 | |
| 1973 | STL | 1B | 6 | 54 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.977 | |
| 1973 | STL | OF | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1972 | STL | C | 135 | 1194 | 842 | 78 | 8 | 6 | 0.991 | |
| 1972 | STL | 1B | 15 | 132 | 125 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0.966 | |
| 1971 | STL | C | 130 | 1145 | 747 | 52 | 9 | 11 | 0.989 | |
| 1970 | STL | C | 79 | 691 | 466 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0.990 | |
Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.
Postseason batting
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|
| 1982 | 12 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0.171 | 0.271 | 0.317 | 0.588 |
| 1981 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.222 | 0.300 | 0.444 | 0.744 |
| Career | 17 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0.186 | 0.279 | 0.356 | 0.635 |
Salaries
| Year | Team | Salary |
|---|
| 1988 | ATL | $470,000 |
| 1987 | ATL | $500,000 |
| 1986 | ATL | $1,000,000 |
| 1985 | ML4 | $1,000,000 |
Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.