Ted Simmons

Catcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1968-1988)

⭐ Hall of Fame 2020
AVG .285
HR 248
RBI 1,389
H 2,472
OPS .785
PIV 20,131
Position
Catcher
Bats / Throws
B / R
Height / Weight
5'11" / 193 lb
Born
8/9/1949 in Highland Park, MI, USA
MLB Debut
1968-09-21
Last Game
1988-10-02
Hall of Fame
Inducted 2020 (BBWAA)
Awards
8× All-Star · Silver Slugger

Full name: Ted Lyle Simmons

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Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
2,456 8,680 1,074 2,472 483 47 248 1,389 21 855 694 .285 .348 .437 .785 20,131

Career AVG .285 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — +11.0% above league average.

Career OBP .348 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — +7.8% above league average.

Career SLG .437 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — +14.8% above league average.

Career OPS .785 vs. league average .703 across their career seasons — +11.6% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1968 SLN NL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
1969 SLN NL 5 14 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 .214 — — — — 0.0
1970 SLN NL 82 284 29 69 8 2 3 24 2 37 37 .243 .253 (-4%) .325 (+2%) .385 (-18%) .711 (-9%) -294.0
1971 SLN NL 133 510 64 155 32 4 7 77 1 36 50 .304 .249 (+22%) .316 (+10%) .365 (+16%) .682 (+13%) 1100.5
1972 SLN NL 152 594 70 180 36 6 16 96 1 29 57 .303 .243 (+24%) .310 (+8%) .353 (+31%) .664 (+20%) 2012.9
1973 SLN NL 161 619 62 192 36 2 13 91 2 61 47 .310 .256 (+21%) .325 (+14%) .378 (+16%) .703 (+15%) 1867.2
1974 SLN NL 152 599 66 163 33 6 20 103 0 47 35 .272 .256 (+6%) .324 (+1%) .369 (+21%) .693 (+12%) 1142.5
1975 SLN NL 157 581 80 193 32 3 18 100 1 63 35 .332 .257 (+29%) .327 (+21%) .374 (+31%) .701 (+26%) 3123.2
1976 SLN NL 150 546 60 159 35 3 5 75 0 73 35 .291 .255 (+14%) .320 (+16%) .360 (+9%) .681 (+12%) 1469.8
1977 SLN NL 150 516 82 164 25 3 21 95 2 79 37 .318 .264 (+20%) .329 (+24%) .401 (+25%) .730 (+24%) 2847.2
1978 SLN NL 152 516 71 148 40 5 22 80 1 77 39 .287 .257 (+11%) .323 (+17%) .378 (+35%) .702 (+27%) 2775.3
1979 SLN NL 123 448 68 127 22 0 26 87 0 61 34 .283 .265 (+7%) .329 (+12%) .397 (+27%) .727 (+20%) 1841.6
1980 SLN NL 145 495 84 150 33 2 21 98 1 59 45 .303 .264 (+15%) .326 (+15%) .387 (+30%) .714 (+23%) 2326.9
1981 ML4 AL 100 380 45 82 13 3 14 61 0 23 32 .216 .255 (-16%) .320 (-18%) .368 (+2%) .688 (-7%) -563.0
1982 ML4 AL 137 539 73 145 29 0 23 97 0 32 40 .269 .261 (+3%) .324 (-5%) .388 (+16%) .712 (+7%) 499.0
1983 ML4 AL 153 600 76 185 39 3 13 108 4 41 51 .308 .260 (+18%) .324 (+8%) .389 (+15%) .714 (+12%) 1330.1
1984 ML4 AL 132 497 44 110 23 2 4 52 3 30 40 .221 .259 (-15%) .322 (-17%) .384 (-22%) .707 (-20%) -1535.7
1985 ML4 AL 143 528 60 144 28 2 12 76 1 57 32 .273 .257 (+6%) .323 (+6%) .390 (+3%) .714 (+4%) 478.5
1986 ATL NL 76 127 14 32 5 0 4 25 1 12 14 .252 .257 (-2%) .325 (-4%) .395 (-2%) .720 (-3%) -87.7
1987 ATL NL 73 177 20 49 8 0 4 30 1 21 23 .277 .262 (+5%) .331 (+6%) .415 (-6%) .746 (-1%) 6.2
1988 ATL NL 78 107 6 21 6 0 2 11 0 15 9 .196 .254 (-23%) .317 (-8%) .377 (-18%) .695 (-14%) -209.8
Career · 21 seasons 2,456 8,680 1,074 2,472 483 47 248 1,389 21 855 694 .285 — — — — 20,131

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
17 59 6 11 1 0 3 8 8 9 .186

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1982 ALCS ML4 5 18 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .167
1982 WS ML4 7 23 2 4 0 0 2 3 5 3 .174
1981 AEDIV ML4 5 18 1 4 1 0 1 4 2 2 .222

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home121841835171165116702.279
Away123844975571307132687.291

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1988-10-02 ATLCINL 400000000
1988-10-01 ATLCINW 300000000
1988-09-30 ATLCINL 100000000
1988-09-29 ATLHOUL 100000000
1988-09-28 ATLHOUW 100000000
1988-09-24 ATLCINL 100000000
1988-09-23 ATLCINL 000000010
1988-09-21 ATLHOUL 100000001
1988-09-20 ATLSFGL 100000000
1988-09-19 ATLSFGW 100000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 195 178 1561 141 28 142
3B 29 20 14 36 9 2
C 1771 1687 8906 915 130 104
OF 40 40 63 0 2 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1968 SLN C 2 1 3 1 0 0
1969 SLN C 4 3 22 0 1 0
1970 SLN C 79 74 466 37 5 2
1971 SLN C 130 126 747 52 9 11
1972 SLN 1B 15 15 125 15 5 9
1972 SLN C 135 134 842 78 8 6
1973 SLN 1B 6 7 38 4 1 1
1973 SLN C 153 151 888 74 13 13
1973 SLN OF 2 2 6 0 0 0
1974 SLN 1B 12 11 96 5 4 5
1974 SLN C 141 139 717 82 11 13
1975 SLN 1B 2 2 10 2 0 0
1975 SLN C 154 148 803 62 15 5
1975 SLN OF 2 2 5 0 0 0
1976 SLN 1B 30 26 219 21 3 21
1976 SLN 3B 2 2 3 1 3 0
1976 SLN C 113 108 493 66 4 4
1976 SLN OF 7 7 11 0 0 0
1977 SLN C 143 139 683 75 10 5
1977 SLN OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1978 SLN C 134 119 670 88 9 6
1978 SLN OF 23 23 33 0 1 0
1979 SLN C 122 118 606 69 10 10
1980 SLN C 129 120 520 71 9 12
1980 SLN OF 5 5 8 0 1 0
1981 ML4 1B 4 4 33 4 1 4
1981 ML4 C 75 72 300 37 7 3
1982 ML4 C 121 120 570 62 3 8
1983 ML4 C 86 83 395 41 11 4
1984 ML4 1B 37 37 346 27 2 35
1984 ML4 3B 14 14 6 25 6 2
1985 ML4 1B 28 27 226 17 2 22
1985 ML4 3B 2 2 0 5 0 0
1985 ML4 C 15 11 65 4 1 1
1986 ATL 1B 14 11 124 10 5 13
1986 ATL 3B 9 1 3 3 0 0
1986 ATL C 10 6 40 5 1 0
1987 ATL 1B 28 23 216 23 4 24
1987 ATL 3B 2 1 2 2 0 0
1987 ATL C 15 14 64 10 1 1
1988 ATL 1B 19 15 128 13 1 8
1988 ATL C 10 1 12 1 2 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Catcher 1769
First Base 196
Third Base 29
Left Field 37
Right Field 3
Designated Hitter 279

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1980 Silver Slugger C
1979 Player of the Week Week of 1979-06-08
1979 TSN All-Star C
1978 Player of the Week Week of 1978-06-02
1978 TSN All-Star C
1977 Player of the Week Week of 1977-04-08
1977 TSN All-Star C
1974 Player of the Week Week of 1974-05-17
1974 Player of the Week Week of 1974-09-06

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
1988 ATL NL $470,000
1987 ATL NL $500,000
1986 ATL NL $1,000,000
1985 ML4 AL $1,000,000
Total Career Earnings $2,970,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1983 Most Valuable Player AL 19th 4.0 392 0
1977 Most Valuable Player NL 9th 58.0 336 0
1975 Most Valuable Player NL 6th 103.0 336 0
1974 Most Valuable Player NL 13th 7.0 336 0
1973 Most Valuable Player NL 14th 20.0 336 0
1972 Most Valuable Player NL 10th 22.0 336 0
1971 Most Valuable Player NL 16th 13.0 336 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Ted Simmons (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Gary Carter HOF
    .262 avg, 324 HR
  2. 91
    Yogi Berra HOF
    .285 avg, 358 HR
  3. 90
    Gabby Hartnett HOF
    .297 avg, 236 HR
  4. 84
    Yadier Molina
    .277 avg, 176 HR
  5. 82
    Johnny Bench HOF
    .267 avg, 389 HR
  6. 82
    Ivan Rodriguez HOF
    .296 avg, 311 HR

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ted Simmons

What years did Ted Simmons play?
Ted Simmons played in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1988.
Was Ted Simmons a pitcher?
No. Ted Simmons was a position player (Catcher).
How many home runs did Ted Simmons hit?
Ted Simmons hit 248 career home runs with 2472 hits.
Is Ted Simmons in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Ted Simmons was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020.