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Historical player · 1968–1988 · ★ Hall of Fame 2020

Ted Simmons

B/T B/R · HT 71 · WT 193 · Born 8/9/1949 · From Highland Park, MI USA · Debut 1968-09-21 · Final 1988-10-02

Career · batting

2,456

8,680

2,472

248

RBI

1,389

855

AVG/OPS

0.285 · 0.785

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1968–1980

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172

#10 on the Cardinals

↑ 4 Y. Molina

↓ 13 M. Carpenter

Hits

1,704

#12 on the Cardinals

↑ 23 J. Bottomley

↓ 21 W. McGee

RBI

929

#8 on the Cardinals

↑ 72 K. Boyer

↓ 6 J. Medwick

#291 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 L. Camp

↓ 1 C. Carr

Runs

736

#20 on the Cardinals

↑ 18 P. Martin

↓ 17 J. Javier

624

#11 on the Cardinals

↑ 7 K. Boyer

↓ 39 K. Hernandez

Career with the Milwaukee Brewers · 1981–1985

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#32 on the Brewers

↑ 3 D. May

↓ 1 A. Ramirez

Hits

666

#25 on the Brewers

↑ 11 B. Hall

↓ 14 D. May

RBI

394

#22 on the Brewers

↑ 4 R. Sexson

↓ 7 J. Lucroy

#129 on the Brewers

↑ 1 J. Cardenal

↓ 1 J. Bradley

Runs

298

#33 on the Brewers

↑ 12 W. Adames

↓ 3 F. Vina

183

#45 on the Brewers

↑ 6 J. Hardy

↓ 16 L. Cain

Career with the Atlanta Braves · 1986–1988

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#258 on the Braves

↑ 1 T. Brown

↓ 1 C. Tanner

Hits

102

#431 on the Braves

↑ 1 M. Martinez

↓ 1 E. Claire

RBI

#323 on the Braves

↑ 1 M. Adams

↓ 1 P. Snyder

#514 on the Braves

↑ 1 G. Zinn

↓ 1 B. Allen

Runs

#473 on the Braves

↑ 1 T. Cloninger

↓ 1 M. Kotsay

#331 on the Braves

↑ 1 V. Castilla

↓ 1 W. Betemit

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

248

#261 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Valentin

↓ 1 V. Stephens

Hits

2,472

#104 all-time MLB

↑ 18 F. McGriff

↓ 1 J. Medwick

RBI

1,389

#81 all-time MLB

↑ 2 T. Hunter

↓ 5 D. Evans

#3,099 all-time MLB

↑ 1 K. Abbott

↓ 1 J. Adcock

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1968	Cardinals	NL	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.333	0.500	0.333
1969	Cardinals	NL	5	14	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0.214	0.250	0.357
1970	Cardinals	NL	82	284	29	69	8	2	3	24	2	37	37	0.243	0.333	0.317
1971	Cardinals	NL	133	510	64	155	32	4	7	77	1	36	50	0.304	0.347	0.424
1972	Cardinals	NL	152	594	70	180	36	6	16	96	1	29	57	0.303	0.336	0.465
1973	Cardinals	NL	161	619	62	192	36	2	13	91	2	61	47	0.310	0.370	0.438
1974	Cardinals	NL	152	599	66	163	33	6	20	103	0	47	35	0.272	0.327	0.447
1975	Cardinals	NL	157	581	80	193	32	3	18	100	1	63	35	0.332	0.396	0.491
1976	Cardinals	NL	150	546	60	159	35	3	5	75	0	73	35	0.291	0.371	0.394
1977	Cardinals	NL	150	516	82	164	25	3	21	95	2	79	37	0.318	0.408	0.500
1978	Cardinals	NL	152	516	71	148	40	5	22	80	1	77	39	0.287	0.377	0.512
1979	Cardinals	NL	123	448	68	127	22	0	26	87	0	61	34	0.283	0.369	0.507
1980	Cardinals	NL	145	495	84	150	33	2	21	98	1	59	45	0.303	0.375	0.505
1981	Brewers	AL	100	380	45	82	13	3	14	61	0	23	32	0.216	0.262	0.376
1982	Brewers	AL	137	539	73	145	29	0	23	97	0	32	40	0.269	0.309	0.451
1983	Brewers	AL	153	600	76	185	39	3	13	108	4	41	51	0.308	0.351	0.448
1984	Brewers	AL	132	497	44	110	23	2	4	52	3	30	40	0.221	0.269	0.300
1985	Brewers	AL	143	528	60	144	28	2	12	76	1	57	32	0.273	0.342	0.402
1986	Braves	NL	76	127	14	32	5	0	4	25	1	12	14	0.252	0.313	0.386
1987	Braves	NL	73	177	20	49	8	0	4	30	1	21	23	0.277	0.350	0.390
1988	Braves	NL	78	107	6	21	6	0	2	11	0	15	9	0.196	0.293	0.308
Career			2,456	8,680	1,074	2,472	483	47	248	1,389	21	855	694	0.285	0.348	0.437

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
C	1,771	1,687	15,092.7	8,906	915	130	104
1B	195	178	1,565.3	1,561	141	28	142
OF	40	40	310.3	63	0	2	0
3B	29	20	195.0	14	36	9	2

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2020	Veterans - Modern Baseball Era	13	12	Inducted
2018	Veterans - Modern Baseball Era	11	12	Ballot
2014	Veterans - Expansion Era		12	Ballot
2011	Veterans - Expansion Era		12	Ballot
1994	BBWAA	17	342	Ballot