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Ted Simmons
Ted Lyle Simmons

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

MLB Debut September 21, 1968
Final Game October 2, 1988
Born August 9, 1949 in Highland Park, MI (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 20 SLN NL   91  306   32   73  14   2   2   28   0   1   41   32  .239  .331  .317  .648    86    97   0   3   1   3  11  
 1971 21 SLN NL  150  555   71  189  42   7   7   79   1   4   46   38  .341  .392  .479  .871   123   266   1   5   5   4  15  
 1972 22 SLN NL  162  677   74  228  43   4  21  105   0   0   38   38  .337  .370  .505  .875   128   342   0   7   5   2  25  MVP-3
 1973 23 SLN NL  162  636   68  205  42   0  16   92   2   1   61   44  .322  .378  .464  .842   123   295   0   8   6   1  28  MVP-12
 1974 24 SLN NL  160  674   87  185  42   8  26  111   0   0   32   32  .274  .305  .476  .781   113   321   0   8   0   1  26  MVP-5
 1975 25 SLN NL  160  645   83  212  37   3  19   94   0   2   62   39  .329  .385  .484  .869   123   312   0   5   7   0  17  MVP-4
 1976 26 SLN NL  159  599   65  165  39   0   4   74   1   0   70   36  .275  .346  .361  .706   105   216   0  11   2   0  11  
 1977 27 SLN NL  153  565   73  158  23   7  19   91   0   0   55   48  .280  .342  .446  .788   107   252   0   6   2   2  22  
 1978 28 SLN NL  153  562   86  173  42   8  24  109   0   0   73   43  .308  .384  .539  .923   129   303   0  11   2   3  15  MVP-5
 1979 29 SLN NL  137  475   78  146  34   0  27   94   1   0   61   48  .307  .391  .549  .941   131   261   0  10   5  11   8  
 1980 30 MLA AL  139  498   79  155  42   3  28   93   2   0   45   48  .311  .369  .576  .945   130   287   1   3   3   2  12  MVP-9
 1981 31 MLA AL  153  516   51  112  21   3  25   71   0   0   26   49  .217  .263  .415  .677    99   214   0   6   2   8  15  
 1982 32 MLA AL  144  537   73  152  24   1  27   78   4   0   36   40  .283  .330  .482  .812   111   259   0   3   2   3   9  
 1983 33 MLA AL  148  559   74  173  45   5  11   73   0   2   41   48  .309  .359  .467  .826   111   261   0   2   4   3  21  
 1984 34 MLA AL  142  481   46  108  17   3   8   41   4   0   38   56  .225  .281  .322  .603    86   155   0   3   0   1  13  
 1985 35 MLA AL  133  472   38  123  21   1   5   47   0   0   39   26  .261  .315  .341  .656    92   161   0   3   3   0  13  
 1986 36 ATN NL   45  131   14   36   9   0   6   26   0   0   11   13  .275  .331  .481  .812   111    63   0   2   2   1   3  
 1987 37 ATN NL   63  186   29   48  13   0   5   22   0   0   13   36  .258  .307  .409  .715    94    76   0   0   1   0   5  
 1988 38 ATN NL   26   76    3   12   6   0   0    2   0   0    8    6  .158  .235  .237  .472    67    18   0   1   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons     2480 9150 1124 2653 556  55 280 1330  15  10  796  720  .290  .346  .455  .801        4159   2  97  52  45 269
 Per 600 PA           544   67  158  33   3  17   79   1   1   47   43                                 247   0   6   3   3  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN     1487 5694  717 1734 358  39 165  877   5   8  539  398  .305  .363  .468  .831        2665   1  74  35  27 178
   With MLA      859 3063  361  823 170  16 104  403  10   2  225  267  .269  .320  .437  .757        1337   1  20  14  17  83
   With ATN      134  393   46   96  28   0  11   50   0   0   32   55  .244  .301  .399  .700         157   0   3   3   1   8
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2456 8680 1074 2472 483  47 248 1389  21  33  855  694  .285  .348  .437  .785        3793  11 100 188  39 287
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1970 20 SLN NL  21   32   3.6   2   0   0  .000   4   36   27  .750   45   16  .738  C    3(0)e5     -2   
 1971 21 SLN NL  33  101   7.0   2   2   0 1.000  12   78   56  .718   53   25  .679  C    3(0)e5    101   
 1972 22 SLN NL  30  119   6.7   0   0   0  .000  10   87   60  .690   44   27  .620  C    3(-1)e7    75   
 1973 23 SLN NL  32  106   6.1   0   0   0  .000  13   81   57  .704   36   26  .581  C    3(-1)e5    34   
 1974 24 SLN NL  37   89   4.6   0   0   0  .000  15   82   61  .744   72   45  .615  C    3(0)e5      7   
 1975 25 SLN NL  32  117   7.0   0   0   0  .000  15   85   70  .824   98   46  .681  C    3(+1)e5   -18   
 1976 26 SLN NL  29   79   4.7   2   1   0  .500   9   93   67  .720   95   42  .693  C    3(0)e3    -59   
 1977 27 SLN NL  36   82   5.1  10   2   0  .200   5   68   55  .809   70   29  .707  C    3(0)e5   -119   
 1978 28 SLN NL  32  118   7.7   4   1   0  .250  14   78   60  .769  122   45  .731  C    2(+1)e3    34   
 1979 29 SLN NL  28  107   8.3   5   1   0  .200   6   61   51  .836   61   37  .622  C    2(0)e10    66   
 1980 30 MLA AL  21  104   7.8  15   4   2  .267   6   46   33  .717   58   31  .652  C    3(0)e2     64   
 1981 31 MLA AL  38   53   3.4   1   0   0  .000  16   74   52  .703   63   43  .594  C    3(0)e9     39   
 1982 32 MLA AL  35   85   5.8   0   0   0  .000   3   66   54  .818  132   49  .729  C    3(+2)e3    53   
 1983 33 MLA AL  30   87   5.7   4   2   0  .500  17   64   42  .656  103   38  .730  C    4(+2)e6    26   
 1984 34 MLA AL  36   43   3.0   0   0   0  .000  26   55   22  .400    0    0  .000  3B   4e37       34   
 1985 35 MLA AL  42   49   3.7   4   0   0  .000  18   44   28  .636   61   16  .792  C    4(+2)e16  -87   
 1986 36 ATN NL  71   20   5.6   6   2   0  .333   2   14   14 1.000   38   14  .731  C    4(+2)e1   114   
 1987 37 ATN NL  76   22   4.2   9   3   1  .333   1   21   16  .762   34   11  .756  C    4(+2)e1   -25   
 1988 38 ATN NL   5    4   2.0   3   0   0  .000   7   14   10  .714   24    9  .727  C    4(+3)e16 -129   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 19 Seasons         1425   5.6  67  18   3  .269 199 1147  835  .728 1209  549  .688                  14  10
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 56.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 182.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1970 20 SLN NL  C     89   610    32    4    0   .994    89   756.2   7.64
 1971 21 SLN NL  C    147   853    60   12    6   .987   144  1256.2   6.54
 1972 22 SLN NL  C    162  1091    70   10    8   .991   162  1478.2   7.07
 1973 23 SLN NL  C    162   986    68   13    9   .988   162  1454.0   6.52
 1974 24 SLN NL  C    160  1023    88   15    5   .987   159  1431.1   6.99
 1975 25 SLN NL  C    151   812    92   13    4   .986   147  1321.2   6.16
                 1B    18    74     5    2    8   .975    12   107.0   6.64
                 LF     5     4     0    0    0  1.000     1    14.0   2.57
 1976 26 SLN NL  C    154   789    76    8    2   .991   149  1313.0   5.93
                 1B    12    78     4    1    4   .988     7    75.0   9.84
 1977 27 SLN NL  C    146   961    59    5    4   .995   140  1270.0   7.23  GG
 1978 28 SLN NL  C    147  1007    79   14    6   .987   146  1298.1   7.53
                 LF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     3    26.0   1.73
 1979 29 SLN NL  C    133   704    64    6    2   .992   123  1100.1   6.28
 1980 30 MLA AL  C    131   576    55    6    3   .991   122  1099.0   5.17
 1981 31 MLA AL  C    152   694    70   16   12   .979   146  1303.2   5.27
 1982 32 MLA AL  C    141   742    74    3    2   .996   134  1193.0   6.16
 1983 33 MLA AL  C    144   814    58   17    3   .981   142  1261.0   6.22
 1984 34 MLA AL  3B   119   101   188   26   20   .917   117  1018.2   2.55
                 1B     1     9     0    0    2  1.000     1     9.0   9.00
 1985 35 MLA AL  C     82   421    26   18    1   .961    79   677.2   5.94
                 3B     4     2     9    0    0  1.000     4    34.1   2.88
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1986 36 ATN NL  C     40   196    20    2    1   .991    31   298.1   6.52
 1987 37 ATN NL  C     53   259    21    1    1   .996    42   385.0   6.55
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1988 38 ATN NL  C     23   148    14    7    1   .959    22   191.2   7.61
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   2217 12686  1026  170   70   .988  2139 19090.0   6.46
                 3B   124   103   197   26   20   .920   121  1055.0   2.56
                 1B    32   162     9    3   14   .983    20   192.0   8.02
                 LF     8     9     0    0    0  1.000     4    40.0   2.02
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1983 ALCS  MLA CHA   W    4  16  3  6  0  1  1   5  0  4  .375  .353  .688  0
      WS    MLA ATN   L    7  29  1  7  2  0  0   3  2  4  .241  .290  .310  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1970  SLN   63-99   Jeff Juenger, Rick Ramacier, Stan Berger
 1971  SLN   71-91   Rich Anderson, Michael Stucchi
 1972  SLN   73-89   Michael Stucchi
 1973  SLN   71-91   Derek Jones
 1974  SLN   82-80   Derek Jones
 1975  SLN   80-82   Derek Jones
 1976  SLN   70-92   Steve Dewing
 1977  SLN   94-68   Steve Dewing
 1978  SLN   83-79   Steve Dewing, Jim Sheehan, Rob Tomlinson
 1979  SLN   73-89   Rob Tomlinson
 1980  MLA   94-68   Mark Simons
 1981  MLA   65-97   Mark Simons
 1982  MLA   83-79   Mark Simons
 1983  MLA   94-68   Mark Simons
 1984  MLA   68-94   Mark Simons
 1985  MLA   57-105  Mark Simons
 1986  ATN   50-112  Rick Field
 1987  ATN   64-98   Rick Field
 1988  ATN   63-99   Rick Field

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