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Ted Lyle Simmons was a Major League Baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals (1968–1980), Milwaukee Brewers (1981–1985), and Atlanta Braves (1986–1988). When Simba, his nickname, made his big league debut on September 21, 1968, he became the first Southfield High School (Southfield, MI) graduate to play in the majors.
Dec 9, 2019 · Ted Simmons was on the first Milwaukee Brewers team to make the playoffs and the first to earn a trip to the World Series. Now more than 30 years after his retirement as a player, he’s received one of baseball’s biggest honors. On Sunday, it was announced Simmons was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Simmons was the starting catcher for ...
Jan 21, 2022 · Ted Simmons was a switch-hitting force, compiling a .285/.348/.437 slash line with 248 career home runs while catching for the Cardinals, Brewers and Braves. He made eight All-Star teams, batted .300 or better seven times and at the time of his retirement in 1988, led all catchers in career hits
Dec 9, 2019 · This week, Simmons found closure to another decades-long quest. Twenty-five years after his first and only appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot, he has attained baseball’s highest honor with election to Cooperstown via the Hall’s Modern Baseball Era Committee. The release of anxiety after getting the phone call on Monday evening, Simmons ...
Jul 15, 2021 · “Ted Simmons is one of the finest players to have worn the Birds on the Bat and will forever be a part of Cardinals history,” said Cardinals’ Chairman Bill DeWitt, Jr. “We are proud to honor Ted before his Hall of Fame induction this Fall and add him to the exclusive group of ten individuals who have both a statue outside of Busch ...
Jan 10, 2020 · It is Ted Simmons, who will be honored Jan. 19 by the St. Louis Baseball Writers in the midst of a big baseball week locally, with the Cardinals’ Winter Warm-Up to take place from Jan. 18-20.
