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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.
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Ted Simmons was the rarest of the rare in baseball: A catcher who could hit for power and average. Born Aug. 9, 1949, in Highland Park, Mich., Simmons excelled in both baseball and football in high school, earning gridiron scholarship offers from Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue and Colorado.
Sep 2, 2021 · September 2, 2021. Ted Simmons' induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame has robust support from the record book. He has the most hits in Major League history among switch-hitting catchers. His career OPS+ is higher than that of fellow Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk, Gary Carter, and Iván Rodríguez. But to fully measure Simmons’ legacy requires ...
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 · Ted Simmons. He was an eight-time All-Star, batted .300-plus seven times, and upon his retirement after the 1988 season, held the major-league record for hits (2,472) and doubles (483) by a catcher, to go along with 248 home runs and 1,389 RBIs. In December 2019, 25 years after receiving only 3.7% of the vote in his first year of eligibility ...
Feb 6, 2020 · Ted Simmons, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020, sits down with the Hall of Fame for his first official Baseball Hall of Fame interview. Inter...
Dec 8, 2019 · Simmons, an eight-time All-Star during a 21-year big-league career, was a switch-hitter who batted .285 with 248 homers and 1,389 runs batted in for St. Louis (1968-80), Milwaukee (1981-85) and ...
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