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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.
Dec 9, 2019 · December 8th, 2019. Anne Rogers. @ anne__rogers. SAN DIEGO -- For Ted Simmons, the fourth time is the charm. The former Cardinals catcher was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on the Modern Baseball Era ballot, announced Sunday at the Winter Meetings in San Diego.
Ted Lyle Simmons (born August 9, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. A switch-hitter, Simmons was a catcher for most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals (1968–1980), the Milwaukee Brewers (1981–1985) and the Atlanta Braves (1986–1988).
Ted Simmons | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 2020 . Ted Simmons was behind the plate in 1,769 games — 1,578 were complete games! He caught 122 shutouts, was an eight-time All-Star, batted above .300 seven times, hit twenty-or-more home runs six times, and drove in 90+ RBI nine times.
Dec 9, 2019 · 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 Milwaukee in 1982, the only season the Brewers ever reached the World Series.
Feb 6, 2020 · 84. 4.6K views 4 years ago. 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. Interview...
