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Ted
Simmons		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 9, 1949 in Usa, MI, HIGHLAND PARK
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 18 MON NL     5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1969 19 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1970 20 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1971 21 MON NL     5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1972 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1973 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1974 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 8
1975 25 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
1976 26 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
1977 27 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 3 8 7 8
1978 28 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 3 4 8 8 8
1979 29 BAL AL $ 450,077   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 30 BAL AL $ 450,077   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1982 32 LAD NL $ 500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 8
1983 33 LAD NL $ 500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 18 AAA   137 540 62 153 25 4 24 74 7 10 53 42 .283 .347 .478 .825 85.6  
1969 19 MON NL 14 40 5 9 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 1 .225 .267 .325 .592 3.8 0.0
    AAA   109 400 52 98 17 0 12 51 4 2 40 43 .245 .314 .378 .691 48.7  
1970 20 MON NL 30 93 9 27 6 0 1 13 1 0 5 10 .290 .327 .387 .714 10.3 1.9
    AAA   81 349 58 103 12 4 17 49 2 7 35 23 .295 .359 .499 .858 58.7  
1971 21 AAA   137 581 99 170 40 0 33 90 7 6 62 62 .293 .361 .532 .893 105.8  
1972 22 MON NL 5 15 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 0.6 0.0
    AAA   31 120 19 33 6 1 5 16 1 0 17 16 .275 .365 .467 .832 20.7  
1974 24 MIN AL 97 271 32 74 17 0 4 53 0 0 15 31 .273 .305 .380 .685 30.3 2.7
1975 25 MIN AL 96 294 31 75 14 2 5 27 1 1 11 34 .255 .284 .367 .652 26.7 1.8
1976 26 AAA   134 503 69 131 29 2 26 96 0 0 22 46 .260 .291 .481 .773 69.2  
1977 27 MIN AL 58 158 15 42 12 0 4 19 0 0 8 11 .266 .305 .418 .723 17.0 1.9
1978 28 MIN AL 59 149 9 23 4 0 0 11 0 0 8 17 .154 .195 .181 .376 3.4 0.0
1979 29 BAL AL 82 313 23 65 12 0 2 21 0 1 20 39 .208 .254 .265 .520 18.8 0.0
1980 30 BAL AL 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3
    AAA   34 66 12 24 5 0 4 13 0 0 13 8 .364 .468 .621 1.090 17.2  
1981 31 AAA   80 208 26 55 11 1 7 45 0 1 15 20 .264 .314 .428 .742 27.1  
1982 32 LAD NL 145 480 42 99 21 1 9 43 0 0 38 59 .206 .265 .310 .575 34.8 1.3
1983 33 LAD NL 48 102 10 20 6 0 1 8 0 0 14 12 .196 .293 .284 .577 8.8 0.4
    AAA   57 224 25 57 14 0 6 25 0 0 21 18 .254 .318 .397 .716 28.3  
11 Years Sim 637 1918 179 439 97 3 26 204 2 2 123 216 .229 .275 .323 .598 155.3 10.3
9 Years AAA 800 2991 422 824 159 12 134 459 21 26 278 278 .275 .337 .471 .808 461.4  
162 Game Average 487 45 111 24 0 6 51 0 0 31 54 .229 .275 .323 .598 39.5  
Career Highs 145 480 42 99 21 2 9 53 1 1 38 59 .667 .667 .667 1.333 34.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1231 103 276 61 2 17 128 1 2 78 140 .224 .269 .318 .588 102.9
vs LH   687 76 163 36 1 9 76 1 0 45 76 .237 .284 .332 .616 63.6
Home 320 949 74 200 39 1 7 98 1 2 55 109 .211 .253 .276 .529 62.0
Away 317 969 105 239 58 2 19 106 1 0 68 107 .247 .295 .369 .665 104.4
RISP   470 0 107 24 0 7 164 0 0 23 45 .228 .258 .323 .582 38.3
Pinch Hitting   108 12 21 4 0 1 23 0 0 4 14 .194 .217 .259 .477 5.3
Close/Late   263 20 63 15 0 2 36 0 0 13 29 .240 .272 .319 .592 21.9
Mar/Apr 117 385 47 96 19 0 4 34 0 1 21 43 .249 .288 .330 .618 35.0
May 143 430 41 85 19 1 2 29 1 1 34 49 .198 .256 .260 .516 27.4
June 113 302 16 48 9 0 5 27 0 0 20 33 .159 .210 .238 .448 13.1
July 87 263 22 77 21 0 3 34 0 0 14 29 .293 .329 .407 .735 32.8
August 91 277 23 70 19 0 4 39 0 0 15 37 .253 .291 .365 .656 28.2
Sep/Oct 86 261 30 63 10 2 8 41 1 0 19 25 .241 .291 .387 .678 29.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1969 19 MON NL C 11 10 89.0 61 3 0 0 1.000 6.47 8 1 .125 0 0.4
1970 20 MON NL C 16 16 141.7 93 5 0 0 1.000 6.23 6 2 .333 0 0.9
    1B 12 11 92.0 104 11 2 2 .983 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1972 22 MON NL 3B 3 2 18.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 2 18.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 6.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1974 24 MIN AL C 42 42 355.7 220 21 5 0 .980 6.10 65 20 .308 0 1.4
    3B 37 0 72.0 4 17 3 1 .875 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 5 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 25 MIN AL C 47 45 389.0 188 29 2 0 .991 5.02 59 22 .373 1 2.2
    1B 15 11 92.0 120 7 0 12 1.000 12.42 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 9 0 17.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 27 MIN AL C 28 28 235.0 114 15 0 0 1.000 4.94 24 12 .500 0 1.6
    1B 15 14 117.0 127 12 1 13 .993 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 12 0 26.7 2 11 0 0 1.000 4.39 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 28 MIN AL C 26 25 216.0 112 10 1 1 .992 5.08 14 5 .357 1 1.4
    1B 13 8 74.0 80 4 0 6 1.000 10.22 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 14 0 27.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 3.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 29 BAL AL C 79 78 699.0 302 31 7 1 .979 4.29 79 25 .316 2 2.8
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 2 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 30 BAL AL 1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 32 LAD NL 1B 98 94 786.3 930 75 10 100 .990 11.50 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 39 38 335.0 147 20 2 0 .988 4.49 46 15 .326 0 0.9
    3B 5 0 13.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 33 LAD NL 1B 30 20 187.3 200 16 1 23 .995 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 4 4 33.0 5 9 0 1 1.000 3.82 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 4 0 9.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.73 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 294 284 2488.0 1254 134 17 2 .988 5.02 302 102 .338 4 11.6
  1B 190 158 1362.7 1576 127 14 156 .992 11.25 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  3B 84 6 207.7 17 49 3 2 .957 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   570 448 4061.3 2848 312 34 160 .989 7.00 302 102 .338 4 14.3
Career Highs   142 132 1134.7 1077 98 12 100 1.000 9.32 79 25 .500 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 20 MON NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1978 28 MIN AL 8 28 4 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .179 .207 .286 .493
Career Post-Season Batting 9 30 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .200 .226 .300 .526
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Tony Pena (982)
  2. Ron Hassey (978)
  3. Dave Van Gorder (974)
  4. Ken Silvestri (972)
  5. Sammy White (968)
  6. Ray Mueller (963)
  7. Paul Richards (960)
  8. Al Lopez (957)
  9. Red Wilson (956)
  10. Sherm Lollar (956)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Montreal in 1968
Had first career hit on 5/1/1969, off Hal Kurtz (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1970, off Dave Lemonds (NYA)
Injured on 6/3/1972 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 7/1/1972 (Going to MIN: C Ted Simmons. Going to MON: P Dick Drago)
Injured on 8/12/1974 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/14/1979 to a 4-year deal worth $450,077 per year
3/4/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
4/3/1980: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Released by Baltimore on 10/22/1981
 
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