How Ted Simmons rates with Hall of Fame catchers - Baseball Hall of Fame - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Baseball Digest, August, 2002

HOW TED SIMMONS RATES WITH HALL OF FAME CATCHERS

RUNS

Carlton Fisk        1,276
Yogi Berra          1,175
Buck Ewing          1,118
Johnny Bench        1,091
Ted Simmons         1,074
Mickey Cochrane     1,041
Bill Dickey           930
Gabby Hartnett        867
Rick Ferrell          687
Roger Bresnahan       684
Roy Campanella        627
Ernie Lombardi        601
Ray Schalk            579

HITS

Ted Simmons         2,472
Carlton Fisk        2,356
Yogi Berra          2,150
Johnny Bench        2,048
Bill Dickey         1,969
Gabby Hartnett      1,912
Ernie Lombardi      1,792
Rick Ferrell        1,692
Buck Ewing          1,663
Mickey Cochrane     1,652
Ray Schalk          1,345
Roger Bresnahan     1,251
Roy Campanella      1,161

DOUBLES

Ted Simmons           483
Carlton Fisk          421
Gabby Hartnett        396
Johnny Bench          381
Bill Dickey           343
Mickey Cochrane       333
Rick Ferrell          324
Yogi Berra            321
Ernie Lombardi        277
Buck Ewing            237
Roger Bresnahan       222
Ray Schalk            199
Roy Companella        178

HOME RUNS

Johnny Bench          389
Carlton Fisk          376
Yogi Berra            358
Ted Simmons           248
Roy Campanella        242
Gabby Hartnett        236
Bill Dickey           202
Ernie Lombardi        190
Mickey Cochrane       119
Buck Ewing             66
Rick Ferrell           28
Roger Bresnahan        26
Ray Schalk             12

RBI

Yogi Berra          1,430
Ted Simmons         1,389
Carlton Fisk        1,386
Johnny Bench        1,376
Bill Dickey         1,209
Gabby Hartnett      1,179
Ernie Lombardi        990
Buck Ewing            883
Roy Campanella        856
Mickey Cochrane       832
Rick Ferrell          734
Ray Schalk            596
Roger Bresnahan       531

BATTING AVERAGE

Mickey Cochrane      .320
Bill Dickey          .313
Ernie Lombardi       .306
Buck Ewing           .303
Gabby Hartnett       .297
Ted Simmons          .285
Yogi Berra           .285
Rick Ferrell         .281
Roger Bresnahan      .279
Roy Campanella       .276
Carlton Fisk         .269
Johnny Bench         .267
Ray Schalk           .253

GAMES CAUGHT

Carlton Fisk        2,226
Rick Ferrell        1,806
Gabby Hartnett      1,793
Ted Simmons         1,771
Johnny Bench        1,742
Ray Schalk          1,727
Bill Dickey         1,708
Yogi Berra          1,699
Ernie Lombardi      1,544
Mickey Cochrane     1,451
Roy Campanella      1,183
Roger Bresnahan       974
Buck Ewing            636

FIELDING AVG. AS CATCHER

Listed are each catcher's career
fielding average (FA) as a catcher
and the average fielding percentage
for catchers during his
career--League Fielding Percentage
(LPCT)

Catcher            FA    LPCT

Johnny Bench      .990   .987
Yogi Berra        .989   .987
Bill Dickey       .988   .982
Roy Campanella    .988   .984
Carlton Fisk      .988   .986
Ted Simmons       .987   .986
Mickey Cochrane   .985   .980
Rick Ferrell      .984   .982
Gabby Hartnett    .984   .978
Ray Schalk        .981   .971
Ernie Lombardi    .979   .980
Roger Bresnahan   .971   .968
Buck Ewing        .931   .906