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Ted SimmonsvsFrankie Frisch

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

C · VAL group BAT

Ted Simmons

1968–1988 · 21 seasons

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2B · VAL group BAT

Frankie Frisch

1919–1937 · 19 seasons

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At a glance

Ted Simmons and Frankie Frisch: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Ted Simmons	Stat	Frankie Frisch
21	Seasons	19
142.7	Career VAL	144.3
15.2 (1975)	Peak-season VAL	16.6 (1921)
Inducted 2020	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1947
1×	Silver Sluggers	—
8×	All-Star Selections	3×
—	MVP Awards	1×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	—
7	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	—

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Ted Simmons and Frankie Frisch have
Ted Simmons	Stat	Frankie Frisch
Career
2,456	Games	2,311
Batting
2,472	Hits	2,880
248	Home runs	105
1,389	RBI	1,244
1,074	Runs	1,532
21	Stolen bases	419
855

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Ted Simmons	Frankie Frisch
20	1.4	—
21	7.5	1.3
22	11.4	6.9
23	11.6	16.6
24	9.9	10.4
25	15.2	14.1
26	9.1	10.1
27	13.8	9.3
28	14.2	5.9
29	10.9	15.2
30	11.7	10.3
31	0	11.5
32	6.3	12.2
33	9.6	7.4
34	0	2.4
35	6.5	5.9
36	0.9	4.8
37	2.4	0
38	0.3	0