Ted Simmons

A timeline

Born: August 9, 1949

1967: Drafted by Cardinals

Debut: September 21, 1968 (Cardinals)

1968: Cardinals win Pennant (Lose World Series to Tigers)

1970: Joins Cardinals for good

1971: Becomes starting catcher as Joe Torre moves to third base

1971: Catches Bob Gibson’s no-hitter

1972: Set Cardinals’ record for RBI by a catcher

1975: Set NL Record for hits by a catcher

1978: Beat out Johnny Bench to start the All Star Game

1978: Caught Bob Forsch’s first no-hitter

1980: Feud with Whitey Herzog

1980: Traded to Brewers

1981: Brewers win AL East (Lose ALDS to Yankees)

1982: Brewers win Pennant (Lost World Series to Herzog's Cardinals)

1986: Traded to Braves

1986: Forms the “Bomb Squad” in Atlanta made up of role players. He also planted a tomato garden in the bullpen.

1988: Retired as MLB leader for catchers in hits and doubles (broken by Ivan Rodriguez)

1992: GM Pirates

1993: Stepped down as GM after a heart attack

1994: Received 3.7% of the vote by the BBWAA for the Hall of Fame (morons)

1994-2008: Served in various baseball roles

2008: Bench coach for the Padres

2010: Advisor to the Mariners

Accomplishments:
8x All Star

1980 Silver Slugger

.285 hitter

248 HR

1389 RBI

1074 runs

2472 hits

483 doubles

855 walks-694 strikeouts

.348 OBP

.437 Slugging

.785 OPS

190+ hits: 2x

30+ doubles: 9x

40 doubles (1978)

20+ HR: 6x

100+ RBI: 3x

90+ RBI: 8x

.300+ average: 7x

.408 OBP (1977)

.500+ Slugging: 4x

.908 OPS (1977)

Postseason (3 Series): .186, 3 HR, 8 RBI (17 games)

Bob Forsch timeline

Born: January 13, 1950

1968: Drafted by Cardinals

1970: Converted from third base to pitcher while in minors

Debut: July 7, 1974 (Cardinals)

1974: Threw a shutout in second ML start.

1977: 20-7

1978: No-hit the Phillies

1979: His brother, Ken, no-hit the Braves, making the Forsch brothers the only brothers to throw no-hitters

1982: Cards win World Series

1983: No-hit the Expos

1984: Major back surgery

1985: Pitched division clincher

1985: Cards win Pennant (Lose World Series to Royals)

1987: Forsch plunks Jeff Leonard for being an ass in the NLCS causing a controversy

1987: Cards win Pennant (Lose World Series to Twins)

1988: Traded to Astros

1989: Retired

1995: Received 0.4% of the HOF vote and taken off ballot for 1996

He wrote a book in retirement and served as a minor league pitching coach (2009-2011)

Died: November 3, 2011

Accomplishments:
1982 World Champion

Two no-hitters

Part of only brother combo to throw no-hitters in the majors

2x Silver Slugger

168-136 record

3.76 ERA

67 CG

19 shutouts

10+ wins: 11x

15+ wins: 3x

20-7 (1977)

Sub 3 ERA: 2.86 (1975)

200+ IP: 7x

Postseason (6 series): 3-4 record, 5.79 ERA (3 NLCS: 2-1, 3.52 ERA, 0.848 WHIP)