It’s official now. Ted Simmons will be wearing a Cardinals cap on his plaque when he is inducted into the Hall of Fame next July 26 in Cooperstown, N.Y. The Hall of Fame, in concert with the former Cardinals catching star, made that decision Friday and Simmons relayed that decision exclusively to the Post-Dispatch.
Simmons played 21 seasons in the major leagues but the majority of that was with the Cardinals from 1968-80. He also spent five seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, with whom he went to the World Series in 1982 and played in the postseason in 1981, and three seasons with Atlanta.