If Gary Carter is in the Hall of Fame, why isn't Ted Simmons? These are the stats for each; Games played Ted Simmons,2456***Gary Carter,2296 Runs Ted Simmons,1074***Gary Carter,1025 Doubles Ted Simmons,483***Gary Carter,371 triples Ted Simmons,47***Gary Carter,31 Home runs Ted Simmons,248***Gary Carter,324 RBI's Ted Simmons,1389***Gary Carter,1225 Batting Avg. Ted Simmons,.285***Gary Carter,.262 OBP Ted Simmons,.384***Gary Carter,.335 Slugging% Ted Simmons.437***Gary Carter,.439 Feilding% Ted Simmons,987***Gary Carter,991 So, if you look at these stats, Ted Simmons put up a lot better numbers than Gary Carter did. Carter hit more Home Runs than Simmons did, but Ted played most of his career in Busch stadium in St.Louis while Carter played in more hitter friendly Olympic stadium in Montreal and Shea stadium in N.Y. Ted also played at the same time Johnny Bench did in the N.L. Carter had such a small lead in fielding %, .991-.987 and SLG %, .439-.437,,,That it shouldn't make any difference. So, if Gary Carter is in the Hall of Fame, Ted Simmons deserves this honor even more!