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Bill Singer

William Robert Singer (Sing Sing or The Singer Throwing Machine)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: April 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Pomona HS (Pomona, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1964
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Angels/Twins/BlueJays/Rangers 1964-1977

Final Game: July 16, 1977
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1964 20 LAD NL 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 21 LAD NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 22 LAD NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 23 LAD NL 34 71 67 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 .090 .090 .104 .194 -42 7 1 0 4 0 0 1
1968 24 LAD NL 37 89 81 6 12 7 0 0 4 0 0 4 30 .148 .198 .235 .432 34 19 0 1 3 0 0 1
1969 25 LAD NL 41 118 108 7 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 47 .102 .118 .111 .229 -33 12 1 1 8 0 0 1 AS
1970 26 LAD NL 16 41 38 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .132 .175 .158 .333 -8 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1971 27 LAD NL 31 74 58 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 24 .103 .212 .103 .316 -5 6 2 3 8 0 0 1
1972 28 LAD NL 26 63 55 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .073 .105 .091 .196 -43 5 0 0 6 0 0 1
1973 29 CAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1974 30 CAL AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 31 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 TOT AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 TEX AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 32 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 33 TOR AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Yrs 324 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 231 207 10 23 6 0 0 7 0 0 7 81 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 28 2 3 15 0 0
LAD (9 yrs) 192 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
CAL (3 yrs) 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 192 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 20 LAD NL 2 6 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1965 21 LAD NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1966 22 LAD NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,000 /1
1967 23 LAD NL 34 71 -10 -0 0 0 8 -2 -0.3 2 0 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $ 1
1968 24 LAD NL 37 89 -6 0 0 0 9 4 0.5 3 7 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 0.1 7 $ 1
1969 25 LAD NL 41 118 -17 0 1 0 14 -3 -0.3 4 1 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 1 $ 1 AS
1970 26 LAD NL 16 41 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $47,500 1
1971 27 LAD NL 31 74 -8 -0 -0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1972 28 LAD NL 26 63 -11 0 1 0 6 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .483 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $50,000 1
1973 29 CAL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $48,000 1 AS
1974 30 CAL AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 31 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 32 TEX AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 32 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 33 TOR AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $90,000 1
14 Seasons 324 462 -60 -0 2 0 50 -7 -0.7 15 8 -0.7 .498 .500 -0.7 0.3 8 $244,500
LAD (9 yrs) 192 462 -60 -0 2 0 50 -7 -0.7 15 8 -0.7 .496 .499 -0.7 0.2 8 $106,500
CAL (3 yrs) 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $48,000
MIN (1 yr) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
TEX (1 yr) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
TOR (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $90,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1964 20 LAD NL 6 5 0 0.0 88 .250 .167 .255 .167 .312 .167 .379 .333 .691 -3 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1967 23 LAD NL 71 66 1 0.4 83 .154 .090 .248 .090 .309 .104 .363 .194 .672 -42 .015 -11.9 -1.3 .113 .015 .015
1968 24 LAD NL 89 72 4 1.5 75 .235 .148 .243 .198 .300 .235 .342 .432 .642 34 .169 -6.0 -0.7 .348 .136 .086
1969 25 LAD NL 118 106 2 0.5 89 .180 .102 .251 .118 .320 .111 .372 .229 .693 -33 .021 -18.8 -2.0 .143 .019 .009
1970 26 LAD NL 41 34 1 0.8 99 .179 .132 .261 .175 .333 .158 .399 .333 .732 -8 .038 -5.8 -0.6 .242 .079 .026
1971 27 LAD NL 74 62 2 0.9 87 .176 .103 .253 .212 .318 .103 .370 .316 .688 -5 .056 -7.8 -0.8 .259 .086 .000
1972 28 LAD NL 63 57 1 0.5 90 .118 .073 .254 .105 .322 .091 .376 .196 .698 -43 .020 -10.4 -1.1 .137 .055 .018
14 Yrs 462 402 11 0.7 86 .179 .109 .251 .148 .315 .136 .368 .284 .683 -16 .043 -61.4 -6.6 .202 .061 .027
162 Game Avg. 231 201 6 0.7 86 .179 .109 .251 .148 .315 .136 .368 .284 .683 -16 .043 -61.4 -6.6 .202 .061 .027

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 20 LAD NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.00 67%
1967 23 LAD NL 71 0.0% 39.4% 0.0% 1.4% 17% 2.4 16.8 2.25 55%
1968 24 LAD NL 89 0.0% 33.7% 4.5% 7.9% 58% 7.50 2.7 20.3 1.53 57%
1969 25 LAD NL 118 0.0% 39.8% 0.9% 0.9% 9% 47.00 2.3 54.0 3.23 52%
1970 26 LAD NL 41 0.0% 24.4% 4.9% 2.4% 20% 5.00 3.8 38.0 0.60 68%
1971 27 LAD NL 74 0.0% 32.4% 6.8% 0.0% 0% 4.80 2.4 29.0 2.17 46%
1972 28 LAD NL 63 0.0% 33.3% 3.2% 1.6% 25% 10.50 2.6 3.38 54%
14 Yrs 462 0.0% 35.1% 3.0% 2.4% 24% 11.57 2.5 31.8 2.04 54%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.5% 8.5% 6.1% 27% 1.71 6.2 44.8 9.0 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 20 LAD NL -0.8 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .84 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.75 -0.8 0
1965 21 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1966 22 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1967 23 LAD NL -11.9 -1.3 71 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 1.05 -1.1 -0.2 -10.4 -1.2 1.03 -10.3 0
1968 24 LAD NL -6.0 -0.7 91 -0.6 0.7 -1.4 .82 -0.7 -0.1 -4.0 -0.5 0.89 -6.1 0
1969 25 LAD NL -18.8 -2.0 120 -1.5 0.9 -2.4 .98 -1.7 0.2 -17.1 -1.9 0.98 -16.6 0
1970 26 LAD NL -5.8 -0.6 42 -0.4 0.2 -0.7 .84 -0.6 0.1 -5.5 -0.6 0.92 -6.7 0
1971 27 LAD NL -7.8 -0.8 74 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .95 -1.0 0.1 -8.8 -1.0 1.00 -9.8 0
1972 28 LAD NL -10.4 -1.1 63 -1.3 0.2 -1.5 1.15 -1.0 -0.1 -11.7 -1.3 1.03 -10.3 0
1973 29 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1974 30 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1975 31 CAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 32 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1976 32 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1976 32 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1977 33 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
14 Yrs -61.4 -6.6 467 -6.1 2.9 -9.0 .96 -6.2 -0.1 -58.2 -6.4 0.97 -60.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 20 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1967 23 LAD NL 2 0 17% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 24 LAD NL 0 0 35% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 29% 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
1969 25 LAD NL 3 0 54% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14% 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1970 26 LAD NL 0 0 57% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1971 27 LAD NL 0 0 7% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1972 28 LAD NL 0 0 17% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
14 Yrs 5 0 31% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 26% 13 11 2 4 4 0 10 5 5

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 20 LAD NL 6 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 23 LAD NL 71 46% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 15 1 7% 14 2 14% 48 4 8% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1968 24 LAD NL 89 42% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 12 0 0% 15 3 20% 44 4 9% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1969 25 LAD NL 118 37% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 21 1 5% 22 6 27% 80 3 4% 6 1 17% 2 2 100% 0
1970 26 LAD NL 41 39% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 8 1 13% 23 1 4% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1971 27 LAD NL 74 32% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 16 2 13% 18 6 33% 50 2 4% 2 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1972 28 LAD NL 63 38% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 15 0 0% 15 4 27% 51 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
14 Yrs 462 39% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 45 30 67% 88 4 5% 92 22 24% 297 14 5% 18 4 22% 14 5 36% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 31% 14% 48% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 20 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 21 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 23 41 77 73 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 30 .096 .096 .110 .205 -39 8 1 0 4 0 0
1968 24 78 166 154 7 19 8 0 0 8 0 0 4 60 .123 .151 .175 .326 -1 27 1 1 7 0 0
1969 25 119 284 262 14 30 9 0 0 10 0 0 5 107 .115 .138 .149 .286 -14 39 2 2 15 0 0
1970 26 135 325 300 18 35 10 0 0 11 0 0 7 117 .117 .142 .150 .292 -14 45 2 2 16 0 0
1971 27 166 399 358 19 41 10 0 0 13 0 0 12 141 .115 .155 .142 .297 -12 51 4 5 24 0 0
1972 28 192 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
1973 29 232 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
1974 30 246 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
1975 31 275 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
1976 32 311 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0
1977 33 324 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 4 5 30 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 20 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1967 23 34 73 69 2 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 28 .116 .116 .130 .246 1 34
1968 24 37 92 83 8 14 8 0 0 6 0 5 30 .169 .225 .265 .490 5 37
1969 25 41 121 111 11 14 1 0 0 3 0 1 47 .126 .142 .135 .277 2 41
1970 26 16 41 38 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 .132 .175 .158 .333 1 16
1971 27 31 74 58 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 5 24 .103 .212 .103 .316 1 31
1972 28 27 68 59 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 22 .102 .145 .136 .281 1 26
7 Yrs 188 475 424 28 53 13 0 0 18 0 16 163 .125 .166 .156 .322 11 187
162 Game Avg. 162 409 365 24 46 11 0 0 16 0 14 140 .125 .166 .156 .322 9 187

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *
1973 *

                           

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