Bill Singer
William Robert Singer (Sing Sing, The Singer Throwing Machine or No-No)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Pomona (Pomona, CA)
Signed
by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1964
Final Game: July 16, 1977
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Standard Batting

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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 1 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
1975 31 CAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 193 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 5 5 30 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 388 347 17 38 9 0 0 11 0 0 12 136 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 47 4 4 25 0 0
LAD (9 yrs) 192 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 5 5 30 0 0
CAL (3 yrs) 1 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 5 5 30 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 .690 -3 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1967 23 LAD NL 71 66 1 0.4 83 .154 .090 .247 .090 .308 .104 .363 .194 .671 -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 .692 -33 .021 -18.8 -2.0 .143 .019 .009
1970 26 LAD NL 41 35 1 0.8 99 .179 .132 .261 .175 .333 .158 .399 .333 .732 -8 .036 -5.8 -0.6 .235 .079 .026
1971 27 LAD NL 74 62 2 0.9 87 .176 .103 .253 .212 .318 .103 .370 .316 .688 -5 .056 -7.7 -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 -10.3 -1.1 .137 .055 .018
14 Seasons 462 403 11 0.7 86 .179 .109 .251 .148 .315 .136 .368 .284 .683 -16 .043 -61.3 -6.6 .201 .061 .027
162 Game Avg. 388 338 9 0.7 86 .179 .109 .251 .148 .315 .136 .368 .284 .683 -16 .043 -61.3 -6.6 .201 .061 .027

All-Star Batting

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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 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 462 0.0% 35.1% 3.0% 2.4% 24% 11.57 2.6 31.8 2.04 54%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 3 1 33% 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% 4 1 25% 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% 6 2 33% 0
1970 26 LAD NL 41 39% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 1 11% 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% 6 2 33% 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 2 0 0% 0
14 Seasons 462 39% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 45 30 67% 88 5 6% 92 22 24% 297 14 5% 18 4 22% 21 6 29% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 3 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 5 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 5 5 30 0 0
1973 29 192 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 5 5 30 0 0
1974 30 192 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 5 5 30 0 0
1975 31 193 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 5 5 30 0 0
1976 32 193 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 5 5 30 0 0
1977 33 193 462 413 20 45 11 0 0 13 0 0 14 162 .109 .148 .136 .284 -16 56 5 5 30 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 67 67 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 28 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 34
1968 24 37 91 85 9 16 9 0 0 6 0 5 30 .188 .242 .294 .536 6 37
1969 25 41 113 111 8 14 1 0 0 2 0 1 47 .126 .142 .135 .277 2 41
1970 26 16 40 38 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 .132 .175 .158 .333 1 16
1971 27 31 73 61 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 8 24 .148 .288 .148 .435 2 31
1972 28 27 62 59 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 22 .102 .145 .136 .281 1 26
7 Seasons 188 452 427 25 50 13 0 0 17 0 19 163 .117 .166 .148 .313 13 187
162 Game Avg. 162 389 368 22 43 11 0 0 15 0 16 140 .117 .166 .148 .313 11 187

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1969 *
1973 *

                                         

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