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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 LAD NL 20 P 2 2 14.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.50 .967 2.12 0.85
1965 LAD NL 21 P 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1966 LAD NL 22 P 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.33 .900 2.02 0.73
1967 LAD NL 23 P 32 29 204.1 52 10 37 5 0 .904 2.07 1.47 .962 2.00 0.78
1968 LAD NL 24 P 37 36 256.1 61 13 41 7 0 .885 1.90 1.46 .961 2.01 0.85
1969 LAD NL 25 P 41 40 315.2 57 14 41 2 0 .965 1.57 1.34 .958 1.95 0.78 AS
1970 LAD NL 26 P 16 16 106.1 23 8 12 3 0 .870 1.69 1.25 .957 1.85 0.71
1971 LAD NL 27 P 31 31 203.1 33 8 24 1 2 .970 1.42 1.03 .955 1.90 0.78
1972 LAD NL 28 P 26 25 169.1 37 7 28 2 2 .946 1.86 1.35 .951 1.78 0.73
1973 CAL AL 29 P 40 40 315.2 56 13 38 5 1 .911 1.45 1.28 .954 1.86 0.86 AS
1974 CAL AL 30 P 14 14 108.2 23 6 16 1 0 .957 1.82 1.57 .948 1.81 0.83
1975 CAL AL 31 P 29 27 179.0 38 7 28 3 1 .921 1.76 1.21 .942 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 32 P 36 36 236.2 41 7 31 3 0 .927 1.45 1.06 .951 1.87 0.85
1976 TEX AL 32 P 10 10 64.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.39 1.00 .950 1.86 0.85
1976 MIN AL 32 P 26 26 172.0 31 5 23 3 0 .903 1.47 1.08 .952 1.87 0.85
1977 TOR AL 33 P 13 12 59.2 14 2 10 2 1 .857 1.81 0.92 .950 1.95 0.84
14 Seasons P 322 308 2174.0 439 95 310 34 7 .923 1.68 1.26 .954 1.90 0.81
14 Seasons TOT 322 308 2174.0 439 95 310 34 7 .923 1.68 1.26 .877 1.90 0.81

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 LAD NL 20 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 21 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 22 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 LAD NL 23 34 29 34 34 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1968 LAD NL 24 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 25 41 40 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 26 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 27 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 28 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 29 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 30 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL AL 31 29 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIN AL 32 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 32 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOR AL 33 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 324 179 193 324 322 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 LAD NL 20 69 78% 33% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 21 7 57% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 22 21 67% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 LAD NL 23 892 73% 24% 35 91% 1 9 1 7 38 24 2 5 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1968 LAD NL 24 1107 72% 23% 44 91% 1 13 2 7 41 29 2 7 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1969 LAD NL 25 1291 74% 24% 45 87% 0 11 0 11 43 32 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1970 LAD NL 26 444 71% 23% 12 92% 0 9 1 7 12 10 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 27 884 75% 27% 27 89% 0 8 1 7 24 20 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1972 LAD NL 28 726 77% 27% 29 93% 0 7 0 6 28 23 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1973 CAL AL 29 1390 73% 24% 41 85% 3 13 0 13 39 27 1 5 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1974 CAL AL 30 477 75% 22% 15 100% 0 6 1 4 16 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1975 CAL AL 31 810 80% 25% 31 90% 1 8 1 5 29 20 5 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1976 MIN AL 32 778 82% 28% 24 92% 2 5 0 5 23 17 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 32 286 77% 23% 9 89% 0 2 0 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 TOR AL 33 306 76% 25% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 9 7 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
14 Seasons 9488 75% 25% 323 90% 8 93 7 76 313 233 22 34 2 9 23 7 7 6 6 1 42 83%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* 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.

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