Chris Singleton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 15, 1972 in Martinez, CA
High School: Pinole Valley (Pinole, CA)
School: University of Nevada, Reno
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1999
Final Game: May 19, 2005
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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
1999 26 CHW AL 133 529 496 72 149 31 6 17 72 20 5 22 45 .300 .328 .490 .818 105 243 10 1 4 6 1 *87/D9 RoY-6
2000 27 CHW AL 147 563 511 83 130 22 5 11 62 22 7 35 85 .254 .301 .382 .683 71 195 6 1 12 4 2 *87/D
2001 28 CHW AL 140 431 392 57 117 21 5 7 45 12 11 20 61 .298 .331 .431 .762 96 169 5 1 14 4 2 *87/9D
2002 29 BAL AL 136 502 466 67 122 30 6 9 50 20 2 21 83 .262 .296 .410 .706 90 191 8 4 6 5 0 *8/D
2003 30 OAK AL 120 341 306 38 75 24 1 1 36 7 2 26 55 .245 .301 .340 .641 70 104 2 1 2 6 4 *8/97
2005 32 TBD AL 28 67 59 9 16 5 0 0 11 0 0 6 14 .271 .348 .356 .704 90 21 1 1 1 0 0 9/8D7
6 Seasons 704 2433 2230 326 609 133 23 45 276 81 27 130 343 .273 .312 .414 .726 87 923 32 9 39 25 9
162 Game Avg. 162 560 513 75 140 31 5 10 64 19 6 30 79 .273 .312 .414 .726 87 212 7 2 9 6 2
CHW (3 yrs) 420 1523 1399 212 396 74 16 35 179 54 23 77 191 .283 .319 .434 .753 90 607 21 3 30 14 5
TBD (1 yr) 28 67 59 9 16 5 0 0 11 0 0 6 14 .271 .348 .356 .704 90 21 1 1 1 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 120 341 306 38 75 24 1 1 36 7 2 26 55 .245 .301 .340 .641 70 104 2 1 2 6 4
BAL (1 yr) 136 502 466 67 122 30 6 9 50 20 2 21 83 .262 .296 .410 .706 90 191 8 4 6 5 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
1999 26 CHW AL 529 372 78 5.6 115 .300 .300 .276 .328 .349 .490 .442 .818 .791 105 .515 1.5 0.1 .776 .264 .190 18.4
2000 27 CHW AL 563 410 61 4.0 117 .284 .254 .279 .301 .352 .382 .448 .683 .800 71 .354 -25.1 -2.3 .624 .225 .127 14.7
2001 28 CHW AL 431 309 54 4.7 110 .335 .298 .272 .331 .339 .431 .436 .762 .776 96 .464 -3.2 -0.3 .656 .186 .133 8.8
2002 29 BAL AL 502 365 58 4.2 101 .298 .262 .258 .296 .325 .410 .416 .706 .741 90 .432 -7.2 -0.7 .661 .232 .148 12.4
2003 30 OAK AL 341 243 34 3.7 106 .289 .245 .267 .301 .333 .340 .427 .641 .759 70 .368 -12.1 -1.1 .579 .196 .095 1.8
2005 32 TBD AL 67 45 8 4.7 104 .356 .271 .267 .348 .330 .356 .423 .704 .753 90 .486 -0.5 -0.1 .636 .186 .085
6 Seasons 2433 1744 293 4.5 110 .302 .273 .271 .312 .340 .414 .434 .726 .775 87 .432 -46.7 -4.3 .664 .223 .141 57.9
162 Game Avg. 560 401 67 4.5 110 .302 .273 .271 .312 .340 .414 .434 .726 .775 87 .432 -46.7 -4.3 .664 .223 .141 13
CHW (3 yrs) 1523 1091 193 4.7 114 .304 .283 .276 .319 .347 .434 .443 .753 .790 90 .443 -26.9 -2.4 .686 .228 .151 42.5
TBD (1 yr) 67 45 8 4.7 104 .356 .271 .267 .348 .330 .356 .423 .704 .753 90 .485 -0.5 -0.1 .636 .186 .085
OAK (1 yr) 341 243 34 3.7 106 .289 .245 .267 .301 .333 .340 .427 .641 .759 70 .368 -12.1 -1.1 .579 .196 .095 1.8
BAL (1 yr) 502 365 58 4.2 101 .298 .262 .258 .296 .325 .410 .416 .706 .741 90 .431 -7.2 -0.7 .661 .232 .148 12.4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 27 CHW AL ALDS SEA L 3 9 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .333 .444 3 0 0 0 0 0
2003 30 OAK AL ALDS BOS L 2 9 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .286 .444 .571 1.016 4 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 18 16 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 .188 .278 .438 .715 7 0 1 0 0 0
2 ALDS 5 18 16 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 .188 .278 .438 .715 7 0 1 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
1999 26 CHW AL 529 3.2% 8.5% 4.2% 10.2% 36% 2.05 11.0 29.2 6.9 0.81 1.09 83% 21% 7.8% 10%
2000 27 CHW AL 563 2.0% 15.1% 6.2% 6.8% 29% 2.43 6.0 46.5 8.2 0.85 1.28 74% 21% 6.0% 18%
2001 28 CHW AL 431 1.6% 14.2% 4.6% 7.7% 28% 3.05 6.4 56.0 8.7 0.72 1.07 76% 25% 4.3% 10%
2002 29 BAL AL 502 1.8% 16.5% 4.2% 9.0% 37% 3.95 5.6 51.8 9.3 0.73 1.09 76% 25% 4.9% 12%
2003 30 OAK AL 341 0.3% 16.1% 7.6% 7.6% 35% 2.12 5.6 306.0 8.5 0.81 1.14 75% 22% 0.8% 7%
2005 32 TBD AL 67 0.0% 20.9% 9.0% 7.5% 31% 2.33 4.2 5.4 0.61 0.94 67% 26% 0.0% 0%
6 Seasons 2433 1.9% 14.1% 5.3% 8.3% 33% 2.64 6.5 49.6 8.1 0.78 1.13 77% 23% 5.0% 12%
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
1999 26 CHW AL 8 1 36% 189 20 5 80% 19 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 12 55% 20 13 7 5 2 3 13 2 11
2000 27 CHW AL 7 3 47% 211 22 7 76% 22 6 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 9 59% 32 16 15 12 4 8 20 5 15
2001 28 CHW AL 2 1 38% 150 12 11 52% 10 10 2 1 0 0 2 0 7 12 64% 16 7 8 8 2 6 12 3 9
2002 29 BAL AL 5 0 42% 183 20 2 91% 13 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 5 13 54% 15 10 4 8 4 4 20 5 15
2003 30 OAK AL 1 0 37% 140 7 2 78% 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 50% 11 8 3 3 1 2 18 5 11
2005 32 TBD AL 0 1 39% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 55% 5 3 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
6 Seasons 23 6 40% 897 81 27 75% 69 23 12 4 0 0 10 2 24 58 57% 99 57 39 37 13 24 88 22 64
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
1999 26 CHW AL 530 84% 149 24 9 4 0 0 0 1.82 17 0 11 14 3 5 12 0 12 4 33% 103 10 10% 58 24 41% 293 57 19% 25 18 72% 38 23 61% 0
2000 27 CHW AL 566 87% 130 15 6 1 0 0 0 0.52 11 0 11 11 0 5 6 0 16 12 75% 118 6 5% 61 28 46% 344 53 15% 29 17 59% 29 13 45% 0
2001 28 CHW AL 432 89% 117 20 7 3 1 0 0 0.42 7 0 12 6 1 4 3 0 19 14 74% 78 5 6% 45 26 58% 239 42 18% 25 18 72% 25 14 56% 0
2002 29 BAL AL 502 85% 122 16 6 7 1 0 0 0.96 9 0 9 7 2 4 5 0 11 6 55% 101 8 8% 57 24 42% 286 44 15% 23 15 65% 29 15 52% 0
2003 30 OAK AL 341 83% 75 4 2 7 4 0 2 2.49 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 50% 67 2 3% 37 17 46% 226 35 15% 21 12 57% 27 11 41% 0
2005 32 TBD AL 68 96% 16 2 0 9 2 0 0 0.78 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 7 3 43% 54 11 20% 7 4 57% 5 2 40% 0
6 Seasons 2439 86% 609 81 30 31 8 0 2 1.30 45 0 53 39 6 18 27 0 63 39 62% 484 32 7% 265 122 46% 1442 242 17% 130 84 65% 153 78 51% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 26 CHW AL 530 1710 3.23 1158 68% 22% 12% 26% 40% 78% 0% 53% 85% 39% 5% 28 1 15% 77 22 7% 35 26 20% 0 0 1
2000 27 CHW AL 566 2001 3.54 1311 66% 20% 15% 31% 34% 80% 1% 52% 81% 42% 4% 25 0 12% 70 24 8% 43 30 19% 0 0 0
2001 28 CHW AL 432 1539 3.56 1058 69% 20% 15% 32% 33% 80% 2% 55% 82% 39% 4% 17 1 11% 47 14 6% 28 14 15% 0 0 0
2002 29 BAL AL 502 1762 3.51 1218 69% 20% 16% 32% 32% 80% 0% 55% 80% 35% 3% 15 0 13% 63 34 6% 30 22 12% 0 0 0
2003 30 OAK AL 341 1297 3.80 828 64% 32% 12% 25% 31% 68% 3% 44% 82% 23% 5% 16 0 18% 60 12 9% 30 17 33% 0 0 0
2005 32 TBD AL 68 230 3.38 150 65% 20% 19% 30% 31% 79% 0% 52% 76% 34% 4% 3 0 9% 6 3 4% 3 2 21% 0 0 1
6 Seasons 2439 8539 3.50 5723 67% 22% 14% 29% 34% 78% 1% 52% 82% 37% 4% 104 2 13% 323 109 7% 169 111 19% 0 0 2
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
1999 26 133 529 496 72 149 31 6 17 72 20 5 22 45 .300 .328 .490 .818 105 243 10 1 4 6 1
2000 27 280 1092 1007 155 279 53 11 28 134 42 12 57 130 .277 .314 .435 .749 87 438 16 2 16 10 3
2001 28 420 1523 1399 212 396 74 16 35 179 54 23 77 191 .283 .319 .434 .753 90 607 21 3 30 14 5
2002 29 556 2025 1865 279 518 104 22 44 229 74 25 98 274 .278 .313 .428 .741 90 798 29 7 36 19 5
2003 30 676 2366 2171 317 593 128 23 45 265 81 27 124 329 .273 .311 .415 .727 87 902 31 8 38 25 9
2004 31 676 2366 2171 317 593 128 23 45 265 81 27 124 329 .273 .311 .415 .727 87 902 31 8 38 25 9
2005 32 704 2433 2230 326 609 133 23 45 276 81 27 130 343 .273 .312 .414 .726 87 923 32 9 39 25 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1999 26 133 514 486 65 139 29 6 16 65 19 21 45 .286 .313 .469 .782 71 133
2000 27 147 541 503 72 122 21 5 10 54 21 33 85 .243 .288 .364 .652 53 147
2001 28 140 408 384 53 109 20 5 7 42 11 19 61 .284 .316 .417 .733 50 140
2002 29 136 502 471 69 127 31 6 9 51 21 22 83 .270 .305 .418 .723 60 136
2003 30 120 342 308 37 77 25 1 1 35 7 27 55 .250 .307 .347 .654 33 120
2005 32 28 67 60 9 17 5 0 0 11 0 6 14 .283 .358 .367 .725 8 28
6 Seasons 704 2374 2212 305 591 131 23 43 258 79 128 343 .267 .307 .406 .712 275 704
162 Game Avg. 162 546 509 70 136 30 5 10 59 18 29 79 .267 .307 .406 .712 63 704

* 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

Triples s c a p y
2002 AL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2000 AL  12 (4th)
2001 AL  14 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2001 AL  11 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1999 AL  11.0 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1604), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Gene Moore (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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