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Chris Singleton

Christopher Verdell Singleton

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/Athletics/DevilRays 1999-2005

Final Game: May 19, 2005
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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
1993	20	SFG-min	A-	58	244	219	39	58	14	4	3	18	14	3	18	46	.265	.322	.406	.729		89	3	1	5	1	0	EVR · NORW
1994	21	SFG-min	A+	113	463	425	51	106	17	5	2	49	19	6	27	62	.249	.297	.327	.624		139	9	3	5	3	0	SJO · CALL
1995	22	SFG-min	A+	94	433	405	55	112	13	5	2	31	33	13	17	49	.277	.313	.348	.661		141	5	5	5	1	1	SJO · CALL
1996	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	138	575	532	71	153	31	9	5	72	27	12	25	60	.288	.322	.408	.730		217	12	6	4	8	2	SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1997	24	SFG-min	AA	126	498	464	85	147	26	10	9	61	27	11	22	50	.317	.343	.474	.817		220	7	1	2	9	4	SHV · TL
1998	25	NYY-min	AAA	121	455	413	55	105	17	10	6	45	9	3	27	78	.254	.304	.387	.691		160	7	4	7	4	0	CLB · IL
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	*87/9	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
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	*87/9
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
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-min	AAA	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667		1	0	0	0	0	0	DHM · IL
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1999	26	CHW	AL	530	0	3	1	-1	23	1	18	46	4.6	22	2.1	2.5	$200,000	*87/9	RoY-6
2000	27	CHW	AL	566	-22	3	-1	4	6	2	19	10	1.2	5	0.5	0.7	$285,000	*87
2001	28	CHW	AL	432	-2	-1	-2	1	11	1	15	23	2.3	12	1.2	1.1	$315,000	*87/9
2002	29	BAL	AL	502	-8	5	0	3	-4	2	17	15	1.5	19	1.9	-0.4	$1,400,000	*8
2003	30	OAK	AL	341	-13	0	-2	3	-2	1	12	-2	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$1,200,000	*8/97

2005	32	TBD	AL	68	-1	1	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$550,000	9/8D7
6 Seasons				2439	-46	11	-4	10	34	6	83	93	9.5	60	5.9	3.6	$3,950,000

CHW (3 yrs)				1528	-24	5	-2	4	39	4	52	79	8.1	39	3.8	4.3	$800,000
TBD (1 yr)				68	-1	1	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$550,000
OAK (1 yr)				341	-13	0	-2	3	-2	1	12	-2	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$1,200,000
BAL (1 yr)				502	-8	5	0	3	-4	2	17	15	1.5	19	1.9	-0.4	$1,400,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1999	CHW	AL	26	OF	127	125	112	1097.2	389	376	9	4	3	.990	23		25		3.16	3.03	.984	2.30	2.27	RoY-6
1999	CHW	AL	26	CF	121	119	106	1036.1	368	355	9	4	3	.989	22		25		3.16	3.01	.985	2.72	2.68	RoY-6
1999	CHW	AL	26	LF	11	6	6	59.1	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	1		14		2.73	1.64	.985	2.08	2.05	RoY-6
1999	CHW	AL	26	RF	1	0	0	2.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1		360		13.50	3.00	.983	2.25	2.10	RoY-6
2000	CHW	AL	27	OF	145	135	106	1202.2	385	373	9	3	0	.992	6		5		2.86	2.63	.985	2.36	2.33
2000	CHW	AL	27	CF	143	133	104	1157.2	367	356	8	3	0	.992	3		3		2.83	2.55	.986	2.75	2.72
2000	CHW	AL	27	LF	19	2	2	45.0	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	2		61		3.20	0.84	.985	2.16	2.14
2001	CHW	AL	28	OF	133	106	87	960.0	321	310	8	3	2	.991	11		13		2.98	2.39	.984	2.30	2.28
2001	CHW	AL	28	CF	121	102	84	894.1	302	292	7	3	2	.990	9		12		3.01	2.47	.988	2.67	2.65
2001	CHW	AL	28	LF	19	1	1	38.2	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1		25		2.33	0.53	.981	2.14	2.12
2001	CHW	AL	28	RF	3	3	2	27.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	1		40		3.00	3.00	.982	2.10	2.07
2002	BAL	AL	29	CF	126	111	108	1023.1	278	271	3	4	0	.986	-4		-4		2.41	2.17	.989	2.77	2.74
2002	BAL	AL	29	OF	126	111	108	1023.1	281	274	3	4	0	.986	-4		-4		2.44	2.20	.985	2.35	2.32
2003	OAK	AL	30	OF	113	86	78	786.2	194	187	1	6	1	.969	-2	-5	-4	-7	2.15	1.66	.985	2.35	2.33
2003	OAK	AL	30	CF	102	82	75	737.1	181	175	1	5	1	.972	-4	-5	-6	-8	2.15	1.73	.990	2.78	2.75
2003	OAK	AL	30	RF	8	3	3	36.1	12	11	0	1	0	.917	2	0	79	0	2.72	1.38	.980	2.11	2.09
2003	OAK	AL	30	LF	4	1	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	0	-111	0	0.00	0.00		2.15	2.15
2005	TBD	AL	32	OF	19	11	10	111.1	37	35	1	1	0	.973	0	-1	5	-10	2.91	1.89	.986	2.30	2.28
2005	TBD	AL	32	RF	11	6	5	62.0	21	20	0	1	0	.952	0	-1	8	-19	2.90	1.82	.982	2.12	2.10
2005	TBD	AL	32	CF	6	4	4	39.1	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	1	0	21	0	3.43	2.50	.989	2.68	2.67
2005	TBD	AL	32	DH	2	2
2005	TBD	AL	32	LF	2	1	1	10.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-72	0	0.90	0.50	.990	2.07	2.10
	6 Seasons			OF	663	574	501	5181.2	1607	1555	31	21	6	.987	34	-6	8	-8	2.75	2.39	.985	2.33	2.30
	6 Seasons			CF	619	551	481	4888.1	1511	1464	28	19	6	.987	28	-5	7	-7	2.75	2.41	.987	2.74	2.71
	5 Seasons			LF	55	11	10	166.0	45	44	1	0	0	1.000	2	0	14	0	2.44	0.82	.984	2.12	2.11
	4 Seasons			RF	23	12	10	127.1	45	42	1	2	0	.956	4	-1	41	-12	3.04	1.87	.982	2.11	2.09
	6 Seasons			TOT	663	574	501	5181.2	1607	1555	31	21	6	.987	34	-12	8	-16	2.75	2.39	.985	2.33	2.30
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1999 AL 2.5 (4th) 2001 AL 1.1 (10th)	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)	Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1999 AL 23 (4th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1999 AL 376 (5th) 2000 AL 373 (4th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 2003 AL 6 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y Career 28 (50th)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1999 AL 3.16 (2nd) 2000 AL 2.83 (4th) 2001 AL 3.01 (2nd) Career 2.75 (49th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1999 AL 3.01 (1st)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1999 AL .989 (5th) 2000 AL .992 (4th) Career .987 (67th)
Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 1999 AL 23 (4th) 2001 AL 11 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1999 AL 3.16 (1st) 2000 AL 2.86 (2nd) 2001 AL 2.98 (3rd) Career 2.75 (30th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1999 AL 3.03 (1st) 2000 AL 2.63 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1653), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1993.
November 11, 1997: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Alberto Castillo to the New York Yankees for Charlie Hayes and cash.
December 8, 1998: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Rich Pratt (minors) (January 10, 1999) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
January 29, 2002: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Willie Harris.
December 21, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
December 23, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 21, 2003: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
January 3, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 4, 2004: Free agent signing by the Pittsburgh Pirates voided.
January 21, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
July 4, 2005: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1999	26	Chicago White Sox	$200,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2000	27	Chicago White Sox	$285,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	28	Chicago White Sox	$315,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	29	Baltimore Orioles	$1,400,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	30	Oakland Athletics	$1,200,000	4/3/03 AP

2005	32	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	$550,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,950,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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