Elmer Singleton
Bert Elmer Singleton (Smoky)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 174 lb.

Born: June 26, 1918 in Ogden, UT
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1945
Final Game: August 1, 1959
Died: January 5, 1996 in Ogden, UT
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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
1945 BSN NL 27 P 7 9 0 8 1 0 .889 1.14 .967 1.06
1946 BSN NL 28 P 15 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.60 .956 1.01
1947 PIT NL 29 P 36 21 9 11 1 1 .952 0.56 .967 0.91
1948 PIT NL 30 P 38 31 13 18 0 1 1.000 0.82 .961 0.91
1950 WSH AL 32 P 21 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 0.57 .950 0.96
1957 CHC NL 39 P 5 2 13.1 8 2 4 2 1 .750 4.05 1.20 .975 2.02 0.82
1958 CHC NL 40 P 2 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.50 1.000 1.93 0.75
1959 CHC NL 41 P 21 1 43.0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 3.14 0.71 .956 1.99 0.82
8 Seasons P 145 3 61.0 107 38 64 5 5 .953 15.05 0.70 .962 1.99 0.92
8 Seasons TOT 145 3 61.0 107 38 64 5 5 .953 15.05 0.70 .915 1.99 0.92

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
1945 BSN NL 27 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BSN NL 28 16 16 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 PIT NL 29 41 41 41 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PIT NL 30 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 WSH AL 32 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 39 6 2 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 CHC NL 40 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 41 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 152 3 152 152 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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%
1957 CHC NL 39 64 88% 33% 6 50% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 33%
1958 CHC NL 40 7 71% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 41 185 80% 29% 10 100% 1 4 1 2 10 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 100%
3 Seasons 256 82% 30% 16 81% 1 5 1 3 13 11 1 3 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 9 78%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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