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Elmer Singleton

Bert Elmer Singleton (Smoky)

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Braves/Senators 1945-1959

Final Game: August 1, 1959
Died: January 5, 1996 in Ogden, UT
Buried: Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, UT
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1945 27 BSN NL 1 4 .200 4.82 7 5 2 1 0 0 37.1 35 22 20 1 14 14 1 0 1 158 80 1.313 8.4 0.2 3.4 3.4 1.00
1946 28 BSN NL 0 1 .000 3.74 15 2 6 0 0 1 33.2 27 20 14 3 21 17 1 0 0 146 93 1.426 7.2 0.8 5.6 4.5 0.81
1947 29 PIT NL 2 2 .500 6.31 36 3 14 0 0 1 67.0 70 49 47 9 39 24 2 0 5 309 67 1.627 9.4 1.2 5.2 3.2 0.62
1948 30 PIT NL 4 6 .400 4.97 38 5 17 1 0 2 92.1 90 52 51 12 40 53 1 0 9 404 82 1.408 8.8 1.2 3.9 5.2 1.33
1950 32 WSH AL 1 2 .333 5.20 21 1 11 0 0 0 36.1 39 23 21 4 17 19 0 0 4 157 87 1.541 9.7 1.0 4.2 4.7 1.12
1957 39 CHC NL 0 1 .000 6.75 5 2 1 0 0 0 13.1 20 11 10 3 2 0 6 0 1 0 62 59 1.650 13.5 2.0 1.4 4.1 3.00
1958 40 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15 0.429 1.9 0.0 1.9 3.9 2.00
1959 41 CHC NL 2 1 .667 2.72 21 1 12 0 0 0 43.0 40 15 13 2 12 2 25 0 0 0 180 145 1.209 8.4 0.4 2.5 5.2 2.08
8 Yrs 11 17 .393 4.83 145 19 65 2 0 4 327.2 322 192 176 34 146 3 160 5 1 19 1431 84 1.428 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.10
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .393 4.83 60 8 27 1 0 2 136 134 80 73 14 61 66 2 0 8 593 84 1.428 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.10
CHC (3 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.39 28 3 15 0 0 0 61.0 61 26 23 5 15 3 33 0 1 0 257 117 1.246 9.0 0.7 2.2 4.9 2.20
PIT (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.54 74 8 31 1 0 3 159.1 160 101 98 21 79 77 3 0 14 713 75 1.500 9.0 1.2 4.5 4.3 0.97
BSN (2 yrs) 1 5 .167 4.31 22 7 8 1 0 1 71.0 62 42 34 4 35 31 2 0 1 304 86 1.366 7.9 0.5 4.4 3.9 0.89
WSH (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.20 21 1 11 0 0 0 36.1 39 23 21 4 17 19 0 0 4 157 87 1.541 9.7 1.0 4.2 4.7 1.12
NL (7 yrs) 10 15 .400 4.79 124 18 54 2 0 4 291.1 283 169 155 30 129 3 141 5 1 15 1274 84 1.414 8.7 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.09
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.20 21 1 11 0 0 0 36.1 39 23 21 4 17 19 0 0 4 157 87 1.541 9.7 1.0 4.2 4.7 1.12

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1945 27 BSN NL 37.1 7 5 22 5.30 4.39 -0.04 0.00 99.5 4.40 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .443 .498 $
1946 28 BSN NL 33.2 15 2 20 5.35 4.12 0.02 0.00 101.1 4.14 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .467 .497 $
1947 29 PIT NL 67.0 36 3 49 6.58 4.79 -0.17 0.00 103.8 5.15 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -3 .470 .493 $
1948 30 PIT NL 92.1 38 5 52 5.07 4.53 0.18 0.00 102.8 4.47 -6 -0.7 1.1 -0.1 0.2 4 .483 .496 $
1950 32 WSH AL 36.1 21 1 23 5.70 5.14 -0.14 0.00 100.6 5.32 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .492 .499 $
1957 39 CHC NL 13.1 5 2 11 7.43 5.03 -0.22 0.00 93.2 4.89 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .427 .498 $
1958 40 CHC NL 4.2 2 0 0 0.00 4.55 0.02 0.00 100.4 4.55 2 0.3 .6 -0.1 0.3 3 .635 .502 $
1959 41 CHC NL 43.0 21 1 15 3.14 4.42 0.25 0.00 96.5 4.02 4 0.4 .6 -0.2 0.7 9 .520 .503 $
8 Seasons 327.2 145 19 192 5.27 4.60 0.02 0.00 101.0 4.62 -25 -2.5 .9 -0.5 0.2 12 .483 .498 $
CHC (3 yrs) 61.0 28 3 26 3.84 4.56 0.13 0.00 96.1 4.25 3 0.3 .7 -0.2 0.7 9 .512 .501 $
PIT (2 yrs) 159.1 74 8 101 5.71 4.64 0.03 0.00 103.2 4.75 -17 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 2 .476 .495 $
BSN (2 yrs) 71.0 22 7 42 5.32 4.26 -0.01 0.00 100.3 4.28 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .459 .497 $
WSH (1 yr) 36.1 21 1 23 5.70 5.14 -0.14 0.00 100.6 5.32 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .492 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 30 PIT NL 38 174 347 52 90 3 1 12 1 1 40 53 .259 .338 .378 .715 .277 131 0 1 8 0 2
1950 32 WSH AL 21 157 134 23 39 6 0 4 1 2 17 19 .291 .371 .425 .796 .315 57 5 0 6 0 3
1957 39 CHC NL 5 62 60 11 20 3 1 3 1 0 2 6 .333 .355 .567 .922 .333 34 2 0 0 0 0 2
1958 40 CHC NL 2 6 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .071 .133 .071 .205 .083 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 41 CHC NL 21 180 159 15 40 7 0 2 2 2 12 25 .252 .304 .333 .637 .288 53 1 0 9 0 2 4
5 Yrs 87 579 714 101 190 19 2 21 5 6 72 105 .266 .334 .387 .721 .287 276 8 1 23 0 3 11
162 Game Avg. 62 410 506 72 135 13 1 15 4 4 51 74 .266 .334 .387 .721 .287 196 6 1 16 0 8
MLB Averages .260 .333 .371 .704 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 30 PIT NL -6.2 -0.6 183 0.5 3.4 -2.9 1.01 0.4 0.1 8.4 0.8 0.99 6.6 3 4 5
1950 32 WSH AL -2.5 -0.2 165 -1.3 2.1 -3.5 .84 -0.3 -1.3 -4.2 -0.4 0.84 -2.4 5 4 9
1957 39 CHC NL -4.0 -0.4 64 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .88 -0.6 0.0 -5.0 -0.5 0.88 -7.2 1 0 1
1958 40 CHC NL 2.2 0.2 7 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .13 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.13 1.3 0 0 1
1959 41 CHC NL 5.9 0.6 185 0.4 2.5 -2.1 .74 0.3 0.2 6.6 0.7 0.74 2.9 2 1 15
8 Yrs -23.0 -2.2 604 -0.9 8.9 -9.8 .85 -0.0 -1.0 6.8 0.7 0.85 1.3 11 9 31

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1945 27 BSN NL 7 5 1 4 0 0 2 1 4 .200 0 0 1 0 3 60% 48.8 67 15 4 1 2.4 6.9
1946 28 BSN NL 15 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.5 35 24 0 2 6.5 5.0
1947 29 PIT NL 36 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23.0 25 21 3 0 5.0 4.0
1948 30 PIT NL 38 5 1 2 2 0 1 3 2 .600 0 1 1 0 3 60% 45.8 74 17 2 0 1 3 4.9 4.3 5.5
1950 32 WSH AL 21 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 8 3 1 0 13.0 3.6 5.0
1957 39 CHC NL 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 49.0 54 44 3 0 0 2 3.9 1.1 4.3
1959 41 CHC NL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 73.0 73 73 3 1 0 1 1.0 1.1 7.3
7 Yrs 143 19 3 9 7 0 3 10 9 .526 0 4 2 0 7 37% 43 74 15 16 4 9 9 4.5 3.0 5.5
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -11 4.5 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1945 27 BSN NL 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.5
1946 28 BSN NL 15 13 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 1 5.5
1947 29 PIT NL 36 33 14 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 7 9 5.0
1948 30 PIT NL 38 33 17 3 4 2 2 0 100% 4 1 8 1 13% 1.007 3 4 5 4 1 7 4 8 18 2 5 6 5.9
1950 32 WSH AL 21 20 11 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 12 6 50% 8 .837 5 4 9 2 2 16 7 13 8 5 8 4 4.7
1957 39 CHC NL 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 .876 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.7
1958 40 CHC NL 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 7.0
1959 41 CHC NL 21 20 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 8 .737 2 1 15 0 1 19 6 14 12 1 12 4 5.4
8 Yrs 145 126 65 8 8 4 4 2 100% 7 1 31 9 29% .854 11 9 31 7 4 45 18 38 70 17 28 25 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1945 27 BSN NL 158 0.6% 8.9% 8.9% 1.3% 6% 80%
1946 28 BSN NL 146 2.1% 11.6% 14.4% 70%
1947 29 PIT NL 309 2.9% 7.8% 12.6% 74%
1948 30 PIT NL 396 59% 6.9% 30.5% 23.0% 9.2% 18% 1.26 162% 32 0 0%
1950 32 WSH AL 157 63% 2.6% 12.1% 10.8% 6.4% 26% 1.63 71% 38 5 13%
1957 39 CHC NL 62 61% 4.8% 9.7% 3.2% 11.3% 35% 2.09 82% 7 2 29%
1958 40 CHC NL 15 83% 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 200% 0 0
1959 41 CHC NL 180 63% 1.1% 13.9% 6.7% 5.0% 23% 1.41 73% 31 1 3%
8 Yrs 1423 62% 2.9% 13.4% 12.3% 3.7% 14% 1.47 88% 108 8 7%
MLB Averages 51% 2.2% 11.9% 10.4% 6.0% 23% 0.97 84% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1945 27 BSN NL 35 1 1
1946 28 BSN NL 27 3 0
1947 29 PIT NL 70 9 5
1948 30 PIT NL 174 90 12 0 8 2 3 1 4 9 2 2 22% 2 9 0 67 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 222
1950 32 WSH AL 157 39 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 13 6 0 46% 3 4 0 67 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1957 39 CHC NL 62 20 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 100% 2 0 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 40 CHC NL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1959 41 CHC NL 180 40 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 15 5 3 33% 4 0 0 69 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Yrs 579 322 34 0 15 7 7 7 7 39 15 6 38% 11 19 0 227 5 6 45% 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 10 231
MLB Averages 52% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1945 27 1 4 .200 4.82 7 5 2 1 0 0 37.1 35 22 20 1 14 14 1 0 1 158 80 1.313 8.4 0.2 3.4 3.4 1.00 80
1946 28 1 5 .167 4.31 22 7 8 1 0 1 71.0 62 42 34 4 35 31 2 0 1 304 86 1.366 7.9 0.5 4.4 3.9 0.89 86
1947 29 3 7 .300 5.28 58 10 22 1 0 2 138.0 132 91 81 13 74 55 4 0 6 613 75 1.493 8.6 0.8 4.8 3.6 0.74 75
1948 30 7 13 .350 5.16 96 15 39 2 0 4 230.1 222 143 132 25 114 108 5 0 15 1017 78 1.459 8.7 1.0 4.5 4.2 0.95 78
1949 31 7 13 .350 5.16 96 15 39 2 0 4 230.1 222 143 132 25 114 108 5 0 15 1017 78 1.459 8.7 1.0 4.5 4.2 0.95 78
1950 32 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 29 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.97 79
1951 33 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 29 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.97 79
1952 34 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 29 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.97 79
1953 35 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 29 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.97 79
1954 36 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 29 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.97 79
1955 37 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 29 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.97 79
1956 38 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 29 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.97 79
1957 39 8 16 .333 5.24 122 18 51 2 0 4 280.0 281 177 163 32 133 0 133 5 1 19 1236 78 1.479 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.3 1.00 78
1958 40 9 16 .360 5.15 124 18 53 2 0 4 284.2 282 177 163 32 134 1 135 5 1 19 1251 79 1.461 8.9 1.0 4.2 4.3 1.01 79
1959 41 11 17 .393 4.83 145 19 65 2 0 4 327.2 322 192 176 34 146 3 160 5 1 19 1431 84 1.428 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.10 84

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1945 27 2 2 .500 4.74 38.0 36 22 20 1 14 14 1 1.316 8.5 3.3 3.3 1.00 0.2 7
1946 28 1 2 .333 4.64 33.0 30 19 17 3 23 17 1 1.606 8.2 6.3 4.6 0.74 0.8 15
1947 29 2 5 .286 5.91 70.0 71 51 46 9 40 25 2 1.586 9.1 5.1 3.2 0.63 1.2 36
1948 30 4 6 .400 4.88 96.0 93 58 52 12 41 55 1 1.396 8.7 3.8 5.2 1.34 1.1 38
1950 32 2 2 .500 5.00 36.0 38 22 20 4 17 19 0 1.528 9.5 4.3 4.8 1.12 1.0 21
1957 39 0 1 .000 7.07 14.0 21 12 11 3 2 6 0 1.643 13.5 1.3 3.9 3.00 1.9 5
1958 40 0 0 0.00 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00 0.0 2
1959 41 3 1 .750 2.86 44.0 42 16 14 2 13 26 0 1.250 8.6 2.7 5.3 2.00 0.4 21
8 Yrs 14 19 .424 4.82 336.0 331 200 180 34 151 164 5 1.435 8.9 4.4 1.09 0.9 145

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1947 NL  5 (8th)
1948 NL  9 (2nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1948 NL  17 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1957 NL  born 1918-06-26 (7th)
1958 NL  born 1918-06-26 (5th)
1959 NL  born 1918-06-26 (6th)

             

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