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 Pitching

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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
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 92 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 11 40 53 1 0 9 404 82 1.408 8.8 1.1 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 86 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 57 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 Seasons 11 17 .393 4.83 145 19 65 2 0 4 327.2 322 192 176 33 146 3 160 5 1 19 1431 83 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 83 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 0 257 116 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 20 79 77 3 0 14 713 75 1.500 9.0 1.1 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 85 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 86 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 29 129 3 141 5 1 15 1274 83 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 86 1.541 9.7 1.0 4.2 4.7 1.12

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
1958 40 CHC NL 2 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .071 .133 .071 .205 .083 1 0 0 0 0 1
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
3 Seasons 28 257 233 26 61 10 1 5 3 3 15 33 .262 .306 .378 .684 .287 88 3 0 9 0 3
162 Game Avg. 61 564 511 57 134 22 2 11 7 7 33 72 .262 .306 .378 .684 .287 193 7 0 20 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1957 39 CHC NL 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 49 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 73 73 3 1 0 1 1.0 1.1 7.3
2 Seasons 26 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 1 33% 57 73 44 6 1 0 3 3.0 1.1 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1957 39 CHC NL 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 0.891 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 0.147 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 0.771 2 2 15 0 1 19 6 14 12 1 12 4 5.4
3 Seasons 28 25 15 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 2 18% 0.786 3 2 17 1 1 22 7 17 16 1 15 4 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1946 28 BSN NL
1947 29 PIT NL
1948 30 PIT NL
1950 32 WSH AL
1957 39 CHC NL 62 39% 4.8% 9.7% 3.2% 11.3% 35% 2.09 82% 7 2 29%
1958 40 CHC NL 15 17% 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 80% 0 0
1959 41 CHC NL 180 37% 1.1% 13.9% 6.7% 5.0% 23% 1.41 73% 31 1 3%
8 Seasons 257 37% 12.8% 62.3% 56.8% 6.2% 5% 1.57 76% 38 3 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 90 11 9
1950 32 WSH AL 39 4 4
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 2 0 0 0
8 Seasons 248 322 33 0 4 1 4 4 1 17 7 4 41% 6 19 0 93 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 9
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 85 1.366 7.9 0.5 4.4 3.9 0.89 85
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 74 1.493 8.6 0.8 4.8 3.6 0.74 74
1948 30 7 13 .350 5.16 96 15 39 2 0 4 230.1 222 143 132 24 114 108 5 0 15 1017 77 1.459 8.7 0.9 4.5 4.2 0.95 77
1949 31 7 13 .350 5.16 96 15 39 2 0 4 230.1 222 143 132 24 114 108 5 0 15 1017 77 1.459 8.7 0.9 4.5 4.2 0.95 77
1950 32 8 15 .348 5.16 117 16 50 2 0 4 266.2 261 166 153 28 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 0.9 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 28 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 0.9 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 28 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 0.9 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 28 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 0.9 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 28 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 0.9 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 28 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 0.9 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 28 131 127 5 0 19 1174 79 1.470 8.8 0.9 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 31 133 0 133 5 1 19 1236 77 1.479 9.0 1.0 4.3 4.3 1.00 77
1958 40 9 16 .360 5.15 124 18 53 2 0 4 284.2 282 177 163 31 134 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 33 146 3 160 5 1 19 1431 83 1.428 8.8 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.10 83

Neutralized Pitching

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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 4.97 38.0 36 23 21 1 14 14 1 1.316 8.5 3.3 3.3 1.00 0.2 7
1946 28 1 2 .333 4.36 33.0 30 18 16 3 23 17 1 1.606 8.2 6.3 4.6 0.74 0.8 15
1947 29 2 5 .286 5.79 70.0 71 50 45 9 40 25 2 1.586 9.1 5.1 3.2 0.63 1.2 36
1948 30 4 6 .400 4.83 95.0 94 57 51 11 42 55 1 1.432 8.9 4.0 5.2 1.31 1.0 38
1950 32 2 2 .500 5.00 36.0 39 22 20 4 17 19 0 1.556 9.8 4.3 4.8 1.12 1.0 21
1957 39 0 1 .000 6.43 14.0 21 11 10 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 43 16 14 2 13 26 0 1.273 8.8 2.7 5.3 2.00 0.4 21
8 Seasons 14 19 .424 4.76 335.0 334 197 177 33 152 164 5 1.451 9.0 4.4 1.08 0.9 145

* 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

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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