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Ken Singleton
Kenneth Wayne Singleton
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 213 lb.

Born: June 10, 1947 in New York, NY
High School: Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon, NY)
School: Hofstra University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1970
Final Game: September 25, 1984
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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
1970 23 NYM NL 69 234 198 22 52 8 0 5 26 1 1 30 48 .263 .361 .379 .740 99 75 5 1 4 1 1 79
1971 24 NYM NL 115 366 298 34 73 5 0 13 46 0 1 61 64 .245 .374 .393 .766 120 117 12 2 2 3 9 97/8
1972 25 MON NL 142 585 507 77 139 23 2 14 50 5 10 70 99 .274 .363 .410 .773 119 208 12 2 4 2 5 *79
1973 26 MON NL 162 692 560 100 169 26 2 23 103 2 8 123 91 .302 .425 .479 .904 148 268 27 2 1 6 13 *9/7 MVP-9
1974 27 MON NL 148 610 511 68 141 20 2 9 74 5 2 93 84 .276 .385 .376 .761 110 192 18 0 2 4 12 *9
1975 28 BAL AL 155 714 586 88 176 37 4 15 55 3 5 118 82 .300 .415 .454 .869 153 266 9 1 3 6 12 *9 MVP-10
1976 29 BAL AL 154 630 544 62 151 25 2 13 70 2 2 79 76 .278 .366 .403 .769 132 219 14 0 2 5 6 *79D
1977 30 BAL AL 152 651 536 90 176 24 0 24 99 0 1 107 101 .328 .438 .507 .945 165 272 15 2 0 6 13 *9/D AS,MVP-3
1978 31 BAL AL 149 608 502 67 147 21 2 20 81 0 0 98 94 .293 .409 .462 .871 152 232 14 2 4 2 5 *9/D7 MVP-34
1979 32 BAL AL 159 688 570 93 168 29 1 35 111 3 1 109 118 .295 .405 .533 .938 155 304 16 1 1 7 16 *9D/7 AS,MVP-2
1980 33 BAL AL 156 680 583 85 177 28 3 24 104 0 2 92 94 .304 .397 .485 .882 142 283 19 1 0 4 1 *9/D7 MVP-21
1981 34 BAL AL 103 428 363 48 101 16 1 13 49 0 0 61 59 .278 .380 .435 .816 135 158 21 0 2 2 6 *9D AS,MVP-23
1982 35 BAL AL 156 657 561 71 141 27 2 14 77 0 1 86 93 .251 .349 .381 .731 101 214 24 2 1 7 2 *D/97
1983 36 BAL AL 151 612 507 52 140 21 3 18 84 0 2 99 83 .276 .393 .436 .829 131 221 22 1 2 3 19 *D
1984 37 BAL AL 111 403 363 28 78 7 1 6 36 0 0 37 60 .215 .286 .289 .575 62 105 20 0 1 2 5 D
15 Seasons 2082 8558 7189 985 2029 317 25 246 1065 21 36 1263 1246 .282 .388 .436 .824 132 3134 248 17 29 60 125
162 Game Avg. 162 666 559 77 158 25 2 19 83 2 3 98 97 .282 .388 .436 .824 132 244 19 1 2 5 10
BAL (10 yrs) 1446 6071 5115 684 1455 235 19 182 766 8 14 886 860 .284 .388 .445 .833 135 2274 174 10 16 44 85
MON (3 yrs) 452 1887 1578 245 449 69 6 46 227 12 20 286 274 .285 .393 .423 .816 127 668 57 4 7 12 30
NYM (2 yrs) 184 600 496 56 125 13 0 18 72 1 2 91 112 .252 .369 .387 .756 111 192 17 3 6 4 10
AL (10 yrs) 1446 6071 5115 684 1455 235 19 182 766 8 14 886 860 .284 .388 .445 .833 135 2274 174 10 16 44 85
NL (5 yrs) 636 2487 2074 301 574 82 6 64 299 13 22 377 386 .277 .387 .415 .802 123 860 74 7 13 16 40

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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
1979 32 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 4 18 16 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .375 .389 .500 .889 8 1 0 0 1 0
1979 32 BAL AL WS PIT L 7 30 28 1 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .357 .400 .393 .793 11 1 0 0 0 1
1983 36 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 4 14 12 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .357 .417 .774 5 2 0 0 0 1
1983 36 BAL AL WS PHI W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 17 64 57 5 19 5 0 0 6 0 0 6 10 .333 .391 .421 .812 24 4 0 0 1 2
2 ALCS 8 32 28 4 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .321 .375 .464 .839 13 3 0 0 1 1
2 WS 9 32 29 1 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 .345 .406 .379 .786 11 1 0 0 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 NYM NL 23 OF 51 49 421.0 94 90 1 3 0 .968 1.7 4.8 2.7 2.4 0.3 -1 1.95 1.78 .977 2.07 1.78
1970 NYM NL 23 LF 27 25 222.0 47 46 1 0 0 1.000 2.5 13.5 2.5 1.5 1.0 0 1.91 1.74 .970 1.75 1.38
1970 NYM NL 23 RF 26 24 199.0 47 44 0 3 0 .936 -0.8 -4.8 0.2 0.9 -0.7 -1 1.99 1.69 .977 2.00 1.68
1971 NYM NL 24 OF 96 80 749.2 152 143 5 4 0 .974 -0.8 -1.3 -3.8 -3.6 0.0 3 1.78 1.54 .979 2.19 1.92
1971 NYM NL 24 RF 85 74 693.2 133 125 4 4 0 .970 -2.8 -4.8 -4.8 -4.4 -0.3 2 1.67 1.52 .982 2.07 1.80
1971 NYM NL 24 LF 10 3 40.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.6 48.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 1 2.70 1.20 .967 1.87 1.53
1971 NYM NL 24 CF 3 3 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 30.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.94 2.33 .986 2.64 2.30
1972 MON NL 25 OF 137 137 1223.1 252 236 9 7 3 .972 1.5 1.5 -1.5 -0.5 -1.0 3 1.80 1.79 .978 2.18 1.96
1972 MON NL 25 LF 112 112 988.0 208 196 7 5 1 .976 5.9 7.2 2.9 -0.1 3.0 3 1.85 1.81 .974 1.92 1.67
1972 MON NL 25 RF 31 25 235.1 41 37 2 2 2 .951 -4.4 -22.4 -4.4 -0.4 -4.0 0 1.49 1.26 .980 2.03 1.74
1973 MON NL 26 OF 161 159 1421.0 303 278 20 5 3 .983 2.8 2.4 -0.2 4.1 -4.4 3 1.89 1.85 .977 2.23 1.96 MVP-9
1973 MON NL 26 RF 161 159 1418.0 304 279 20 5 3 .984 2.9 2.5 -0.1 4.2 -4.4 3 1.90 1.86 .973 2.01 1.77 MVP-9
1973 MON NL 26 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70 MVP-9
1974 MON NL 27 OF 143 142 1243.0 242 224 7 11 0 .955 -4.8 -4.6 -2.8 0.9 -3.7 -2 1.67 1.62 .979 2.27 1.96
1974 MON NL 27 RF 143 142 1243.0 242 224 7 11 0 .955 -4.8 -4.6 -2.8 0.9 -3.7 -2 1.67 1.62 .976 2.04 1.66
1975 BAL AL 28 OF 155 153 1378.2 295 283 9 3 2 .990 -9.3 -8.1 -2.3 -2.7 0.4 -7 1.91 1.88 .979 2.37 2.10 MVP-10
1975 BAL AL 28 RF 155 153 1378.2 297 285 9 3 2 .990 -9.3 -8.1 -2.3 -2.7 0.4 -7 1.92 1.90 .976 2.11 1.84 MVP-10
1976 BAL AL 29 OF 134 134 1148.1 292 278 9 5 2 .983 -5.9 -6.2 -4.9 1.1 -6.1 -1 2.25 2.14 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 BAL AL 29 LF 82 78 642.1 154 147 5 2 1 .987 -1.0 -1.9 -1.0 3.3 -4.3 0 2.13 1.85 .978 2.23 1.91
1976 BAL AL 29 RF 64 56 506.0 137 130 4 3 1 .978 -4.9 -11.6 -3.9 -2.2 -1.8 -1 2.38 2.09 .980 2.21 1.92
1976 BAL AL 29 DH 19
1977 BAL AL 30 OF 150 150 1250.0 290 278 8 4 2 .986 -11.5 -11.0 -6.5 -7.3 0.8 -5 2.06 1.91 .978 2.34 2.03 AS,MVP-3
1977 BAL AL 30 RF 150 150 1250.0 290 278 8 4 2 .986 -11.5 -11.0 -6.5 -7.3 0.8 -5 2.06 1.91 .974 2.08 1.71 AS,MVP-3
1977 BAL AL 30 DH 1 AS,MVP-3
1978 BAL AL 31 OF 140 139 1088.0 251 244 1 6 0 .976 -8.4 -9.3 -2.4 -1.5 -1.0 -6 2.03 1.75 .979 2.47 2.13 MVP-34
1978 BAL AL 31 RF 139 136 1065.0 248 241 1 6 0 .976 -8.6 -9.7 -2.6 -1.5 -1.1 -6 2.05 1.74 .978 2.24 1.85 MVP-34
1978 BAL AL 31 DH 5 MVP-34
1978 BAL AL 31 LF 4 3 23.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 10.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0 1.96 1.25 .980 2.19 1.78 MVP-34
1979 BAL AL 32 OF 143 143 1172.2 260 247 8 5 2 .981 -3.9 -4.0 -1.9 1.5 -3.4 -2 1.96 1.78 .981 2.46 2.13 AS,MVP-2
1979 BAL AL 32 RF 136 136 1116.2 239 227 7 5 2 .979 -7.6 -8.2 -5.6 -2.2 -3.4 -2 1.89 1.72 .980 2.25 1.88 AS,MVP-2
1979 BAL AL 32 DH 16 AS,MVP-2
1979 BAL AL 32 LF 7 7 56.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 3.7 79.3 3.7 3.7 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .981 2.22 1.80 AS,MVP-2
1980 BAL AL 33 OF 151 151 1229.2 255 248 3 4 1 .984 -14.4 -14.1 -12.4 -8.3 -4.1 -2 1.84 1.66 .979 2.47 2.15 MVP-21
1980 BAL AL 33 RF 149 149 1213.2 246 240 2 4 1 .984 -14.3 -14.1 -12.3 -8.2 -4.1 -2 1.79 1.62 .975 2.13 1.77 MVP-21
1980 BAL AL 33 DH 5 MVP-21
1980 BAL AL 33 LF 2 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.69 1.50 .967 2.36 1.90 MVP-21
1981 BAL AL 34 OF 72 72 553.0 127 125 2 0 2 1.000 -8.5 -18.4 -5.5 -4.9 -0.6 -3 2.07 1.76 .983 2.48 2.16 AS,MVP-23
1981 BAL AL 34 RF 72 72 553.0 129 127 2 0 2 1.000 -8.5 -18.4 -5.5 -4.9 -0.6 -3 2.10 1.79 .980 2.16 1.75 AS,MVP-23
1981 BAL AL 34 DH 30 AS,MVP-23
1982 BAL AL 35 DH 148
1982 BAL AL 35 OF 5 5 27.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 35.6 0.8 1.1 -0.2 0 3.33 2.00 .980 2.47 2.16
1982 BAL AL 35 RF 3 3 19.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 25.3 0.4 0.7 -0.2 0 3.32 2.33 .986 2.27 1.90
1982 BAL AL 35 LF 2 2 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.38 1.50 .967 2.25 1.90
1983 BAL AL 36 DH 150
1984 BAL AL 37 DH 103
13 Seasons OF 1538 1514 12905.1 2823 2684 82 57 17 .980 -60.7 -5.6 -40.7 -17.7 -23.0 -20 1.93 1.80 .979 2.34 2.05
13 Seasons RF 1314 1279 10891.0 2360 2244 66 50 15 .979 -74.2 -8.2 -50.2 -27.1 -23.1 -24 1.91 1.76 .977 2.12 1.79
9 Seasons DH 477
9 Seasons LF 247 232 1998.1 453 431 15 7 2 .985 13.2 7.9 9.2 9.1 0.1 4 2.01 1.81 .975 2.02 1.72
1 Season CF 3 3 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 30.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.94 2.33 .986 2.64 2.30
15 Seasons TOT 1538 1514 12905.1 2823 2684 82 57 17 .980 -60.7 -5.6 -40.7 -17.7 -23.0 -20 1.93 1.80 .959 2.34 2.05
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977 *
1979 *
1981 (LF)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1982-ML-Roberto Clemente Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1973-NL-9-15%
1975-AL-10-13%
1977-AL-3-51%
1978-AL-34-1%
1979-AL-2-61%
1980-AL-21-1%
1981-AL-23-1%
1.43 Career Shares (148th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1973 NL--.302--8th
1977 AL--.328--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1973 NL--.425--1st
1974 NL--.385--10th
1975 AL--.415--3rd
1977 AL--.438--2nd
1978 AL--.409--2nd
1979 AL--.405--6th
1980 AL--.397--7th
1981 AL--.380--8th
1983 AL--.393--5th
Career--.388--113th

Slugging % s c a p y
1979 AL--.533--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1973 NL--.904--8th
1975 AL--.869--6th
1977 AL--.945--3rd
1978 AL--.871--8th
1979 AL--.938--6th
1980 AL--.882--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1973 NL--162--1st
1979 AL--159--7th
Career--2082--173rd

At Bats s c a p y
1975 AL--586--10th
Career--7189--229th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1973 NL--692--9th
1975 AL--714--1st
1979 AL--688--9th
Career--8558--172nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1973 NL--100--8th
1975 AL--88--8th

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL--176--5th
Career--2029--243rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1975 AL--266--8th
1979 AL--304--5th
Career--3134--232nd

Doubles s c a p y
1975 AL--37--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL--35--5th
1980 AL--24--9th
Career--246--201st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1973 NL--103--5th
1979 AL--111--6th
1980 AL--104--10th
Career--1065--218th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 NL--70--9th
1973 NL--123--2nd
1974 NL--93--9th
1975 AL--118--2nd
1976 AL--79--9th
1977 AL--107--2nd
1978 AL--98--2nd
1979 AL--109--2nd
1980 AL--92--6th
1981 AL--61--6th
1982 AL--86--8th
1983 AL--99--2nd
Career--1263--44th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1979 AL--118--3rd
1980 AL--94--8th
Career--1246--118th

Singles s c a p y
Career--1441--229th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1973 NL--148--6th
1975 AL--153--5th
1977 AL--165--2nd
1978 AL--152--3rd
1979 AL--155--3rd
1980 AL--142--5th
Career--132--147th

Runs Created s c a p y
1973 NL--113--8th
1975 AL--118--3rd
1977 AL--124--3rd
1978 AL--100--10th
1979 AL--127--4th
1980 AL--113--8th
Career--1247--159th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1973 NL--44--5th
1975 AL--49--2nd
1976 AL--25--10th
1977 AL--55--2nd
1978 AL--40--2nd
1979 AL--49--2nd
1980 AL--37--5th
Career--366--83rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1973 NL--4.5--5th
1975 AL--4.9--2nd
1976 AL--2.6--10th
1977 AL--5.3--2nd
1978 AL--4.0--2nd
1979 AL--4.6--2nd
1980 AL--3.6--5th
Career--36.3--84th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 AL--56--7th
1979 AL--65--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1973 NL--294--2nd
1975 AL--295--1st
1976 AL--230--10th
1977 AL--285--2nd
1978 AL--247--6th
1979 AL--278--2nd
1980 AL--270--5th
Career--3309--132nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1973 NL--.713--8th
1975 AL--.725--5th
1977 AL--.760--2nd
1978 AL--.714--3rd
1979 AL--.722--4th
1980 AL--.687--8th
Career--.644--225th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career--60--204th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL--12--10th
1975 AL--12--6th
1977 AL--13--2nd
1979 AL--16--1st
1983 AL--19--1st
Career--125--72nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 NL--27--2nd
1974 NL--18--7th
1981 AL--21--1st
1982 AL--24--3rd
1983 AL--22--8th
1984 AL--20--8th
Career--248--27th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 NL--10--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1979 AL--16.286--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--5533--202nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 58 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (476), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (270), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January).

April 5, 1972: Traded by the New York Mets with Tim Foli and Mike Jorgensen to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub.

December 4, 1974: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Mike Torrez to the Baltimore Orioles for Bill Kirkpatrick (minors), Rich Coggins and Dave McNally.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

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