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Ken Singleton
Kenneth Wayne Singleton

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 213 lb.

MLB Debut June 24, 1970
Final Game September 25, 1984
Born June 10, 1947 in New York, NY (age 76)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 23 NYN NL   83  209   34   57   4   0   4   18   0   0   28   54  .273  .361  .349  .711    98    73   2   0   0   1   2  
 1971 24 NYN NL   30   92   14   27   1   0   3   13   2   0   11   13  .293  .365  .402  .768   109    37   0   1   2   0   1  
         MON NL   79  251   30   58   5   0  11   37   0   0   41   53  .231  .342  .382  .725   104    96   0   1   0   2   8  
         TOT     109  343   44   85   6   0  14   50   2   0   52   66  .248  .348  .388  .736         133   0   2   2   2   9 
 1972 25 MON NL  161  576   69  166  26   2  14   72   0   0   84   96  .288  .380  .413  .793   113   238   2   1   2   2  17  
 1973 26 MON NL  162  587  118  167  22   1  33   95   0   0  131  100  .284  .417  .494  .911   128   290   0   2   6   4  19  MVP-6
 1974 27 MON NL  139  420   75  127  16   2   9   79   0   0   98   65  .302  .430  .414  .844   119   174   2   5   1   0  16  
 1975 28 BAA AL  162  580  108  173  41   1  18   96   2   3  135   90  .298  .428  .466  .893   125   270   0   5   3   0  12  MVP-4
 1976 29 BAA AL  160  573   65  157  24   0  15   79   0   0   84   78  .274  .365  .394  .760   106   226   1   3   0   0  18  
 1977 30 BAA AL  155  600   98  208  29   0  34  132   0   0  100  121  .347  .437  .565 1.002   134   339   0   8   1   2  14  MVP-4
 1978 31 BAA AL  140  504   85  138  31   4  16   70   0   0   88   99  .274  .382  .446  .829   120   225   7   4   7   3   5  
 1979 32 BAA AL  156  590  121  164  30   0  36  108   2   1  102  119  .278  .382  .512  .894   120   302   1   4   0   0  10  MVP-8
 1980 33 BAA AL  153  588   86  175  20   3  34  113   0   0   81  102  .298  .378  .515  .893   124   303   0   8   0   0  25  MVP-5
 1981 34 BAA AL  137  503   77  141  20   3  12   65   0   0   90   79  .280  .385  .404  .789   109   203   4   7   3   0  15  
 1982 35 BAA AL  118  416   55  111  28   1  15   57   0   0   53   59  .267  .349  .447  .797   107   186   0   4   0   2   9  
 1983 36 BAA AL   33   90   13   27   1   2   3   13   0   0   14   13  .300  .394  .456  .850   118    41   0   0   0   0   1  
 1984 37 BAA AL   29   96    7   17   3   0   2   13   0   0    4   17  .177  .208  .271  .479    69    26   1   1   0   0   6  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1897 6675 1055 1913 301  19 259 1060   6   4 1144 1158  .287  .390  .454  .843        3029  20  54  25  16 178
 Per 600 PA           506   80  145  23   1  20   80   0   0   87   88                                 230   2   4   2   1  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BAA     1243 4540  715 1311 227  14 185  746   4   4  751  777  .289  .387  .467  .854        2121  14  44  14   7 115
   With MON      541 1834  292  518  69   5  67  283   0   0  354  314  .282  .399  .435  .834         798   4   9   9   8  60
   With NYN      113  301   48   84   5   0   7   31   2   0   39   67  .279  .363  .365  .728         110   2   1   2   1   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2082 7189  985 2029 317  25 246 1065  21  36 1263 1246  .282  .388  .436  .824        3134  29  60 125  17 248
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1970 23 NYN NL  75   28   4.9  28   8   1  .286   1   13    5  .385    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e11  -29   
 1971 24 NYN NL   8   14   5.9   7   3   0  .429   1    7    1  .143    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e8     1   
         MON NL  40   33   4.5   4   1   0  .250   5   20    7  .350    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e8   -41   
         TOT                    11   4   0  .364   6   27    8  .296    0    0  .000
 1972 25 MON NL  30   92   5.8   0   0   0  .000   6   36   12  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e8    20   
 1973 26 MON NL  35  126   7.8   0   0   0  .000   8   59   23  .390    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e5     7   
 1974 27 MON NL   6   80   6.9  17   5   1  .294   6   28   12  .429    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e13   84   
 1975 28 BAA AL  28  125   7.9   0   0   0  .000   2   46   25  .543    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e3    24   
 1976 29 BAA AL  28   84   5.2   2   1   0  .500   6   52   18  .346    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e6    -9   
 1977 30 BAA AL  26  154  10.0   1   1   0 1.000   4   46   25  .543    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e5    56   
 1978 31 BAA AL  37   93   6.6   3   1   0  .333   5   52   32  .615    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e8   -42   
 1979 32 BAA AL  38  121   7.4   1   0   0  .000   7   50   28  .560    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6   -44   
 1980 33 BAA AL  38  111   6.8   3   0   0  .000   3   44   27  .614    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e5    11   
 1981 34 BAA AL  23   82   5.8   8   3   1  .375   0   30   11  .367    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e0   -27   
 1982 35 BAA AL   9   66   5.7   3   2   1  .667   0   35   19  .543    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e0    66   
 1983 36 BAA AL  64   17   7.2   9   1   0  .111   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              20   
 1984 37 BAA AL  34    4   1.3   2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             -97   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons         1238   6.7  88  26   4  .295  54  518  245  .473    0    0  .000                   6   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 40.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 48.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1970 23 NYN NL  LF    53    56     4    1    0   .984    50   371.1   1.45
                 RF     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1971 24 TOT     LF    70   109     3    5    0   .957    69   539.2   1.87
                 CF    22    39     1    1    0   .976    21   177.0   2.03
                 RF    12    12     0    0    0  1.000     6    61.2   1.75
 1972 25 MON NL  LF   121   167     8    5    1   .972   121   998.2   1.58
                 RF    41    69     2    1    0   .986    40   333.2   1.92
 1973 26 MON NL  RF   162   283    11    8    3   .974   162  1393.1   1.90
 1974 27 MON NL  RF   119   160     7    6    1   .965   118   945.2   1.59
 1975 28 BAA AL  RF   162   269     7    2    1   .993   162  1455.0   1.71
 1976 29 BAA AL  RF   155   285    12    6    2   .980   155  1326.1   2.02
                 LF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     2    21.0   2.14
 1977 30 BAA AL  RF   154   335    14    4    2   .989   153  1410.1   2.23
 1978 31 BAA AL  RF   135   312    11    5    0   .985   135  1200.2   2.42
                 LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.1   3.24
 1979 32 BAA AL  RF   155   307    13    7    3   .979   155  1379.1   2.09
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1980 33 BAA AL  RF   115   226    11    2    3   .992   111   998.2   2.14
                 LF    40    50     1    1    0   .981    38   347.1   1.32
 1981 34 BAA AL  LF    88   156     3    0    0  1.000    87   772.2   1.85
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1982 35 BAA AL  RF   112   193     5    0    0  1.000   111   992.1   1.80
                 LF     3     4     1    0    1  1.000     1    13.0   3.46
 1983 36 BAA AL  1B     1     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  12.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF  1325  2451    94   41   15   .984  1308 11501.0   1.99
                 LF   381   551    20   12    2   .979   369  3076.0   1.67
                 CF    22    39     1    1    0   .976    21   177.0   2.03
                 1B     1     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  12.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1973 NLCS  MON LAN   L    5  23  6  6  1  0  3   9  2  5  .261  .320  .696  0
 1974 NLCS  MON CIN   L    3  12  3  7  0  0  2   3  1  1  .583  .615 1.083  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1970  NYN  100-62   Ray Cappocchi
 1971  NYN  104-58   Ray Cappocchi
 1971  MON   55-107  Steve Bivens
 1972  MON   58-104  Steve Bivens
 1973  MON   85-77   Steve Bivens
 1974  MON  109-53   Steve Bivens
 1975  BAA   91-71   Mike Rescigno
 1976  BAA   86-76   Mike Rescigno
 1977  BAA   81-81   Mike Rescigno
 1978  BAA   98-64   Mike Rescigno
 1979  BAA   97-65   Mike Rescigno
 1980  BAA   93-69   Mike Rescigno
 1981  BAA   88-74   Mike Rescigno
 1982  BAA   90-72   Mike Rescigno, Charlie Steinhice
 1983  BAA   74-88   Charlie Steinhice
 1984  BAA   78-84   Charlie Steinhice

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