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Bill Singer
William Robert Singer (Sing Sing or The Singer Throwing Machine)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 24, 1964
vs. CHC 6.3 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 16, 1977
Born April 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, CA

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1964 20 LAD NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0   14.0   11    5    5   0   12    3   0   1    64   1   0  3.21  3.25  101 1.643
 1965 21 LAD NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    2    0    0   0    2    1   0   0     7   0   0  0.00  3.26  inf 4.000
 1966 22 LAD NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    4.0    4    0    0   0    2    4   0   0    16   0   1  0.00  3.28  inf 1.500
 1967 23 LAD NL  12   8  32  29   7   3   1  0  204.3  185   68   60   5   61  169   8  10   854  11   3  2.64  3.07  116 1.204
 1968 24 LAD NL  13  17  37  36  12   6   0  0  256.3  227   97   82  14   78  227   5  12  1061  10   1  2.88  2.75   95 1.190
 1969 25 LAD NL  20  12  41  40  16   2   1  1  315.7  244   96   82  22   74  247  10   9  1263   4   0  2.34  3.31  142 1.007 AS
 1970 26 LAD NL   8   5  16  16   5   3   0  0  106.3   79   39   37  10   32   93   2   1   428   3   1  3.13  3.81  122 1.044
 1971 27 LAD NL  10  17  31  31   8   1   0  0  203.3  195  103   94  19   71  144   4   3   863   1   0  4.16  3.23   78 1.308
 1972 28 LAD NL   6  16  26  25   4   3   0  0  169.3  148   84   69   8   60  101   5   5   708   4   0  3.67  3.35   91 1.228
 1973 29 CAL AL  20  14  40  40  19   2   0  0  315.7  280  124  113  15  130  241   9   7  1348   5   1  3.22  3.52  109 1.299 AS
 1974 30 CAL AL   7   4  14  14   8   0   0  0  108.7  102   48   36   3   43   77   1   4   462   0   1  2.98  3.41  114 1.334
 1975 31 CAL AL   7  15  29  27   8   0   2  1  179.0  171  107   99  18   81   78   6   6   770   5   1  4.98  3.52   71 1.408
 1976 32 TOT AL  13  10  36  36   7   4   0  0  236.7  233  119   97  13   96   97  11   6  1011   4   2  3.69  3.59   97 1.390
         TEX AL   4   1  10  10   2   1   0  0   64.7   56   31   25   4   27   34   5   2   274   0   1  3.48  3.59  103 1.284
         MIN AL   9   9  26  26   5   3   0  0  172.0  177   88   72   9   69   63   6   4   737   4   1  3.77  3.59   95 1.430
 1977 33 TOR AL   2   8  13  12   0   0   1  0   59.7   71   54   45   5   39   33   2   3   288   2   0  6.79  4.19   62 1.844
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .482 118 127 322 308  94  24   7  2 2174.0 1952  944  819 132  781 1515  63  67  9143  50  11  3.39  3.35   99 1.257
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  34  33  10   2   0  0  234.3  210  101   88  14   84  163   6   7   986   5   1  3.39  3.35   99 1.257
 Career High     20  17  41  40  19   6   2  1  315.7  280  124  113  22  130  247  11  12  1348  11   3  2.34  4.19  142 1.007
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 20 LAD NL   2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   -3    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 23 LAD NL  34   67    1    6   1  0   0    4   0  0   0  28  .090  .090  .104  -42    7   4   0   0   0   1
 1968 24 LAD NL  37   81    6   12   7  0   0    4   0  0   4  30  .148  .198  .235   34   19   3   0   0   1   0
 1969 25 LAD NL  41  108    7   11   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  47  .102  .118  .111  -33   12   8   0   0   1   1 AS
 1970 26 LAD NL  16   38    4    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  10  .132  .175  .158   -8    6   1   0   0   0   1
 1971 27 LAD NL  31   58    1    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   5  24  .103  .212  .103   -5    6   8   0   0   3   2
 1972 28 LAD NL  26   55    1    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  21  .073  .105  .091  -43    5   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     193  413   20   45  11  0   0   13   0  0  14 162  .109  .148  .136  -16   56  30   0   0   5   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        347   17   38   9  0   0   11   0  0  12 136  .109  .148  .136  -16   47  25   0   0   4   4
 Career High     41  108    7   12   7  0   0    4   0  0   5  47                          19   8   0   0   3   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 20 LAD NL    6    5    0   0.0    88| .167  .255| .167  .312| .167  .379| .334  .690|  -3  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1967 23 LAD NL   71   66    1   0.4    83| .090  .247| .090  .308| .104  .363| .194  .671| -42  .015 -11.9  -1.3   0%
 1968 24 LAD NL   89   72    4   1.5    75| .148  .243| .198  .300| .235  .342| .433  .642|  34  .169  -6.0  -0.7   0%
 1969 25 LAD NL  118  106    2   0.5    89| .102  .251| .118  .320| .111  .372| .229  .692| -33  .021 -18.8  -2.0   0%
 1970 26 LAD NL   41   35    1   0.8    99| .132  .261| .175  .333| .158  .399| .333  .732|  -8  .036  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1971 27 LAD NL   74   62    2   0.9    87| .103  .253| .212  .318| .103  .370| .315  .688|  -5  .056  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1972 28 LAD NL   63   57    1   0.5    90| .073  .254| .105  .322| .091  .376| .196  .698| -43  .020 -10.3  -1.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      462  403   11   0.7    86| .109  .251| .148  .315| .136  .368| .284  .683| -16  .043 -61.3  -6.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1964 20 LAD NL   P    2      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  0.85  1.93  2.12    2   14.0
 1965 21 LAD NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1966 22 LAD NL   P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.33  0.73  2.25  2.02    0    4.0
 1967 23 LAD NL   P   32     10   37    5    0  .904  .959  1.47  0.78  2.07  2.00   29  204.3
 1968 24 LAD NL   P   37     13   41    7    0  .885  .957  1.46  0.85  1.90  2.01   36  256.3
 1969 25 LAD NL   P   41     14   41    2    0  .965  .958  1.34  0.78  1.57  1.95   40  315.7 AS
 1970 26 LAD NL   P   16      8   12    3    0  .870  .952  1.25  0.71  1.69  1.85   16  106.3
 1971 27 LAD NL   P   31      8   24    1    2  .970  .955  1.03  0.78  1.42  1.90   31  203.3
 1972 28 LAD NL   P   26      7   28    2    2  .946  .951  1.35  0.73  1.86  1.78   25  169.3
 1973 29 CAL AL   P   40     13   38    5    1  .911  .951  1.27  0.86  1.45  1.86   40  315.7 AS
 1974 30 CAL AL   P   14      6   16    1    0  .957  .948  1.57  0.83  1.82  1.81   14  108.7
 1975 31 CAL AL   P   29      7   28    3    1  .921  .941  1.21  0.85  1.76  1.87   27  179.0
 1976 32 TOT AL   P   36      7   31    3    0  .927  .950  1.06  0.85  1.44  1.87   36  236.7
         TEX AL   P   10      2    8    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.85  1.39  1.86   10   64.7
         MIN AL   P   26      5   23    3    0  .903  .949  1.08  0.85  1.47  1.87   26  172.0
 1977 33 TOR AL   P   13      2   10    2    1  .857  .945  0.92  0.84  1.81  1.94   12   59.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1964 20 LAD NL   P    2      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  0.85  1.93  2.12    2   14.0
 1965 21 LAD NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1966 22 LAD NL   P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.33  0.73  2.25  2.02    0    4.0
 1967 23 LAD NL   P   32     10   37    5    0  .904  .959  1.47  0.78  2.07  2.00   29  204.3
 1968 24 LAD NL   P   37     13   41    7    0  .885  .957  1.46  0.85  1.90  2.01   36  256.3
 1969 25 LAD NL   P   41     14   41    2    0  .965  .958  1.34  0.78  1.57  1.95   40  315.7
 1970 26 LAD NL   P   16      8   12    3    0  .870  .952  1.25  0.71  1.69  1.85   16  106.3
 1971 27 LAD NL   P   31      8   24    1    2  .970  .955  1.03  0.78  1.42  1.90   31  203.3
 1972 28 LAD NL   P   26      7   28    2    2  .946  .951  1.35  0.73  1.86  1.78   25  169.3
 1973 29 CAL AL   P   40     13   38    5    1  .911  .951  1.27  0.86  1.45  1.86   40  315.7
 1974 30 CAL AL   P   14      6   16    1    0  .957  .948  1.57  0.83  1.82  1.81   14  108.7
 1975 31 CAL AL   P   29      7   28    3    1  .921  .941  1.21  0.85  1.76  1.87   27  179.0
 1976 32 TOT AL   P   36      7   31    3    0  .927  .950  1.06  0.85  1.44  1.87   36  236.7
         TEX AL   P   10      2    8    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  0.85  1.39  1.86   10   64.7
         MIN AL   P   26      5   23    3    0  .903  .949  1.08  0.85  1.47  1.87   26  172.0
 1977 33 TOR AL   P   13      2   10    2    1  .857  .945  0.92  0.84  1.81  1.94   12   59.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 322     95  310   34    7  .923  .953  1.26  0.81  1.68  1.90  308 2174.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       322     95  310   34    7  .923  .953  1.26  0.81  1.68  1.90  308   2174

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1969   LAD NL      0  0  0   2     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1973   CAL AL      0  0  0   2     3   3   3   1   2  2   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  0  0   4     3   3   3   1   2  2   0  0   0  0  1  0  0   6.75 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1969   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1973   CAL AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1969 *
1973 *

ERA
1967 NL-2.64-6
1969 NL-2.34-7
1973 AL-3.22-10

Wins
1969 NL-20-5
1973 AL-20-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1969 NL-1.007-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1969 NL-6.96-3
1973 AL-7.98-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1969 NL-2.11-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1967 NL-7.44-7
1968 NL-7.97-1
1971 NL-6.37-10
1973 AL-6.87-5

Innings
1968 NL-256.3-10
1969 NL-315.7-3
1973 AL-315.7-5

Strikeouts
1967 NL-169-9
1968 NL-227-3
1969 NL-247-3
1973 AL-241-3

Games Started
1968 NL-36-4
1969 NL-40-5
1973 AL-40-5
1976 AL-36-7

Comp. Games
1969 NL-16-9
1973 AL-19-7

Shutouts
1967 NL-3-6
1968 NL-6-5
1970 NL-3-6
1976 AL-4-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1968 NL-78-6
1973 AL-130-2
1976 AL-96-2

Hits Allowed
1969 NL-244-9
1973 AL-280-9

SO to Walk
1969 NL-3.34-4

Losses
1968 NL-17-3
1971 NL-17-4
1972 NL-16-2
1975 AL-15-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1973 AL-113-7
1976 AL-97-10

Wild Pitches
1967 NL-10-6
1968 NL-12-3

Hit Batsmen
1967 NL-8-2
1969 NL-10-4
1973 AL-9-2
1976 AL-11-2

Batters Faced
1968 NL-1061-7
1969 NL-1263-5
1973 AL-1348-4

Adjusted ERA+
1969 NL-142-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 63 (386) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (475) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 27.0 (465) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
Before 1961 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
November 28, 1972: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Billy Grabarkewitz, Frank Robinson, Mike Strahler, and Bobby Valentine to the California Angels for Andy Messersmith and Ken McMullen.
December 10, 1975: Traded by the California Angels to the Texas Rangers for Jim Spencer and $100,000.
June 1, 1976: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, Roy Smalley, and $250,000 to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson.
November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Minnesota Twins as the 28th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
December 2, 1978: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1969 * 1973 *	ERA 1967 NL-2.64-6 1969 NL-2.34-7 1973 AL-3.22-10	Wins 1969 NL-20-5 1973 AL-20-7	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1969 NL-1.007-2	Hits Allowed/9IP 1969 NL-6.96-3 1973 AL-7.98-7	Bases on Balls/9IP 1969 NL-2.11-7
Strikeouts/9IP 1967 NL-7.44-7 1968 NL-7.97-1 1971 NL-6.37-10 1973 AL-6.87-5	Innings 1968 NL-256.3-10 1969 NL-315.7-3 1973 AL-315.7-5	Strikeouts 1967 NL-169-9 1968 NL-227-3 1969 NL-247-3 1973 AL-241-3	Games Started 1968 NL-36-4 1969 NL-40-5 1973 AL-40-5 1976 AL-36-7	Comp. Games 1969 NL-16-9 1973 AL-19-7	Shutouts 1967 NL-3-6 1968 NL-6-5 1970 NL-3-6 1976 AL-4-5
Bases On Balls Allow. 1968 NL-78-6 1973 AL-130-2 1976 AL-96-2	Hits Allowed 1969 NL-244-9 1973 AL-280-9	SO to Walk 1969 NL-3.34-4	Losses 1968 NL-17-3 1971 NL-17-4 1972 NL-16-2 1975 AL-15-10	Earned Runs Allow. 1973 AL-113-7 1976 AL-97-10	Wild Pitches 1967 NL-10-6 1968 NL-12-3
Hit Batsmen 1967 NL-8-2 1969 NL-10-4 1973 AL-9-2 1976 AL-11-2	Batters Faced 1968 NL-1061-7 1969 NL-1263-5 1973 AL-1348-4	Adjusted ERA+ 1969 NL-142-10