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Ken Singleton

Full name Kenneth Wayne Singleton
Born June 10, 1947, New York, New York
First Game: June 24, 1970; Final Game: September 25, 1984
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 210
Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1979)
Ejections: 1975 (1), 1979 (2). Total: 3
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1970 NY  N    Daily Splits   69   198   22   52   8   0   5   26   30   1   48   1   4   1   0   5   5    1   1  .263  .361  .379  -0.3 1970 NY  N
1971 NY  N    Daily Splits  115   298   34   73   5   0  13   46   61   9   64   2   2   3   0   6  12    0   1  .245  .374  .393   0.2 1971 NY  N
1972 MON N    Daily Splits  142   507   77  139  23   2  14   50   70   5   99   2   4   2   0   7  12    5  10  .274  .363  .410   0.0 1972 MON N
1973 MON N    Daily Splits  162   560  100  169  26   2  23  103  123  13   91   2   1   6   0   8  27    2   8  .302  .425  .479   3.2 1973 MON N
1974 MON N    Daily Splits  148   511   68  141  20   2   9   74   93  12   84   0   2   4   0   8  18    5   2  .276  .385  .376  -1.1 1974 MON N
1975 BAL A    Daily Splits  155   586   88  176  37   4  15   55  118  12   82   1   3   6   0   7   9    3   5  .300  .415  .454   2.9 1975 BAL A
1976 BAL A    Daily Splits  154   544   62  151  25   2  13   70   79   6   76   0   2   5   0   8  14    2   2  .278  .366  .403   1.7 1976 BAL A
1977 BAL A    Daily Splits  152   536   90  176  24   0  24   99  107  13  101   2   0   6   0   9  15    0   1  .328  .438  .507   4.6 1977 BAL A
1978 BAL A    Daily Splits  149   502   67  147  21   2  20   81   98   5   94   2   4   2   0   7  14    0   0  .293  .409  .462   2.4 1978 BAL A
1979 BAL A    Daily Splits  159   570   93  168  29   1  35  111  109  16  118   1   1   7   0   2  16    3   1  .295  .405  .533   3.4 1979 BAL A
1980 BAL A    Daily Splits  156   583   85  177  28   3  24  104   92   1   94   1   0   4   0  13  19    0   2  .304  .397  .485   1.8 1980 BAL A
1981 BAL A    Daily Splits  103   363   48  101  16   1  13   49   61   6   59   0   2   2   0   2  21    0   0  .278  .380  .435   1.3 1981 BAL A
1982 BAL A    Daily Splits  156   561   71  141  27   2  14   77   86   2   93   2   1   7   0   7  24    0   1  .251  .349  .381   0.0 1982 BAL A
1983 BAL A    Daily Splits  151   507   52  140  21   3  18   84   99  19   83   1   2   3   0   4  22    0   2  .276  .393  .436   2.0 1983 BAL A
1984 BAL A    Daily Splits  111   363   28   78   7   1   6   36   37   5   60   0   1   2   1   8  20    0   0  .215  .286  .289  -2.3 1984 BAL A
Total NL ( 5 Years)         636  2074  301  574  82   6  64  299  377  40  386   7  13  16   0  34  74   13  22  .277  .387  .415   2.0 Total NL
Total AL (10 Years)        1446  5115  684 1455 235  19 182  766  886  85  860  10  16  44   1  67 174    8  14  .284  .388  .445  17.8 Total AL
Total    (15 Years) Splits 2082  7189  985 2029 317  25 246 1065 1263 125 1246  17  29  60   1 101 248   21  36  .282  .388  .436  19.8 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1979 BAL A    Daily Splits    4    16    4    6   2   0   0    2    1   0    2   0   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .375  .389  .500 1979 BAL A
1983 BAL A    Daily Splits    4    12    0    3   2   0   0    1    2   1    2   0   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .250  .357  .417 1983 BAL A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    8    28    4    9   4   0   0    3    3   1    4   0   0   1   0   1   3    0   0  .321  .375  .464 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1979 BAL A    Daily Splits    7    28    1   10   1   0   0    2    2   1    5   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .357  .400  .393 1979 BAL A
1983 BAL A    Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    1    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500  .000 1983 BAL A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    9    29    1   10   1   0   0    3    3   1    6   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .345  .406  .379 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1977 AL       Daily Splits    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     - 1.000     - 1977 AL   
1979 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1979 AL   
1981 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    2    2   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .667  .667 1.667 1981 AL   
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    3     4    2    2   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .600 1.250 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1970 NY  N Daily Splits  OF   52   49   39   421      90    1    3    0   0  .968    27    0   26 
1970 NY  N               LF   27   25   23   222      46    1    0    0   0 1.000
1970 NY  N               RF   26   24   16   199      44    0    3    0   0  .936
1971 NY  N Daily Splits  OF   96   80   73   749.2   143    5    4    0   0  .974    10    3   85 
1971 NY  N               RF   85   74   69   693.2   125    4    4    0   0  .970
1971 NY  N               LF   10    3    3    40      11    1    0    0   0 1.000
1971 NY  N               CF    3    3    1    16       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 MON N Daily Splits  OF  137  137  127  1223.1   236    9    7    3   0  .972   112    0   31 
1972 MON N               LF  112  112  104   988     196    7    5    1   0  .976
1972 MON N               RF   31   25   23   235.1    37    2    2    2   0  .951
1973 MON N Daily Splits  OF  161  159  155  1421     278   20    5    3   0  .983     1    0  161 
1973 MON N               RF  161  159  155  1418     280   21    5    3   0  .984
1973 MON N               LF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1974 MON N Daily Splits  OF  143  142  129  1243     224    7   11    0   0  .955     0    0  143 
1974 MON N               RF  143  142  129  1243     224    6   11    0   0  .954
1975 BAL A Daily Splits  OF  155  153  145  1378.2   283    9    3    2   0  .990     0    0  155 
1975 BAL A               RF  155  153  145  1378.2   285    9    3    2   0  .990
1976 BAL A Daily Splits  OF  134  134   97  1148.1   278    9    5    2   0  .983    82    0   64 
1976 BAL A               LF   82   78   50   642.1   147    5    2    1   0  .987
1976 BAL A               RF   64   56   47   506     130    4    3    1   0  .978
1976 BAL A               DH   19   19   17                                      -
1977 BAL A Daily Splits  OF  150  150   91  1250     278    8    4    2   0  .986     0    0  150 
1977 BAL A               RF  150  150   91  1250     278    8    4    2   0  .986
1977 BAL A               DH    1    1    1                                      -
1978 BAL A Daily Splits  OF  140  138   55  1088     244    1    6    0   0  .976     4    0  138 
1978 BAL A               RF  138  135   54  1065     241    1    6    0   0  .976
1978 BAL A               DH    5    5    5                                      -
1978 BAL A               LF    4    3    1    23       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 BAL A Daily Splits  OF  143  143   87  1172.2   247    8    5    2   0  .981     7    0  136 
1979 BAL A               RF  136  136   83  1116.2   227    7    5    2   0  .979
1979 BAL A               DH   16   16   15                                      -
1979 BAL A               LF    7    7    4    56      20    1    0    0   0 1.000
1980 BAL A Daily Splits  OF  151  151   83  1229.2   248    3    4    1   0  .984     2    0  149 
1980 BAL A               RF  149  149   82  1213.2   240    2    4    1   0  .984
1980 BAL A               DH    5    5    2                                      -
1980 BAL A               LF    2    2    1    16       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1981 BAL A Daily Splits  OF   71   71   27   554     125    2    0    2   0 1.000     0    0   71 
1981 BAL A               RF   71   71   27   554     127    2    0    2   0 1.000
1981 BAL A               DH   30   30   26                                      -
1982 BAL A Daily Splits  DH  148  145  132                                      -
1982 BAL A               OF    4    4    2    27      10    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    3 
1982 BAL A               RF    3    3    1    19       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 BAL A               LF    1    1    1     8       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1983 BAL A Daily Splits  DH  150  144  122                                      -
1984 BAL A Daily Splits  DH  103   92   77                                      -
Total (13 Years) Splits  OF 1537 1511 1110 12906.1  2684   82   57   17   0  .980   246    3 1312 
Total (13 Years)         RF 1312 1277  922 10892    2245   66   50   15   0  .979
Total ( 9 Years)         DH  477  457  397                                      -
Total ( 9 Years)         LF  246  231  187  1998.1   431   15    7    2   0  .985
Total ( 1 Year )         CF    3    3    1    16       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1979 BAL A Daily Splits  OF    4    4    4    36.1     5    1    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    4 
1979 BAL A               RF    4    4    4    36.1     5    1    0    0   0 1.000
1983 BAL A Daily Splits  DH    4    4    2                                      -
Total ( 1 Year ) Splits  OF    4    4    4    36.1     5    1    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    4 
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    4    4    4    36.1     5    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         DH    4    4    2                                      -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1979 BAL A Daily Splits  OF    7    7    7    62       9    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    7 
1979 BAL A               RF    7    7    7    62       9    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) Splits  OF    7    7    7    62       9    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    7 
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    7    7    7    62       9    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1977 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1977 AL                  RF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1981 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1981 AL                  LF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total ( 2 Years) Splits  OF    2    1    0     9       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    1 
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G


Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-27-1975     BOX  BAL A  Russ Goetz          Called third strike
 4-13-1979     BOX  BAL A  Dick Heitzer        Balls and strikes (Threw helmet)
 9- 1-1979     BOX  BAL A  Don Denkinger       Charging mound


Transaction Information

Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (January 28, 1967).

Traded by New York Mets with Mike Jorgensen and Tim Foli to Montreal Expos in
exchange for Rusty Staub (April 5, 1972).

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

Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).

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