Bill Singer

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Full Name: William Robert Singer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/184	First Game: September 24, 1964
Birthdate: April 24, 1944	Final Game: July 16, 1977
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 24, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, Bill Singer (William Robert Singer) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 14 year career. Singer broke into the bigs on September 24, 1964 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 2.64 ERA in 204.1 innings pitched in 1967, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Singer's best season was 1969, when he posted a 2.34 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 247 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1964	LA	N	2	2	0	1	3.21	3	5	5	0	0	0	14	11	0	12	1	1	0
1965	LA	N	2	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1966	LA	N	3	0	0	0	.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	2	0	0	0
1967	LA	N	32	29	12	8	2.64	169	68	60	7	3	0	204.1	185	5	61	11	10	8
1968	LA	N	37	36	13	17	2.88	227	97	82	12	6	0	256.1	227	14	78	10	12	5
1969	LA	N	41	40	20	12	2.34	247	96	82	16	2	1	315.2	244	22	74	4	9	10
1970	LA	N	16	16	8	5	3.13	93	39	37	5	3	0	106.1	79	10	32	3	1	2
1971	LA	N	31	31	10	17	4.16	144	103	94	8	1	0	203.1	195	19	71	1	3	4
1972	LA	N	26	25	6	16	3.67	101	84	69	4	3	0	169.1	148	8	60	4	5	5
1973	CAL	A	40	40	20	14	3.22	241	124	113	19	2	0	315.2	280	15	130	5	7	9
1974	CAL	A	14	14	7	4	2.98	77	48	36	8	0	0	108.2	102	3	43	0	4	1
1975	CAL	A	29	27	7	15	4.98	78	107	99	8	0	1	179	171	18	81	5	6	6
1976	TEX	A	10	10	4	1	3.48	34	31	25	2	1	0	64.2	56	4	27	0	2	5
1976	MIN	A	26	26	9	9	3.77	63	88	72	5	3	0	172	177	9	69	4	4	6
1976	TOT	A	36	36	13	10	3.69	97	119	97	7	4	0	236.2	233	13	96	4	6	11
1977	TOR	A	13	12	2	8	6.79	33	54	45	0	0	0	59.2	71	5	39	2	3	2
Total	NL		190	179	69	76	3.03	989	492	429	52	18	1	1274.1	1095	78	392	34	41	34
Total	AL		132	129	49	51	3.90	526	452	390	42	6	1	899.2	857	54	389	16	26	29
Total			322	308	118	127	3.39	1515	944	819	94	24	2	2174	1952	132	781	50	67	63

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1964	LA	N	P	2	2	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1965	LA	N	P	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	LA	N	P	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
1967	LA	N	P	32	29	204.1	10	37	5	0	0	1	9	5	8	.904
1968	LA	N	P	37	36	256.1	13	41	7	0	0	4	13	13	4	.885
1969	LA	N	P	41	40	315.2	14	41	2	0	0	2	7	7	4	.965
1970	LA	N	P	16	16	106.1	8	12	3	0	0	2	8	3	2	.870
1971	LA	N	P	31	31	203.1	8	24	1	2	0	2	10	6	0	.970
1972	LA	N	P	26	25	169.1	7	28	2	2	0	0	7	4	1	.946
1973	CAL	A	P	40	40	315.2	13	38	5	1	0	2	22	7	3	.911
1974	CAL	A	P	14	14	108.2	6	16	1	0	0	0	3	4	2	.957
1975	CAL	A	P	29	27	179	7	28	3	1	0	0	17	12	4	.921
1976	TEX	A	P	10	10	64.2	2	8	0	0	0	2	4	5	0	1.000
1976	MIN	A	P	26	26	172	5	23	3	0	0	0	14	17	0	.903
1976	TOT	A	P	36	36	236.2	7	31	3	0	0	2	18	22	0	.927
1977	TOR	A	P	13	12	59.2	2	10	2	1	0	1	5	6	1	.857
Total			P	322	308	2174	95	310	34	7	0	16	124	91	29	.923

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1964	LA	N	2	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1965	LA	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	LA	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	LA	N	34	67	1	6	0	4	.090	.090	.104	1	0	0	28	0	4	0	0	1
1968	LA	N	37	81	6	12	0	4	.148	.198	.235	7	0	4	30	1	3	0	0	0
1969	LA	N	41	108	7	11	0	2	.102	.118	.111	1	0	1	47	1	8	0	0	1
1970	LA	N	16	38	4	5	0	1	.132	.175	.158	1	0	2	10	0	1	0	0	1
1971	LA	N	31	58	1	6	0	2	.103	.212	.103	0	0	5	24	3	8	0	0	2
1972	LA	N	26	55	1	4	0	0	.073	.105	.091	1	0	2	21	0	6	0	0	0
1973	CAL	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CAL	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CAL	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TEX	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	MIN	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TOT	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TOR	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		192	413	20	45	0	13	.109	.148	.136	11	0	14	162	5	30	0	0	5
Total	AL		132	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			324	413	20	45	0	13	.109	.148	.136	11	0	14	162	5	30	0	0	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (1961).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Frank Robinson, Mike Strahler, Billy Grabarkewitz and Bobby Valentine to California Angels in exchange for Andy Messersmith and Ken McMullen (November 28, 1972).
Traded by California Angels to Texas Rangers in exchange for Jim Spencer and $100000 (December 10, 1975).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Roy Smalley, Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon and $250000 to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson (June 1, 1976).
Selected by Toronto Blue Jays from Minnesota Twins (28th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 5, 1976).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (December 2, 1978).

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