Ken Singleton

Full Name: Kenneth Wayne Singleton	Primary Position: OF,RF,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/210	First Game: June 24, 1970
Birthdate: June 10, 1947	Final Game: September 25, 1984
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Ken Singleton (Kenneth Wayne Singleton) was born on June 10, 1947 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on June 24, 1970 for the New York Mets. In 1970, his rookie year, he hit .263 with 5 home runs and 26 RBI. Singleton played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Ken Singleton's best season was 1979, when he slugged 35 home runs, hit for a .295 average and knocked in 111 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1970	NY	N	69	198	22	52	5	26	.263	.361	.379	8	0	30	48	1	4	1	1	5
1971	NY	N	115	298	34	73	13	46	.245	.374	.393	5	0	61	64	2	2	0	9	12
1972	MON	N	142	507	77	139	14	50	.274	.363	.410	23	2	70	99	2	4	5	5	12
1973	MON	N	162	560	100	169	23	103	.302	.425	.479	26	2	123	91	2	1	2	13	27
1974	MON	N	148	511	68	141	9	74	.276	.385	.376	20	2	93	84	0	2	5	12	18
1975	BAL	A	155	586	88	176	15	55	.300	.415	.454	37	4	118	82	1	3	3	12	9
1976	BAL	A	154	544	62	151	13	70	.278	.366	.403	25	2	79	76	0	2	2	6	14
1977	BAL	A	152	536	90	176	24	99	.328	.438	.507	24	0	107	101	2	0	0	13	15
1978	BAL	A	149	502	67	147	20	81	.293	.409	.462	21	2	98	94	2	4	0	5	14
1979	BAL	A	159	570	93	168	35	111	.295	.405	.533	29	1	109	118	1	1	3	16	16
1980	BAL	A	156	583	85	177	24	104	.304	.397	.485	28	3	92	94	1	0	0	1	19
1981	BAL	A	103	363	48	101	13	49	.278	.380	.435	16	1	61	59	0	2	0	6	21
1982	BAL	A	156	561	71	141	14	77	.251	.349	.381	27	2	86	93	2	1	0	2	24
1983	BAL	A	151	507	52	140	18	84	.276	.393	.436	21	3	99	83	1	2	0	19	22
1984	BAL	A	111	363	28	78	6	36	.215	.286	.289	7	1	37	60	0	1	0	5	20
Total	NL		636	2074	301	574	64	299	.277	.387	.415	82	6	377	386	7	13	13	40	74
Total	AL		1446	5115	684	1455	182	766	.284	.388	.445	235	19	886	860	10	16	8	85	174
Total			2082	7189	985	2029	246	1065	.282	.388	.436	317	25	1263	1246	17	29	21	125	248

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1970	NY	N	OF	52	49	421	90	1	3	0	.968
1970	NY	N	LF	27	25	222	46	1	0	0	1.000
1970	NY	N	RF	26	24	199	44	0	3	0	.936
1971	NY	N	OF	96	80	749.2	143	5	4	0	.974
1971	NY	N	CF	3	3	16	7	0	0	0	1.000
1971	NY	N	RF	85	74	693.2	125	4	4	0	.970
1971	NY	N	LF	10	3	40	11	1	0	0	1.000
1972	MON	N	RF	31	25	235.1	37	2	2	2	.951
1972	MON	N	OF	137	137	1223.1	236	9	7	3	.972
1972	MON	N	LF	112	112	988	196	7	5	1	.976
1973	MON	N	LF	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	MON	N	OF	161	159	1421	278	20	5	3	.983
1973	MON	N	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	MON	N	RF	161	159	1418	279	20	5	3	.984
1974	MON	N	RF	143	142	1243	224	7	11	0	.955
1974	MON	N	OF	143	142	1243	224	7	11	0	.955
1975	BAL	A	OF	154	152	1378.2	283	9	3	2	.990
1975	BAL	A	RF	154	152	1378.2	285	9	3	2	.990
1976	BAL	A	OF	134	134	1148.1	278	9	5	2	.983
1976	BAL	A	DH	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	BAL	A	LF	82	78	642.1	147	5	2	1	.987
1976	BAL	A	RF	64	56	506	130	4	3	1	.978
1977	BAL	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	BAL	A	OF	150	150	1250	278	8	4	2	.986
1977	BAL	A	RF	150	150	1250	278	8	4	2	.986
1978	BAL	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	BAL	A	OF	140	138	1088	244	1	6	0	.976
1978	BAL	A	LF	4	3	23	5	0	0	0	1.000
1978	BAL	A	RF	138	135	1065	241	1	6	0	.976
1979	BAL	A	LF	7	7	56	20	1	0	0	1.000
1979	BAL	A	RF	136	136	1116.2	227	7	5	2	.979
1979	BAL	A	DH	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	BAL	A	OF	143	143	1172.2	247	8	5	2	.981
1980	BAL	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	BAL	A	OF	151	151	1229.2	248	3	4	1	.984
1980	BAL	A	LF	2	2	16	3	0	0	0	1.000
1980	BAL	A	RF	149	149	1213.2	240	2	4	1	.984
1981	BAL	A	RF	71	71	553	127	2	0	2	1.000
1981	BAL	A	DH	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	BAL	A	OF	71	71	553	125	2	0	2	1.000
1982	BAL	A	OF	4	4	27	10	0	0	0	1.000
1982	BAL	A	RF	3	3	19	7	0	0	0	1.000
1982	BAL	A	DH	148	145	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	BAL	A	LF	1	1	8	3	0	0	0	1.000
1983	BAL	A	DH	150	144	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	BAL	A	DH	103	92	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	477	457	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	1311	1276	10891	2244	66	50	15	.979
Total			LF	246	231	1998.1	431	15	7	2	.985
Total			CF	4	3	16	7	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1536	1510	12905.1	2684	82	57	17	.980

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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).