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Ken
Singleton		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 213
 
Born: June 10, 1947 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 23 NYA AL     5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1971 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1972 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
1973 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 7 6
1974 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 10 10 6 7 7
1975 28 NYA AL $ 2,785,714   7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1976 29 NYA AL $ 3,357,143   7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1977 30 LAD NL $ 3,357,143   6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1978 31 BOS AL $ 8,015,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1979 32 BOS AL $ 8,015,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1980 33 BOS AL $ 8,015,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6
1981 34 BOS AL $ 8,015,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 4 4
1982 35 BAL AL     3 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,015,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 23 AAA   26 99 16 24 2 0 5 18 1 1 18 26 .242 .359 .414 .773 15.9  
    AA   111 385 74 123 13 0 26 61 7 4 99 51 .319 .459 .556 1.015 97.3  
1971 24 NYA AL 8 24 6 7 0 0 2 4 0 0 5 1 .292 .433 .542 .975 5.1 1.4
    AAA   137 518 95 154 30 0 16 78 3 8 114 90 .297 .424 .448 .872 100.4  
1972 25 NYA AL 157 528 67 140 18 1 11 71 0 1 109 95 .265 .388 .366 .753 83.7 18.1
1973 26 NYA AL 156 567 101 163 27 0 13 90 0 3 102 90 .287 .392 .404 .796 95.1 19.6
1974 27 NYA AL 148 536 85 153 26 3 8 80 1 1 76 73 .285 .372 .390 .761 76.2 10.2
1975 28 NYA AL 159 564 110 181 26 1 20 90 0 0 80 74 .321 .402 .477 .879 103.0 22.3
1976 29 NYA AL 151 571 92 141 24 5 10 56 0 0 87 111 .247 .347 .359 .706 74.6 12.1
1977 30 IND AL 101 350 55 103 17 2 9 48 1 1 60 40 .294 .397 .431 .829 57.2 8.5
  LAD NL 53 186 28 59 9 2 6 32 1 0 31 33 .317 .413 .484 .897 34.4 10.0
  TOT   154 536 83 162 26 4 15 80 2 1 91 73 .302 .403 .450 .852 91.6 18.5
1978 31 BOS AL 153 578 68 147 20 3 14 76 1 0 66 97 .254 .328 .372 .700 73.4 11.2
1979 32 BOS AL 153 567 78 151 20 5 12 81 1 1 62 96 .266 .335 .383 .718 73.3 13.5
1980 33 BOS AL 142 414 44 104 14 1 6 54 1 2 68 55 .251 .358 .333 .691 51.3 7.0
1981 34 BOS AL 134 391 52 113 14 0 12 64 0 2 54 83 .289 .375 .417 .792 58.3 12.1
1982 35 BAL AL 25 75 11 14 2 0 1 7 0 1 10 24 .187 .282 .253 .536 4.7 0.0
    AAA   53 128 12 24 6 0 5 20 1 0 14 31 .188 .268 .352 .619 13.0  
    AA   33 113 11 31 3 2 5 11 0 0 14 25 .274 .354 .469 .823 18.8  
12 Years Sim 1540 5351 797 1476 217 23 124 753 6 12 810 872 .276 .369 .395 .764 790.3 145.9
3 Years AAA 216 745 123 202 38 0 26 116 5 9 146 147 .271 .389 .427 .816 129.3  
2 Years AA 144 498 85 154 16 2 31 72 7 4 113 76 .309 .434 .536 .970 116.1  
5 Years Minors 360 1243 208 356 54 2 57 188 12 13 259 223 .286 .407 .471 .878 245.4  
162 Game Average 562 83 155 22 2 13 79 0 1 85 91 .276 .369 .395 .764 83.1  
Career Highs 159 578 110 181 27 5 20 90 2 3 109 111 .321 .433 .542 .975 103.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3818 593 1104 161 17 100 567 5 8 583 583 .289 .381 .419 .800 626.6
vs LH   1533 204 372 56 6 24 186 1 4 227 289 .243 .339 .334 .673 188.7
Home 777 2668 403 744 107 13 71 399 4 8 399 450 .279 .370 .409 .779 418.4
Away 763 2683 394 732 110 10 53 354 2 4 411 422 .273 .368 .381 .749 396.9
RISP   1343 0 412 67 7 38 617 0 0 236 214 .307 .399 .452 .851 251.1
Pinch Hitting   104 18 30 7 0 1 23 0 0 19 17 .288 .397 .385 .781 16.8
Close/Late   625 72 187 25 4 13 94 0 0 106 105 .299 .396 .414 .811 107.4
Mar/Apr 245 891 133 263 38 1 28 127 1 1 123 141 .295 .379 .434 .814 148.1
May 294 1002 149 272 38 2 24 130 0 5 166 178 .271 .373 .385 .758 152.8
June 252 895 134 226 34 5 15 118 2 2 129 149 .253 .343 .352 .695 116.6
July 235 817 118 224 33 4 18 120 1 0 117 132 .274 .364 .390 .754 121.4
August 261 883 136 247 37 7 21 146 1 2 134 137 .280 .373 .409 .782 139.2
Sep/Oct 253 863 127 244 37 4 18 112 1 2 141 135 .283 .383 .397 .780 137.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 24 NYA AL LF 8 8 66.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.1
1972 25 NYA AL LF 146 143 1241.7 256 6 16 2 .942 1.90   2.1
    1B 3 1 12.0 14 1 0 3 1.000 11.25   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 26 NYA AL CF 119 117 1031.3 272 7 0 2 1.000 2.43   5.4
    LF 32 31 277.7 49 3 1 2 .981 1.69    
    RF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    3B 3 0 7.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.1
1974 27 NYA AL CF 104 101 873.7 278 7 0 2 1.000 2.94   6.6
    RF 40 38 317.0 85 3 1 1 .989 2.50    
    3B 2 1 12.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.50   0.0
    1B 2 0 5.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 8.44   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 28 NYA AL LF 141 140 1223.0 286 9 21 1 .934 2.17   4.0
    CF 14 6 73.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.59    
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1976 29 NYA AL LF 149 142 1227.7 299 9 16 1 .951 2.26   3.7
    RF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.80    
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 30 IND AL 1B 64 62 542.6 681 44 7 70 .990 12.03   0.8
    CF 25 24 218.2 58 3 0 0 1.000 2.52   1.1
    RF 9 9 75.7 18 1 1 0 .950 2.26   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  LAD NL 1B 34 33 286.4 360 23 3 37 .992 12.04   0.8
    CF 13 13 115.2 31 2 0 0 1.000 2.58   0.4
    RF 5 5 40.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.03   0.0
    LF 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 98 95 829.0 1041 67 10 107 .991 12.03   1.6
      CF 38 37 333.4 89 5 0 0 1.000 2.54   1.5
      RF 14 14 115.7 27 1 2 0 .933 2.18   0.0
      LF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
      3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1978 31 BOS AL RF 98 95 866.3 171 10 4 1 .978 1.88   2.2
    CF 4 0 10.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 32 BOS AL RF 108 106 940.0 235 6 8 1 .968 2.31   3.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1980 33 BOS AL RF 22 18 163.0 49 2 4 0 .927 2.82   1.4
    CF 23 5 78.7 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.43    
    LF 6 6 44.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.45    
    3B 7 5 44.0 3 13 0 1 1.000 3.27   0.2
    1B 6 4 35.0 42 5 0 2 1.000 12.09   0.1
1981 34 BOS AL LF 42 32 297.7 63 4 4 0 .944 2.03   1.2
    RF 17 14 128.7 22 0 1 0 .957 1.54    
    1B 9 6 58.0 70 7 0 4 1.000 11.95   0.1
    3B 7 5 45.0 4 13 1 0 .944 3.40   0.2
    CF 11 2 37.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.41    
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
1982 35 BAL AL CF 25 25 209.7 44 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  LF 528 502 4388.3 983 31 59 6 .945 2.08   11.1
  CF 342 293 2655.0 752 21 0 4 1.000 2.62   14.1
  RF 304 287 2552.7 593 23 20 4 .969 2.17   6.7
  1B 119 106 941.3 1173 81 10 117 .992 11.99   1.9
  3B 32 11 131.7 10 35 1 2 .978 3.08   0.6
  2B 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
Career Totals   1326 1200 10678.0 3512 195 90 134 .976 3.12   34.4
Career Highs   158 149 1327.7 1159 74 21 107 1.000 8.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 26 NYA AL 6 28 2 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .214 .357
1974 27 NYA AL 19 79 9 22 2 0 2 8 0 0 6 15 .278 .329 .380 .709
1975 28 NYA AL 4 16 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .063 .167 .250 .417
1976 29 NYA AL 7 22 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .182 .217 .318 .536
1978 31 BOS AL 5 21 4 7 2 0 3 5 0 0 2 2 .333 .375 .857 1.232
1979 32 BOS AL 7 28 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .179 .207 .214 .421
Career Post-Season Batting 48 194 17 43 10 0 6 22 0 0 12 40 .222 .266 .366 .632
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1975-9-.321
 On-Base Pct
1972-8-.388
1975-6-.402
 OPS
1975-7-.879
 XR
1973-10-95.1
1975-7-103.0
 Games
1972-4-157
1973-6-156
1975-1-159
 Runs
1973-8-101
1975-3-110
Hits
1975-7-181
 Total Bases
1975-10-269
 Singles
1973-10-123
1975-7-134
 Walks
1972-2-109
1973-6-102
 Strikeouts
1976-8-111
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bobby Brooks (946)
  2. Ken Henderson (945)
  3. Larry Hisle (939)
  4. Carlos May (935)
  5. Cito Gaston (929)
  6. Wally Moon (926)
  7. Ron Northey (923)
  8. Stan Spence (922)
  9. Dave Winfield (920)
  10. Dan Thomas (920)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1970
Had first career hit on 9/22/1971, off Howie Nunn (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1971, off Ken Sanders (MIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1973, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on 7/31/1977 (Going to IND: DH Ken Harrelson. Going to LAD: 1B Dave Kingman, 3B Bud Harrelson, RF Ken Singleton)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/9/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $8,015,000 per year
 
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