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Bill
Singer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 24, 1944 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1966    1969    1970    1974   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 20 WAS NL $ 300,000 8 5 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1965 21 WAS NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1966 22 WAS NL $ 300,000 10 6 7 6 6 8 7 8 9 9
1967 23 WAS NL $ 300,000 10 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1968 24 WAS NL $ 5,057,143 10 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1969 25 WAS NL $ 5,500,000 10 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 7
1970 26 WAS NL $ 5,500,000 10 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1971 27 WAS NL $ 5,500,000 10 5 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 7
1972 28 WAS NL $ 5,500,000 9 5 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 7
1973 29 WAS NL $ 3,000,000 9 5 6 5 6 8 7 6 7 7
1974 30 WAS NL $ 3,000,000 9 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
1975 31 WAS NL $ 3,000,000 9 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 6
1976 32 WAS NL $ 3,000,000 9 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 6
1977 33 WAS NL $ 2,000,000 9 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000 10 6 7 6 6 8 7 8 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 20 WAS NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 21 WAS NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 22 WAS NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 24 WAS NL $ 5,057,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 25 WAS NL $ 5,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 26 WAS NL $ 5,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 27 WAS NL $ 5,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 28 WAS NL $ 5,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 29 WAS NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 30 WAS NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 31 WAS NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 32 WAS NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 33 WAS NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 20 WAS NL 10 14 .417 34 34 12 1 0 257.7 229 111 24 99 179 3.88 .236 .309 .364 .673 11.1
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 45.0 40 10 0 16 44 2.00 .244 .311 .311 .622  
1965 21 WAS NL 13 24 .351 44 44 19 1 0 353.7 326 121 19 94 211 3.08 .245 .296 .341 .636 22.4
1966 22 WAS NL 20 17 .541 44 44 20 4 0 357.7 364 141 22 80 245 3.55 .264 .307 .372 .679 20.8
1967 23 WAS NL 17 12 .586 37 37 22 1 0 300.0 262 100 24 85 202 3.00 .234 .290 .351 .641 24.4
1968 24 WAS NL 11 28 .282 44 44 21 3 0 348.0 392 176 14 111 225 4.55 .286 .341 .394 .736 7.8
1969 25 WAS NL 18 12 .600 35 35 17 3 0 295.3 289 118 19 108 200 3.60 .255 .321 .361 .682 23.4
1970 26 WAS NL 16 12 .571 34 34 16 1 0 273.3 278 127 25 95 184 4.18 .261 .324 .379 .703 16.9
1971 27 WAS NL 15 12 .556 31 31 15 0 0 254.0 275 123 34 79 157 4.36 .279 .337 .441 .778 13.6
1972 28 WAS NL 2 5 .286 19 3 1 0 3 44.3 43 22 5 14 26 4.47 .250 .314 .384 .698 2.4
1973 29 WAS NL 13 5 .722 22 22 7 2 0 174.7 162 62 13 74 96 3.19 .246 .323 .346 .669 14.5
1974 30 WAS NL 13 12 .520 25 25 8 4 0 198.3 204 91 23 64 94 4.13 .272 .332 .409 .741 11.3
1975 31 WAS NL 6 21 .222 31 31 7 0 0 238.3 299 158 37 105 95 5.97 .310 .380 .472 .852 0.0
1976 32 WAS NL 3 9 .250 50 1 0 0 4 117.3 119 52 9 57 73 3.99 .260 .344 .392 .736 8.1
1977 33 WAS NL 1 3 .250 52 0 0 0 4 87.0 113 49 7 37 44 5.07 .320 .382 .436 .819 1.5
1978 34 AAA   4 1 .800 29 0 0 0 0 41.3 37 11 1 10 27 2.40 .242 .288 .340 .628  
14 Years Sim 158 186 .459 502 385 165 20 11 3299.6 3355 1451 275 1102 2031 3.96 .264 .325 .385 .710 178.3
2 Years AAA 6 3 .667 35 6 0 0 0 86.3 77 21 1 26 71 2.19 .243 .300 .325 .625  
Season Average 11 13 .458 35 27 11 1 0 235.7 239 103 19 78 145 3.96 .264 .325 .385 .710  
Career Highs 20 28 .722 52 44 22 4 4 357.7 392 176 37 111 245 5.97 .320 .382 .472 .852  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1751 765 138 504 1252   .254 .305 .369 .673
vs LH   1604 686 137 598 779   .276 .343 .404 .747
Home 82 87 .485 259 195 82 11 6 1714.9 1702 719 121 556 1042 3.77 .259 .317 .371 .688
Away 76 99 .434 243 190 83 9 6 1584.6 1653 732 154 546 989 4.16 .269 .329 .400 .728
Mar/Apr 25 31 .446 80 62 24 3 1 539.6 560 231 36 192 324 3.85 .270 .332 .387 .719
May 37 28 .569 87 71 26 7 0 592.0 593 244 43 199 367 3.71 .260 .320 .375 .695
June 25 30 .455 71 57 28 2 2 500.6 500 198 43 149 302 3.56 .258 .311 .375 .686
July 21 35 .375 84 63 28 1 3 534.0 540 248 51 176 360 4.18 .263 .321 .394 .715
August 26 32 .448 96 68 30 6 4 593.0 613 285 54 188 356 4.33 .269 .324 .392 .716
Sep/Oct 24 30 .444 84 64 31 1 2 540.3 549 245 48 198 322 4.08 .263 .327 .384 .711
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
1964 20 WAS NL 34 81 4 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 29 .160 .171 .198 .368 1.1 0.0
1965 21 WAS NL 44 108 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 54 .093 .109 .111 .220 -3.0 0.0
1966 22 WAS NL 44 118 3 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 48 .085 .107 .136 .243 -2.9 0.0
1967 23 WAS NL 37 98 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 36 .092 .119 .102 .221 -2.0 0.0
1968 24 WAS NL 44 119 7 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 44 .134 .142 .143 .285 -2.3 0.0
5 Years Sim 203 524 19 58 6 2 1 15 0 0 8 211 .111 .127 .135 .263 -9.2 0.0
162 Game Average 418 15 46 4 1 0 11 0 0 6 168 .111 .127 .135 .263 -7.3  
Career Highs 44 119 7 16 2 2 1 6 0 0 2 54 .160 .171 .198 .368 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   315 11 34 3 1 0 8 0 0 5 132 .108 .125 .124 .248 -7.1
vs LH   209 8 24 3 1 1 7 0 0 3 79 .115 .131 .153 .285 -2.6
Home 105 267 8 30 3 0 1 9 0 0 5 113 .112 .135 .135 .270 -4.5
Away 98 257 11 28 3 2 0 6 0 0 3 98 .109 .119 .136 .255 -5.2
RISP   112 0 14 0 0 1 15 0 0 1 41 .125 .133 .152 .285 -1.1
Close/Late   50 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 25 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.5
Mar/Apr 31 83 5 10 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 32 .120 .141 .193 .334 -0.2
May 36 87 4 10 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 37 .115 .135 .149 .284 -0.8
June 28 72 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 32 .111 .123 .125 .248 -1.6
July 34 94 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .106 .116 .106 .222 -2.7
August 39 100 5 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 46 .100 .126 .130 .256 -2.2
Sep/Oct 35 88 1 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 36 .114 .124 .114 .237 -2.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 20 WAS NL P 34 34 257.7 16 41 3 2 .950 1.99    
1965 21 WAS NL P 44 44 353.7 22 53 3 3 .962 1.91    
1966 22 WAS NL P 44 44 357.7 16 69 4 7 .955 2.14    
1967 23 WAS NL P 37 37 300.0 20 66 3 1 .966 2.58    
1968 24 WAS NL P 44 44 348.0 19 80 4 5 .961 2.56    
1969 25 WAS NL P 35 35 295.3 18 44 3 10 .954 1.89    
1970 26 WAS NL P 34 34 273.3 20 44 1 1 .985 2.11    
1971 27 WAS NL P 31 31 254.0 14 45 5 3 .922 2.09    
1972 28 WAS NL P 19 3 44.3 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.83    
1973 29 WAS NL P 22 22 174.7 13 27 1 2 .976 2.06    
1974 30 WAS NL P 25 25 198.3 13 32 3 3 .938 2.04    
1975 31 WAS NL P 31 31 238.3 12 42 3 5 .947 2.04    
1976 32 WAS NL P 50 1 117.3 9 18 1 2 .964 2.07    
1977 33 WAS NL P 52 0 87.0 9 15 0 1 1.000 2.48    
Career Totals   502 385 3299.6 206 580 34 46 .959 2.14    
Career Highs   52 44 357.7 22 80 5 10 1.000 2.58    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1969 25 WAS NL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 21 10 2 4 10 5.00 .276 .313 .447 .760
1970 26 WAS NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 5.3 4 1 0 2 4 1.69 .200 .273 .300 .573
1971 27 WAS NL 1 2 .333 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 4 2 3 1 12.00 .250 .400 .750 1.150
1973 29 WAS NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 0 0 0 9.00 .571 .571 .571 1.143
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 9 2 2 0 1 27.3 32 16 4 9 15 5.27 .278 .331 .461 .792
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1967-10-3.00
1973-6-3.19
 Wins
1966-8-20
1969-5-18
1970-5-16
1971-10-15
 Losses
1965-2-24
1968-1-28
1975-2-21
CAR-47-186
 Winning Pct
1973-6-.722
 Games Pitched
1977-8-52
 Games Started
1965-1-44
1966-1-44
1968-1-44
1969-5-35
1970-7-34
Complete Games
1965-3-19
1966-3-20
1967-3-22
1968-4-21
1969-3-17
1970-3-16
1971-3-15
CAR-36-165
 Shutouts
1966-2-4
1968-4-3
1969-3-3
1973-8-2
1974-1-4
 Innings Pitched
1965-4-353.7
1966-3-357.7
1968-3-348.0
1969-1-295.3
1970-2-273.3
1971-6-254.0
 Hits Allowed
1965-5-326
1966-2-364
1968-1-392
1969-5-289
1970-5-278
1971-4-275
1975-6-299
 Homeruns Allowed
1971-6-34
1975-1-37
 Strikeouts
1966-8-245
1968-9-225
1969-6-200
1970-8-184
Walks Allowed
1964-7-99
1965-9-94
1968-4-111
1969-5-108
1970-7-95
1975-6-105
 Walks per 9IP
1966-6-2.0
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 88    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mickey Lolich (943)
  2. Bert Blyleven (939)
  3. Bob Gibson (932)
  4. Joey Jay (920)
  5. Cliff Fannin (913)
  6. Al Javery (908)
  7. Frank Baumann (907)
  8. Jon Matlack (905)
  9. Milt Wilcox (900)
  10. Tug McGraw (898)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mickey Lolich (999)
  2. Rube Melton (998)
  3. Joe Horlen (993)
  4. Tex Hughson (991)
  5. Bob Veale (989)
  6. Eddie Fisher (988)
  7. Bill Walker (986)
  8. Masanori Murakami (986)
  9. Cecil Butler (986)
  10. Charlie Beamon (985)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Washington in 1964
Had first career hit on 5/2/1964, off Cecil Butler (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1964, off Seth Morehead (SDP)
Earned first career win on 5/20/1964
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Injured on 5/29/1967 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,057,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1969, going 5-0, 2.06
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
9/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/2/1973 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1973, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Injured on 7/11/1974 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/12/1974 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
9/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/22/1978 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
Released by Washington on 10/13/1978
 
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