MLB / Players

Ken Singleton

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 210 lb

BornJune 10, 1947 · New York, NY, USA

MLB debutJune 24, 1970

Final gameSeptember 25, 1984

Seasons15 (1970–1984)

New York Mets 1970–1971; Montreal Expos 1972–1974; Baltimore Orioles 1975–1984

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified batters

151

54.6

612

55.4

507

31.5

6.9

140

41.5

25.4

29.2

66.9

RBI

76.2

97.7

35.4

78.5

.276

OBP

.393

93.8

SLG

.436

58.5

OPS

.829

76.2

wRC+

131.0

OPS+

131.7

83.1

wOBA

.370

75.4

sWAR

2.5

55.4

of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

135.6

94.1

OPS+

132.9

92.4

sWAR

51.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	69	234	198	22	52	8	0	5	26	30	48	1	1	.263	.361	.379	.740	105.8	100.3	.347	0.7
1971	115	366	298	34	73	5	0	13	46	61	64	0	1	.245	.374	.393	.766	123.3	120.3	.356	1.7
1972	142	585	507	77	139	23	2	14	50	70	99	5	10	.274	.363	.410	.773	123.6	118.1	.360	2.8
1973	162	692	560	100	169	26	2	23	103	123	91	2	8	.302	.425	.479	.904	153.5	147.3	.414	5.9
1974	148	610	511	68	141	20	2	9	74	93	84	5	2	.276	.385	.376	.761	113.9	109.4	.362	2.3
1975	155	714	586	88	176	37	4	15	55	118	82	3	5	.300	.415	.454	.869	156.1	154.4	.401	6.4
1976	154	630	544	62	151	25	2	13	70	79	76	2	2	.278	.366	.403	.769	135.5	133.2	.361	3.8
1977	152	651	536	90	176	24	0	24	99	107	101	0	1	.328	.438	.507	.945	166.4	165.8	.420	6.7
1978	149	608	502	67	147	21	2	20	81	98	94	0	0	.293	.409	.462	.871	158.3	153.5	.401	5.5
1979	159	688	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	109	118	3	1	.295	.405	.533	.938	153.7	157.1	.410	5.9
1980	156	680	583	85	177	28	3	24	104	92	94	0	2	.304	.397	.485	.882	148.8	143.9	.401	5.6
1981	103	428	363	48	101	16	1	13	49	61	59	0	0	.278	.380	.435	.816	140.0	136.6	.376	2.7
1982	156	657	561	71	141	27	2	14	77	86	93	0	1	.251	.349	.381	.731	106.2	102.3	.336	1.0
1983	151	612	507	52	140	21	3	18	84	99	83	0	2	.276	.393	.436	.829	131.0	131.7	.370	2.5
1984	111	403	363	28	78	7	1	6	36	37	60	0	0	.215	.286	.289	.575	60.0	62.3	.265	-1.8

Career totals

2,082

205th-most career G

8,558

202nd-most career PA

7,189

272nd-most career AB

985

376th-most career R

2,029

280th-most career H

317

426th-most career 2B

246

265th-most career HR

RBI

1,065

252nd-most career RBI

1,263

53rd-most career BB

1,246

196th-most career SO

.2822

OBP

.3880

128th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4359

OPS

.8239

317th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1981-04-26	BOS @ BAL Gameday	4	1	4	2	1	4	9
1971-09-30	STL @ NYM Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	4	9
1981-04-23	BAL @ CWS Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	3	9
1972-08-29	WSH @ ATL Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	2	9
1979-06-22	DET @ BAL Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	2	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.