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Ken Singleton

Ken Singleton

1970–1984  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  6'4", 210 lb  ·  b. 1947 New York, NY

Career 2,082 G · 2,029 H · 246 HR · 1,065 RBI · .282 AVG

Seasons leading his league
3
3 best in baseball
22 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1973 Best season

Spanning 1973–1981, peaking at 2 titles in 1973.

Team records #9 Orioles career RBI #9 Orioles career OPS #10 Orioles career HR

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,719th League titles 3
  • 897th Best in baseball 3
  • 1,356th Top-5 finishes 22

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Outfield Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1981 1.000
Outfield Assists 1 1st — 1973 20
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1973 .425 1975 #3 1977 #2 1978 #2
Walks — #2 — 1973 #2 1975 #2 1977 #2 1978 #2 1979 #2 1983 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. — #3 — 1977 #3
Batting Average — #3 — 1977 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1981 1 OF FPCT 1.000
1973 2 OBP .425 OF A 20

Batting

  led the league   15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 NYN NL 69 198 22 52 8 0 5 26 30 48 1 .263 .361 .379 .740
1971 NYN NL 115 298 34 73 5 0 13 46 61 64 0 .245 .374 .393 .766
1972 MON NL 142 507 77 139 23 2 14 50 70 99 5 .274 .363 .410 .773
1973 MON NL 162 560 100 169 26 2 23 103 123 91 2 .302 .425 .479 .904
1974 MON NL 148 511 68 141 20 2 9 74 93 84 5 .276 .385 .376 .761
1975 BAL AL 155 586 88 176 37 4 15 55 118 82 3 .300 .415 .454 .869
1976 BAL AL 154 544 62 151 25 2 13 70 79 76 2 .278 .366 .403 .769
1977 BAL AL 152 536 90 176 24 0 24 99 107 101 0 .328 .438 .507 .945
1978 BAL AL 149 502 67 147 21 2 20 81 98 94 0 .293 .409 .462 .871
1979 BAL AL 159 570 93 168 29 1 35 111 109 118 3 .295 .405 .533 .938
1980 BAL AL 156 583 85 177 28 3 24 104 92 94 0 .304 .397 .485 .882
1981 BAL AL 103 363 48 101 16 1 13 49 61 59 0 .278 .380 .435 .816
1982 BAL AL 156 561 71 141 27 2 14 77 86 93 0 .251 .349 .381 .731
1983 BAL AL 151 507 52 140 21 3 18 84 99 83 0 .276 .393 .436 .829
1984 BAL AL 111 363 28 78 7 1 6 36 37 60 0 .215 .286 .289 .575
Career — — 2,082 7,189 985 2,029 317 25 246 1,065 1,263 1,246 21 .282 .388 .436 .824

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1970 NYN NL OF 51 49 421.0 90 1 3 0 94 .968 1.78
1971 NYN NL OF 96 80 750.0 143 5 4 0 152 .974 1.54
1972 MON NL OF 137 137 1223.0 236 9 7 3 252 .972 1.79
1973 MON NL OF 161 159 1421.0 278 20 5 3 303 .983 1.85
1974 MON NL OF 143 142 1243.0 224 7 11 0 242 .955 1.62
1975 BAL AL OF 155 153 1378.2 283 9 3 2 295 .990 1.88
1976 BAL AL OF 134 134 1148.1 278 9 5 2 292 .983 2.14
1977 BAL AL OF 150 150 1250.0 278 8 4 2 290 .986 1.91
1978 BAL AL OF 140 139 1088.0 244 1 6 0 251 .976 1.75
1979 BAL AL OF 143 143 1172.2 247 8 5 2 260 .981 1.78
1980 BAL AL OF 151 151 1229.2 248 3 4 1 255 .984 1.66
1981 BAL AL OF 72 72 554.0 125 2 0 2 127 1.000 1.76
1982 BAL AL OF 5 5 27.0 10 0 0 0 10 1.000 2.00
Career — — OF 1,538 1,514 12906.1 2,684 82 57 17 2,823 .980 1.80