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Elmer Singleton
Bert Elmer Singleton (Smoky)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 174 lb.

Debut August 20, 1945
Final Game August 1, 1959
Born June 26, 1918 in Ogden, UT
Died January 5, 1996 in Ogden, UT

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 27 BSN NL   1   4   7   5   1   0   2  0   37.3   35   22   20   1   14   14   1   1   158       0  4.82  3.84   80 1.313
 1946 28 BSN NL   0   1  15   2   0   0   6  1   33.7   27   20   14   3   21   17   1   0   146       0  3.74  3.45   92 1.426
 1947 29 PIT NL   2   2  36   3   0   0  14  1   67.0   70   49   47   9   39   24   2   5   309       0  6.31  4.23   67 1.627
 1948 30 PIT NL   4   6  38   5   1   0  17  2   92.3   90   52   51  11   40   53   1   9   404       0  4.97  4.07   82 1.408
 1950 32 WSH AL   1   2  21   1   0   0  11  0   36.3   39   23   21   4   17   19   0   4   157       0  5.20  4.49   86 1.541
 1957 39 CHC NL   0   1   5   2   0   0   1  0   13.3   20   11   10   3    2    6   0   0    62   0   1  6.75  3.92   58 1.650
 1958 40 CHC NL   1   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    4.7    1    0    0   0    1    2   0   0    15   1   0  0.00  3.91  inf 0.429
 1959 41 CHC NL   2   1  21   1   0   0  12  0   43.0   40   15   13   2   12   25   0   0   180   2   0  2.72  3.95  145 1.209
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .393  11  17 145  19   2   0  65  4  327.7  322  192  176  33  146  160   5  19  1431   3   1  4.83  4.03   83 1.428
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   7  60   7   0   0  26  1  135.7  133   79   72  13   60   66   2   7   593   1   0  4.83  4.03   83 1.428
 Career High      4   6  38   5   1   0  17  2   92.3   90   52   51  11   40   53   2   9   404   2   1  2.72  4.23  145 1.209

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 27 BSN NL   7   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   1
 1946 28 BSN NL  16    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
 1947 29 PIT NL  41   13    1    4   0  1   0    2   0      0   4  .308  .308  .462   99    6   1           0   0
 1948 30 PIT NL  38   23    0    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   8  .087  .087  .087  -53    2   1           0   0
 1950 32 WSH AL  21    7    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .429  .429  .571  160    4   1           0   0
 1957 39 CHC NL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1958 40 CHC NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 41 CHC NL  21    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      152   68    3    9   1  1   0    4   0  0   0  27  .132  .132  .176  -18   12   5   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         72    3   10   1  1   0    4   0  0   0  29  .132  .132  .176  -18   13   5   0   0   0   1
 Career High     41   23    1    4   1  1   0    2   0  0   0   8                           6   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 27 BSN NL   11   12    0   0.0    97| .000  .273| .000  .343| .000  .377| .000  .720|-100  .000  -3.0  -0.3     
 1946 28 BSN NL    5    5    0   0.0    93| .000  .264| .000  .339| .000  .369| .000  .708|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
 1947 29 PIT NL   14   10    2   5.3   108| .308  .278| .308  .353| .462  .412| .770  .765|  99  .562  -0.2   0.0     
 1948 30 PIT NL   24   22    0   0.0   104| .087  .271| .087  .346| .087  .401| .174  .747| -53  .000  -5.0  -0.5     
 1950 32 WSH AL    8    5    2  10.6   109| .429  .272| .429  .358| .571  .408|1.000  .766| 160  .801   0.6   0.1   0%
 1957 39 CHC NL    4    4    0   0.0   102| .000  .267| .000  .331| .000  .414| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1958 40 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .335| .000  .417| .000  .752|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1959 41 CHC NL    6    6    0   0.0   104| .000  .269| .000  .335| .000  .416| .000  .751|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        73   65    4   1.6   103| .132  .272| .132  .346| .176  .400| .308  .746| -18  .136 -11.6  -1.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 27 BSN NL P 7 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 1.14 1.06 1.93 2.17 5 37.3 1946 28 BSN NL P 15 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.60 1.01 2.40 2.24 2 33.7 1947 29 PIT NL P 36 9 11 1 1 .952 .966 0.56 0.91 2.69 2.12 3 67.0 1948 30 PIT NL P 38 13 18 0 1 1.000 .963 0.82 0.91 3.02 2.11 5 92.3 1950 32 WSH AL P 21 5 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.57 0.96 2.98 2.03 1 36.3 1957 39 CHC NL P 5 2 4 2 1 .750 .968 1.20 0.82 4.06 2.03 2 13.3 1958 40 CHC NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.75 1.91 1.91 0 4.7 1959 41 CHC NL P 21 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 0.71 0.82 3.14 1.99 1 43.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 27 BSN NL P 7 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 1.14 1.06 1.93 2.17 5 37.3 1946 28 BSN NL P 15 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.60 1.01 2.40 2.24 2 33.7 1947 29 PIT NL P 36 9 11 1 1 .952 .966 0.56 0.91 2.69 2.12 3 67.0 1948 30 PIT NL P 38 13 18 0 1 1.000 .963 0.82 0.91 3.02 2.11 5 92.3 1950 32 WSH AL P 21 5 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.57 0.96 2.98 2.03 1 36.3 1957 39 CHC NL P 5 2 4 2 1 .750 .968 1.20 0.82 4.06 2.03 2 13.3 1958 40 CHC NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.75 1.91 1.91 0 4.7 1959 41 CHC NL P 21 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 0.71 0.82 3.14 1.99 1 43.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 145 38 64 5 5 .953 .961 0.70 0.92 2.80 2.10 19 327.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 145 38 64 5 5 .953 .961 0.70 0.92 2.80 2.10 19 328
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1947 NL-5-8
1948 NL-9-2

Games Finished
1948 NL-17-7

Oldest Player
1957 NL-39-7
1958 NL-40-5
1959 NL-41-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

August 9, 1945: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Boston Braves for Charlie Cozart and cash.

September 30, 1946: Traded by the Boston Braves with Billy Herman, Stan Wentzel, and Whitey Wietelmann to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bob Elliott and Hank Camelli.

March 28, 1949: Purchased by the San Francisco (PCL) from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 25, 1950: Traded by the San Francisco (PCL) to the Washington Senators for Steve Nagy.

October 11, 1950: Purchased by the Toronto (International) from the Washington Senators.

October 14, 1956: Purchased by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Seattle (PCL).

November 13, 1956: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Ray Jablonski to the Chicago Cubs for Don Hoak, Warren Hacker, and Pete Whisenant.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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