Bill Singer Notable

b. April 24, 1944 · Los Angeles Dodgers 1964–1972, California Angels 1973–1975, Texas Rangers 1976, Minnesota Twins 1976, Toronto Blue Jays 1977

Bill Singer played for five clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1964 and closing with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977.

He went 118 and 127 with a 3.39 earned run average, pitching 2,174 innings in 322 games. He struck out 1,515, completed 94 of his 308 starts and threw 24 shutouts. Across 324 games he batted .109, with 45 hits and 20 runs. He finished with 11 doubles.

He was selected to two All-Star teams between 1969 and 1973. He threw a no-hitter in 1970.

He was born in Los Angeles, CA, USA on April 24, 1944. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1969, 1973

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1964	LAD	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167
1965	LAD	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1966	LAD	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1967	LAD	34	67	1	6	1	4	0	28	.090
1968	LAD	37	81	6	12	7	4	4	30	.148
1969	LAD	41	108	7	11	1	2	1	47	.102
1970	LAD	16	38	4	5	1	1	2	10	.132
1971	LAD	31	58	1	6	0	2	5	24	.103
1972	LAD	26	55	1	4	1	0	2	21	.073
1973	CAL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1974	CAL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1975	CAL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1976	MIN/TEX	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1977	TOR	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	324	413	20	45	11	13	14	162	.109

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1964	LAD	0	1	2	2	0	14.0	11	5	12	3	3.21
1965	LAD	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	2	0	2	1	0.00
1966	LAD	0	0	3	0	0	4.0	4	0	2	4	0.00
1967	LAD	12	8	32	29	0	204.1	185	60	61	169	2.64
1968	LAD	13	17	37	36	0	256.1	227	82	78	227	2.88
1969	LAD	20	12	41	40	1	315.2	244	82	74	247	2.34
1970	LAD	8	5	16	16	0	106.1	79	37	32	93	3.13
1971	LAD	10	17	31	31	0	203.1	195	94	71	144	4.16
1972	LAD	6	16	26	25	0	169.1	148	69	60	101	3.67
1973	CAL	20	14	40	40	0	315.2	280	113	130	241	3.22
1974	CAL	7	4	14	14	0	108.2	102	36	43	77	2.98
1975	CAL	7	15	29	27	1	179.0	171	99	81	78	4.98
1976	MIN/TEX	13	10	36	36	0	236.2	233	97	96	97	3.69
1977	TOR	2	8	13	12	0	59.2	71	45	39	33	6.79
Career	—	118	127	322	308	2	2174.0	1952	819	781	1515	3.39

On this day & linked events

1944

Born April 24, 1944

Los Angeles, CA, USA

1964

Major-league debut: Bill Singer

Bill Singer made a major-league debut on September 24, 1964.

1970

Bill Singer's No-Hitter

Bill Singer threw a no-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 20, 1970, winning 5–0.

1977

Final major-league game: Bill Singer

Bill Singer played a final major-league game on July 16, 1977.

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