Singleton was part of the trade that brought Rusty Staub to the New York Mets, going to the Expos along with Tim Foli and Mike Jorgensen on April 5th, 1972.
He would go on to have three very solid years in Montreal, with 1973 his finest as he scored 100 runs along with 103 runs batted in and 23 homers, while also walking 123 times while leading the National League with a .425 on-base-percentage, finishing ninth in MVP voting.
Of course, we all know that Singleton would go on to have an excellent 15-year Major League career, topping 2000 hits, 1000-RBI’s and just under 250 homers while making three All-Star teams and finishing second in the American League MVP race behind Don Baylor when he had his best Big League season, hitting 35 homers with 111 RBI’s and 109 walks, hitting .295 and scoring 93 runs.
Just a great person overall, I thoroughly enjoy his time as a New York Yankee TV announcer, and will miss him as he retires after the 2019 season.
