Time
to go ahead and give former pitcher Bill Singer a career-capping 1978
card celebrating his 14-year Big League career, which came to an end
with 13 appearances in 1977 as an “original” Toronto Blue Jay during
their inaugural season:
Singer went 2-8 for Toronto over those 13 appearances, 12 of them
starts, pitching to an earned run average of 6.79 over 59.2 innings of
work.
Still only 33, arm troubles led him to retiring after that season,
finishing up his career with a record of 118-127, with a nice 3.39 ERA
over 322 appearances, with 24 shutouts and 1515 strikeouts.
During his career he posted two 20-win seasons and three 200-strikeout
seasons, including 241 in 1973, which helped set a new record along with
teammate Nolan Ryan’s 383 for most strikeouts by teammates with 624.
He also struck out 227 batters in 1968 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and
a career-high 247 the following season for L.A., which was also his 1st
20-win campaign.