Monday, February 24, 2020

CAREER-CAPPER- 1978 BILL SINGER

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.

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