Ken Singleton Kenneth Wayne Singleton ( born June 10 , 1947 ) is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator . He played as an outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets , Montreal Expos , and Baltimore Orioles . Baseball career . Born in Manhattan , New York City , and raised in nearby Mount Vernon , Singleton played both baseball and basketball in high school . He also played baseball in the Bronx Federation League at Macombs Dam Park , across the street from Yankee Stadium . Singleton was drafted out of Hofstra University by the New York Mets as the third overall pick in the 1st round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft . He made his major league debut with the Mets on June 24 , 1970 at the age of 23 . In April 1972 , he was part of a package traded to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub . Singleton ' s best year of the three in Montreal was 1973 , when he led the league in on - base percentage ( one of nine top - ten finishes in that category over the course of his career ) and collected 23 home run s , 103 RBI s and a . 302 batting average ( first . 300 season ) . Following the 1974 season , he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave McNally . During his ten years in Baltimore , Singleton played the best baseball of his career as the Orioles won two pennants , in 1979 and 1983 , and won the 1983 World Series . In 1977 , he posted a career - high . 328 batting average , third highest in the American League . In 1979 he had career - highs with 35 home runs and 111 RBIs . Singleton played in his final major league game on September 25 , 1984 at the age of 37 . Career statistics . In a fifteen - year major league career , Singleton played in 2 , 082 games , accumulating 2 , 029 hits in 7 , 189 at bats for a . 282 career batting average along with 246 home runs , 1 , 065 runs batted in and an on base percentage of . 388 . He had a career . 980 fielding percentage . Singleton ranks among the Orioles all - time leaders in numerous offensive statistics . An All - Star in 1977 , 1979 and 1981 , he won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1982 . His highest finish in the Most Valuable Player Award balloting was in , when he finished second to Don Baylor . He was third in , behind Al Cowens and the winner , Rod Carew . Broadcasting career . Currently , Singleton is a commentator for the New York Yankees on the YES Network , serving as both a color commentator and play - by - play announcer ( when Michael Kay is unavailable ) . He also worked as an announcer for Yankee games on the MSG Network , before the inception of YES and joined the Yankees broadcasting team in 1997 . After retiring as a baseball player , Singleton began his broadcasting career as a sportscaster for WJZ - TV in Baltimore in the middle 1980s and , has worked for TSN ( The Sports Network ) as a television color commentator and as a radio color commentator on Montreal Expos broadcasts and as a color commentator for Fox Sports . His famous calls include " This one is gone " for a home run and " Lookout ! " for a hard hit foul ball into the crowd or dugout , or when a pitch comes close to / hits a batter . He will also occasionally call a pitch a " chuck and duck " for a ball hit right back toward the pitcher . In the 1986 edition of the Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract , James ' wife Susan McCarthy picked Ken Singleton and Carlton Fisk as the best looking players in the 1970s . In a subsequent edition , James wrote that , upon reading the entry , Singleton sent her a thank you card . Personal life . Singleton is a cousin of former NBA player and current Boston Celtics head coach Glenn " Doc " Rivers , and the father of former minor league outfielder Justin Singleton . Singleton grew up in a house in Mount Vernon , New York , once owned by the family of former Brooklyn Dodger Ralph Branca . According to broadcast references , Singleton still resides in the Baltimore area . Singleton also sits on the Board of Directors for the Cool Kids Campaign , a non - profit organization based in Towson , Maryland . One of Singleton ' s roles on the Board of Directors is to host the Celebrity Golf Tournament each June .