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Dave
Kingman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 215
 
Born: December 21, 1948 in Usa, OR, PENDLETON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 22 CLE AL     4 4 4 9 8 9 5 4 5 6 5 6 4 3 4
1972 23 CLE AL     4 4 4 9 8 9 5 4 5 6 5 6 4 4 4
1973 24 CLE AL     4 4 4 9 8 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1974 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 9 8 9 5 4 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1975 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 9 8 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 3 4
1976 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1977 28 LAD NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1978 29 LAD NL $ 1,892,857   4 4 4 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1979 30 LAD NL $ 1,892,857   4 4 4 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1980 31 LAD NL $ 1,620,000   4 4 4 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1981 32 DET AL $ 1,620,000   4 4 5 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1982 33 OAK AL $ 2,800,000   5 5 5 10 9 9 5 4 5 7 6 6 3 3 3
1983 34 OAK AL $ 2,800,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 4 3 4 7 6 6 3 3 3
1984 35 OAK AL $ 2,800,000   2 2 2 6 4 5 4 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 6 4 5 4 3 3 6 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,800,000   5 5 5 10 9 9 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 22 AA   83 302 69 78 9 1 37 83 1 1 43 70 .258 .351 .662 1.013 69.3  
    A   54 192 41 64 11 1 25 58 2 1 28 39 .333 .418 .792 1.210 55.7  
1972 23 AAA   81 312 57 86 14 1 32 84 5 1 40 92 .276 .358 .635 .993 69.2  
    AA   52 207 42 62 9 1 26 59 0 1 24 42 .300 .372 .729 1.102 51.9  
1973 24 AAA   137 509 90 138 23 1 49 108 5 2 65 140 .271 .354 .609 .963 107.4  
1974 25 LAD NL 117 338 51 84 20 0 14 59 3 0 34 89 .249 .317 .432 .749 47.9 9.8
1975 26 LAD NL 92 213 35 44 6 0 10 29 2 0 35 54 .207 .327 .376 .702 30.3 5.2
1976 27 LAD NL 49 150 22 29 6 1 4 16 1 0 15 35 .193 .265 .327 .592 13.4 0.5
  BSN NL 26 71 7 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 23 .127 .184 .197 .381 1.1 0.0
  TOT   75 221 29 38 8 1 5 21 1 0 20 58 .172 .240 .285 .525 14.5 0.5
1977 28 IND AL 101 387 55 99 18 2 23 68 2 2 34 93 .256 .315 .491 .806 57.0 6.8
  LAD NL 49 140 12 31 4 1 4 22 1 1 14 34 .221 .295 .350 .645 14.1 1.6
  TOT   150 527 67 130 22 3 27 90 3 3 48 127 .247 .309 .454 .763 71.1 8.4
1978 29 LAD NL 118 335 41 78 11 1 20 54 1 0 26 74 .233 .294 .451 .745 42.9 8.0
1979 30 LAD NL 98 249 41 75 15 1 10 35 1 2 24 55 .301 .367 .490 .857 40.1 11.7
1980 31 LAD NL 114 308 41 70 8 1 16 54 1 0 36 81 .227 .307 .416 .723 41.2 7.7
1981 32 DET AL 65 206 26 44 11 1 13 33 0 0 17 51 .214 .274 .466 .740 24.3 3.4
1982 33 OAK AL 124 386 56 86 12 3 18 61 4 1 48 119 .223 .310 .409 .719 51.5 8.5
1983 34 OAK AL 106 212 34 51 4 1 12 38 3 0 29 53 .241 .333 .439 .772 33.1 7.1
1984 35 OAK AL 31 61 12 16 5 0 1 11 2 1 4 12 .262 .308 .393 .701 6.2 0.9
11 Years Sim 1090 3056 433 716 122 12 146 485 21 7 321 773 .234 .309 .425 .734 403.2 71.0
2 Years AAA 218 821 147 224 37 2 81 192 10 3 105 232 .273 .356 .619 .974 176.6  
2 Years AA 135 509 111 140 18 2 63 142 1 2 67 112 .275 .362 .690 1.052 121.2  
1 Years A 54 192 41 64 11 1 25 58 2 1 28 39 .333 .415 .792 1.207 55.7  
5 Years Minors 407 1522 299 428 66 5 169 392 13 6 200 383 .281 .365 .664 1.030 353.5  
162 Game Average 454 64 106 18 1 21 72 3 1 47 114 .234 .309 .425 .734 59.9  
Career Highs 150 527 67 130 22 3 27 90 4 3 48 127 .301 .367 .490 .857 71.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1491 205 320 54 6 69 217 8 5 141 387 .215 .284 .398 .682 175.3
vs LH   1565 228 396 68 6 77 268 13 2 180 386 .253 .332 .452 .784 239.3
Home 539 1509 216 356 49 8 78 242 9 4 170 385 .236 .316 .434 .750 213.9
Away 551 1547 217 360 73 4 68 243 12 3 151 388 .233 .302 .417 .719 200.7
RISP   841 0 203 28 2 39 325 0 0 94 214 .241 .311 .419 .730 116.1
Pinch Hitting   188 20 57 9 0 11 55 2 0 21 43 .303 .373 .527 .899 35.7
Close/Late   434 49 99 16 1 18 63 0 0 45 115 .228 .299 .394 .693 53.6
Mar/Apr 186 526 79 112 19 4 24 78 4 3 65 128 .213 .300 .401 .701 67.0
May 212 626 71 139 24 0 26 81 3 0 53 167 .222 .285 .385 .670 71.0
June 188 537 70 134 22 1 26 106 3 2 57 131 .250 .327 .439 .766 77.4
July 180 544 95 144 32 3 29 95 3 1 66 135 .265 .345 .494 .840 92.2
August 159 401 58 95 18 2 18 67 5 1 39 98 .237 .302 .426 .729 53.9
Sep/Oct 165 422 60 92 7 2 23 58 3 0 41 114 .218 .290 .408 .697 53.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 25 LAD NL RF 107 85 780.0 168 3 6 0 .966 1.97   1.2
    1B 6 0 10.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 11.70   0.0
1975 26 LAD NL 1B 64 61 521.7 586 35 2 50 .997 10.71   1.6
    RF 10 3 47.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 27 LAD NL 1B 37 34 294.6 344 22 1 36 .997 11.18   0.5
    LF 10 5 58.4 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.1
    RF 3 0 11.7 2 0 1 0 .667 1.54   0.0
  BSN NL 1B 20 18 134.1 156 10 0 16 1.000 11.14   0.3
    LF 5 3 26.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.1
    RF 1 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
  TOT   1B 57 52 428.7 500 32 1 52 .998 11.17   0.8
      LF 15 8 85.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.1
      RF 4 0 17.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.59   0.0
1977 28 IND AL 1B 29 24 232.3 289 15 1 34 .997 11.78   0.4
    RF 5 0 14.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.1
  LAD NL 1B 14 12 85.1 106 6 1 12 .991 11.84   0.2
    RF 2 0 5.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
  TOT   1B 43 36 317.4 395 21 2 46 .995 11.80   0.6
      RF 7 0 20.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.1
1978 29 LAD NL RF 79 62 582.0 114 1 10 0 .920 1.78   0.6
    1B 21 15 148.7 174 11 0 20 1.000 11.20   0.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1979 30 LAD NL RF 62 54 458.0 95 2 5 0 .951 1.91   0.5
    1B 14 8 70.0 83 7 0 5 1.000 11.57   0.1
    LF 19 0 39.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.37    
    SS 2 0 5.7 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.77   0.0
1980 31 LAD NL RF 86 80 675.3 143 5 14 2 .914 1.97   0.8
    1B 9 0 20.3 21 0 0 2 1.000 9.30   0.0
    LF 5 0 19.7 2 0 1 0 .667 0.92    
    SS 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1981 32 DET AL RF 43 38 336.3 55 1 2 0 .966 1.50   0.9
    LF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    1B 2 1 9.0 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
1982 33 OAK AL 1B 11 0 27.7 32 3 0 1 1.000 11.39   0.0
    RF 4 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
    LF 2 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1983 34 OAK AL 1B 22 3 59.3 67 7 0 8 1.000 11.23   0.1
    RF 8 0 19.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   0.1
    3B 1 0 7.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1984 35 OAK AL 1B 15 6 61.7 63 3 0 9 1.000 9.63   0.1
    RF 8 3 39.0 4 0 1 0 .800 0.92   0.1
    LF 3 3 23.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.74    
  RF 418 325 2988.6 599 12 39 2 .940 1.84   4.3
  1B 264 182 1674.4 1945 120 5 194 .998 11.10   3.8
  LF 51 14 204.0 37 0 2 0 .949 1.63   0.1
  SS 3 1 14.7 5 3 0 2 1.000 4.91   0.0
  CF 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
  3B 1 0 7.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
Career Totals   738 522 4896.7 2591 136 46 199 .983 5.01   8.3
Career Highs   113 85 790.0 592 35 15 52 1.000 11.22    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 27 BSN NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
1979 30 LAD NL 14 28 6 6 2 0 3 7 0 0 6 10 .214 .361 .607 .968
1981 32 DET AL 5 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .150 .227 .150 .377
Career Post-Season Batting 20 49 7 10 2 0 4 9 0 0 8 12 .204 .322 .490 .812
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
1977-10-23
 Strikeouts
1982-3-119
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Al Luplow (924)
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  8. Dan Norman (917)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1971
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Los Angeles on 2/13/1974 (Going to LAD: LF Dave Kingman. Going to CLE: P Joe Coleman, 3B Lou Piniella)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1974, off Milt Wilcox (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1974, off Dave Laroche (COL)
Traded from Los Angeles to Boston (N) on 6/1/1976 (Going to LAD: SS Darrel Chaney. Going to BSN: 1B Dave Kingman)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1977, hitting .438 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on 7/31/1977 (Going to IND: DH Ken Harrelson. Going to LAD: 1B Dave Kingman, 3B Bud Harrelson, RF Ken Singleton)
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Tampa Bay on 7/21/1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $1,620,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Los Angeles to Detroit on 3/4/1981 (Going to LAD: CF Amos Otis. Going to DET: LF Al Bumbry, P Tippy Martinez, RF Dave Kingman)
 
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