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Jim
King		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 27, 1932 in Usa, AR, ELKINS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 22 NYA AL     5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
1956 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1957 24 NYA AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8
1958 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1959 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1960 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1961 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1962 29 MIN AL $ 1,707,143   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
1963 30 MIN AL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 7
1964 31 MIN AL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 7 6 7 7
1965 32 CLN NL $ 1,512,387   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 8 8
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
1955 22 AA   31 105 17 25 4 2 6 26 0 2 30 18 .238 .407 .486 .893 22.0  
    A   106 362 73 109 15 1 31 73 12 4 90 45 .301 .440 .605 1.045 94.7  
1956 23 NYA AL 33 89 7 17 6 1 0 9 0 0 7 13 .191 .247 .281 .528 5.5 0.0
    AAA   85 336 59 96 16 0 28 85 4 4 43 52 .286 .367 .583 .950 68.9  
1957 24 AAA   136 520 91 128 18 3 43 106 9 7 83 76 .246 .350 .540 .890 100.0  
1958 25 MIN AL 16 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .150 .150 .300 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   135 501 77 121 24 3 22 70 8 5 88 76 .242 .355 .433 .788 81.4  
1959 26 MIN AL 134 307 32 74 12 3 14 53 1 1 27 48 .241 .302 .436 .738 40.8 4.9
1960 27 MIN AL 123 234 36 64 13 1 10 31 1 0 29 28 .274 .362 .466 .828 34.8 6.8
1961 28 MIN AL 137 435 51 119 20 3 12 49 2 2 51 64 .274 .350 .416 .766 62.9 14.0
1962 29 MIN AL 150 516 67 123 22 5 18 81 2 3 57 65 .238 .318 .405 .723 65.6 11.3
1963 30 MIN AL 38 40 4 11 2 0 2 7 1 0 2 6 .275 .302 .475 .777 6.1 1.3
1964 31 MIN AL 101 165 26 50 8 2 11 31 1 1 16 23 .303 .365 .576 .940 31.2 6.5
1965 32 AAA   133 466 82 154 24 2 39 97 7 1 53 61 .330 .399 .642 1.040 109.0  
8 Years Sim 732 1806 223 461 83 15 67 261 8 7 189 248 .255 .328 .429 .757 246.5 44.8
4 Years AAA 489 1823 309 499 82 8 132 358 28 17 267 265 .274 .368 .545 .913 359.2  
1 Years AA 31 105 17 25 4 2 6 26 0 2 30 18 .238 .407 .486 .893 22.0  
1 Years A 106 362 73 109 15 1 31 73 12 4 90 45 .301 .445 .605 1.050 94.7  
6 Years Minors 626 2290 399 633 101 11 169 457 40 23 387 328 .276 .383 .552 .935 475.9  
162 Game Average 399 49 102 18 3 14 57 1 1 41 54 .255 .328 .429 .757 54.6  
Career Highs 150 516 67 123 22 5 18 81 2 3 57 65 .303 .365 .576 .940 65.6  
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   1399 174 377 68 11 57 223 7 6 154 169 .269 .343 .456 .800 216.6
vs LH   407 49 84 15 4 10 38 1 1 35 79 .206 .272 .337 .609 37.6
Home 360 901 106 227 46 7 32 130 3 2 90 125 .252 .323 .425 .748 123.3
Away 372 905 117 234 37 8 35 131 5 5 99 123 .259 .332 .433 .765 130.9
RISP   444 0 120 18 4 20 180 0 0 53 71 .270 .344 .464 .808 71.8
Pinch Hitting   231 35 60 10 0 13 45 1 0 19 30 .260 .315 .472 .787 34.6
Close/Late   324 27 86 12 4 11 42 0 0 30 38 .265 .331 .429 .760 45.5
Mar/Apr 97 244 33 66 13 1 5 38 1 0 31 42 .270 .353 .393 .746 34.7
May 122 303 40 76 10 1 12 38 0 1 23 31 .251 .307 .409 .716 37.7
June 127 311 39 84 18 2 14 46 2 1 35 46 .270 .346 .476 .822 50.3
July 133 333 34 80 16 3 12 44 2 2 27 39 .240 .296 .414 .710 41.0
August 120 309 39 80 12 3 11 48 1 1 33 63 .259 .334 .424 .758 43.7
Sep/Oct 133 306 38 75 14 5 13 47 2 2 40 27 .245 .336 .451 .787 46.6
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
1956 23 NYA AL CF 15 12 105.3 21 0 1 0 .955 1.79   0.3
    RF 6 5 43.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.09    
    LF 4 4 30.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    1B 3 3 27.0 24 4 0 3 1.000 9.33   0.0
1958 25 MIN AL RF 2 2 17.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 26 MIN AL CF 66 55 492.3 131 4 3 1 .978 2.47   2.7
    RF 12 8 66.3 17 0 1 0 .944 2.31    
    LF 10 7 58.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    1B 29 0 51.3 58 4 1 6 .984 10.87   0.1
    3B 3 0 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 27 MIN AL LF 24 19 182.0 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.43   1.1
    CF 39 11 165.7 38 2 1 0 .976 2.17    
    RF 15 11 102.3 17 2 0 1 1.000 1.67    
    3B 16 0 32.0 2 11 0 1 1.000 3.66   0.1
    1B 5 0 11.0 14 1 0 2 1.000 12.27   0.0
1961 28 MIN AL RF 111 107 936.0 203 6 5 1 .977 2.01   1.9
    1B 11 0 16.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 10.69   0.0
    3B 8 0 13.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.1
    CF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1962 29 MIN AL 3B 150 149 1283.3 93 356 6 21 .987 3.15   4.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 30 MIN AL LF 14 0 31.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.45   0.1
    3B 6 0 13.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.77   0.0
    CF 3 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 31 MIN AL 3B 39 20 206.7 21 44 2 2 .970 2.83   0.7
    CF 13 0 32.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.1
    1B 16 0 22.7 30 1 1 3 .969 12.31   0.0
    SS 5 0 16.7 3 4 0 2 1.000 3.78   0.1
    LF 7 0 15.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 224 169 1561.0 119 422 8 25 .985 3.12   5.5
  RF 150 133 1170.7 255 8 6 2 .978 2.02   2.0
  CF 142 78 813.3 201 6 5 1 .976 2.29   3.1
  LF 61 30 320.3 58 1 0 1 1.000 1.66   1.3
  1B 68 3 134.0 148 12 2 15 .988 10.75   0.3
  SS 7 0 18.7 3 4 0 2 1.000 3.38   0.1
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   653 413 4019.9 784 453 21 46 .983 2.77   12.2
Career Highs   151 149 1285.3 222 356 6 21 1.000 5.00    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955
Injured on 7/19/1955 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 6/3/1956, off Joey Jay (CIN)
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 2/21/1958 (Going to MIN: P Bud Daley, RF Jim King, 2B Bobby Brown. Going to NYA: RF Vic Wertz)
Injured on 6/3/1958 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1959, off Johnny Blanchard (NYA)
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/8/1965 to a 2-year deal worth $1,512,387 per year
Injured on 4/18/1965 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/27/1965 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Injured on 8/29/1965 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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