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Hal
King		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 1, 1944 in Usa, FL, OVIEDO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
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
1967 23 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1968 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5
1969 25 PIT NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5
1970 26 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
1971 27 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5
1972 28 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5
1973 29 COL NL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5
1974 30 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1975 31 COL NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1976 32 COL NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 4 4
1977 33 COL NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1978 34 COL NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
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
1967 23 A   133 400 80 103 19 2 28 80 7 6 107 86 .258 .414 .525 .939 90.3  
1968 24 A   137 425 96 139 15 2 33 95 11 6 130 82 .327 .485 .605 1.089 121.7  
1969 25 AA   111 377 76 113 15 3 29 73 7 2 91 75 .300 .436 .586 1.022 94.9  
    A   26 82 13 24 4 1 7 17 1 2 16 15 .293 .408 .622 1.030 19.4  
1970 26 COL NL 90 261 26 60 7 0 14 47 0 1 35 54 .230 .316 .418 .733 36.1 6.5
    AA   26 89 19 25 2 1 8 17 1 1 21 17 .281 .418 .596 1.014 21.9  
1971 27 COL NL 120 286 29 44 5 2 7 29 1 0 41 68 .154 .263 .259 .522 25.1 0.1
1972 28 COL NL 85 240 24 47 6 1 11 34 0 0 20 60 .196 .262 .367 .629 23.6 1.6
1973 29 AAA   126 389 75 99 17 0 31 89 3 7 79 89 .254 .380 .537 .918 79.7  
1974 30 COL NL 32 65 7 19 4 0 1 9 0 0 8 12 .292 .378 .400 .778 9.4 1.7
1975 31 COL NL 45 108 12 23 4 1 1 16 0 0 8 21 .213 .273 .296 .569 8.7 0.0
1976 32 AAA   137 452 64 98 16 6 17 85 7 4 78 98 .217 .332 .392 .724 64.3  
1977 33 COL NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AA   133 484 64 124 27 1 23 72 6 2 102 86 .256 .386 .459 .844 90.7  
1978 34 AAA   134 419 64 112 27 5 13 60 2 2 75 89 .267 .379 .449 .827 72.6  
6 Years Sim 374 961 98 193 26 4 34 135 1 1 112 215 .201 .286 .342 .628 102.9 9.9
3 Years AAA 397 1260 203 309 60 11 61 234 12 13 232 276 .245 .368 .456 .823 216.6  
3 Years AA 270 950 159 262 44 5 60 162 14 5 214 178 .276 .411 .522 .933 207.4  
3 Years A 296 907 189 266 38 5 68 192 19 14 253 183 .293 .454 .571 1.026 231.4  
9 Years Minors 963 3117 551 837 142 21 189 588 45 32 699 637 .269 .407 .509 .917 655.4  
162 Game Average 416 42 83 11 1 14 58 0 0 48 93 .201 .286 .342 .628 44.6  
Career Highs 120 286 29 60 7 2 14 47 1 1 41 68 .292 .378 .418 .778 36.1  
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   769 80 158 22 3 28 114 1 1 92 166 .205 .293 .351 .644 84.3
vs LH   192 18 35 4 1 6 21 0 0 20 49 .182 .257 .307 .564 16.3
Home 189 478 46 99 15 2 14 70 1 0 58 114 .207 .292 .335 .627 50.6
Away 185 483 52 94 11 2 20 65 0 1 54 101 .195 .280 .350 .630 50.0
RISP   235 0 51 5 0 9 95 0 0 40 51 .217 .320 .353 .673 31.0
Pinch Hitting   78 8 12 1 0 3 9 0 0 9 23 .154 .256 .282 .538 5.8
Close/Late   131 8 20 2 0 3 17 0 0 18 39 .153 .265 .237 .501 8.7
Mar/Apr 45 123 10 23 2 0 3 15 1 0 8 29 .187 .228 .276 .504 8.1
May 69 194 23 39 7 1 11 27 0 1 19 47 .201 .274 .418 .692 23.2
June 70 170 17 44 3 1 5 31 0 0 20 34 .259 .337 .376 .713 22.6
July 60 141 8 21 2 1 2 18 0 0 25 28 .149 .267 .220 .487 10.3
August 61 143 17 24 3 0 4 12 0 0 17 38 .168 .265 .273 .538 10.8
Sep/Oct 68 190 23 42 9 1 9 32 0 0 23 39 .221 .318 .421 .739 25.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 26 COL NL C 80 67 600.7 303 41 3 0 .991 5.15 56 27 .482 0 4.2
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 27 COL NL C 80 72 607.0 370 35 6 1 .985 6.00 61 24 .393 0 2.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 28 COL NL C 62 59 504.7 331 25 3 0 .992 6.35 34 14 .412 0 3.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 30 COL NL C 15 15 113.0 72 10 0 1 1.000 6.53 18 10 .556 0 1.1
    3B 14 2 34.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 31 COL NL C 30 28 226.0 149 10 2 0 .988 6.33 20 10 .500 0 1.8
    3B 12 1 35.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 33 COL NL C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 268 241 2052.3 1227 121 14 2 .990 5.91 189 85 .450 0 12.3
  3B 26 3 69.7 5 17 0 1 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 3 0 8.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   301 244 2136.0 1236 140 14 4 .990 5.80 189 85 .450 0 12.6
Career Highs   82 72 610.0 371 41 6 2 1.000 18.00 61 27 .556 0  
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  8. Dave Engle (955)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1967
Injured on 8/30/1967 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/13/1968 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/21/1969 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Colorado on 5/1/1970 (Going to PIT: P Denny Lemaster. Going to COL: C Hal King, P Chuck Hartenstein, P Jackie Brown)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/3/1970, off John Gelnar (TOR)
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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