Chick King

Charles Gilbert King

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 10, 1930 in Paris, TN
School: University of Memphis
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1954
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Cubs/Cardinals 1954-1959

Final Game: May 30, 1959
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1951	20	DET-min	D	124	531	531		166	23	9	3						.313	.313	.407	.719		216						JAM · PONY
1952	21	DET-min	B	135	590	590		186	24	9	7						.315	.315	.422	.737		249						DHM · CARL
1953	22	DET-min	AA	153	607	607		173	27	5	9						.285	.285	.390	.675		237						LRK · SOUA
1954	23	DET-min	AAA	130	583	516	91	138	24	9	16	61	34		54	96	.267	.339	.442	.780		228		4	4	5		BFL · IL
1954	23	DET	AL	11	31	28	4	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	8	.214	.290	.286	.576	59	8	1	0	0	0		/8
1955	24	DET-min	AAA	143	530	485	65	143	14	5	9	35	14		41	93	.295	.350	.400	.750		194		1	2	1		BFL · IL
1955	24	DET	AL	7	22	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.238	.273	.238	.511	40	5	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1956	25	DET-min	AAA	120	327	300	39	63	13	6	7	25	7		19	72	.210	.269	.363	.632		109	2	5	3	0		CHL · AA
1956	25	DET	AL	6	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1958	27	CHC-min	AA	150	657	597	81	168	23	5	10	64	10	1	46	112	.281	.334	.387	.721		231		5	2	7		FTW · TL
1958	27	CHC	NL	8	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.250	.455	.250	.705	96	2	0	0	0	0	1	/8
1959	28	STL-min	AAA	99	383	353	46	97	23	2	9	43	2		23	79	.275	.323	.428	.751		151		2	5	0	1	OMA · AA
1959	28	TOT	NL	12	11	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.300	.273	.300	.573	50	3	0	0	0	1	0	/87
1959	28	CHC	NL	7	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1959	28	STL	NL	5	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.429	.375	.429	.804	109	3	0	0	0	1	0	/87
1960	29	PIT-min	AAA	127	430	411	58	109	14	6	11	57	8	2	19	80	.265	.298	.409	.706		168						SLC · PCL
1961	30	ANA-min	AAA	141	473	442	68	107	18	3	9	41	10		31	83	.242	.292	.357	.649		158						DFW · AA
5 Seasons				44	85	76	11	18	0	1	0	5	0	0	8	18	.237	.306	.263	.569	55	20	1	0	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	313	280	41	66	0	4	0	18	0	0	29	66	.237	.306	.263	.569	55	74	4	0	0	4

DET (3 yrs)				24	63	58	7	13	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	14	.224	.286	.259	.544	49	15	1	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				15	14	11	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.182	.357	.182	.539	50	2	0	0	0	0	1
STL (1 yr)				5	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.429	.375	.429	.804	109	3	0	0	0	1	0

NL (2 yrs)				20	22	18	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.278	.364	.278	.641	73	5	0	0	0	1	1
AL (3 yrs)				24	63	58	7	13	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	14	.224	.286	.259	.544	49	15	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1954	23	DET	AL	31	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/8
1955	24	DET	AL	22	-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/7
1956	25	DET	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	/7

1958	27	CHC	NL	11	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/8
1959	28	CHC	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/8
1959	28	STL	NL	8	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	/87
5 Seasons				85	-6	-1	1	0	1	0	2	-2	-0.2	-4	-0.4	0.2	$

DET (3 yrs)				63	-5	0	1	0	1	0	2	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$
CHC (2 yrs)				14	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
STL (1 yr)				8	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1954	23	DET	AL	31	23	2	2.3	98	.300	.214	.264	.290	.340	.286	.386	.576	.726	59	.249	-1.7	-0.2	.478	.179	.071
1955	24	DET	AL	22	16	1	1.7	101	.263	.238	.264	.273	.343	.238	.393	.511	.737	40	.136	-1.8	-0.2	.375	.048	.000
1956	25	DET	AL	10	7	1	3.8	107	.400	.222	.268	.300	.351	.222	.410	.522	.760	40	.397	-0.8	-0.1	.429	.111	.000

1958	27	CHC	NL	11	6	1	4.5	104	.286	.250	.267	.455	.335	.250	.418	.705	.753	96	.481	0.2	0.0	.833	.375	.000
1959	28	TOT	NL	11	8	1	3.3	108	.375	.300	.275	.273	.342	.300	.425	.573	.767	50	.356	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
1959	28	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.269	.000	.335	.000	.416	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1959	28	STL	NL	8	5	1	5.4	110	.500	.429	.277	.375	.344	.429	.429	.804	.773	109	.567	0.2	0.0	.750	.000	.000
5 Seasons				85	60	6	2.7	102	.305	.237	.266	.306	.342	.263	.399	.569	.741	55	.278	-4.8	-0.5	.475	.132	.026
162 Game Avg.				313	221	22	2.7	102	.305	.237	.266	.306	.342	.263	.399	.569	.741	55	.278	-4.8	-0.5	.475	.132	.026

DET (3 yrs)				63	46	4	2.3	100	.295	.224	.265	.286	.343	.259	.392	.544	.735	49	.234	-4.4	-0.4	.435	.121	.034
CHC (2 yrs)				14	9	1	3.0	104	.222	.182	.268	.357	.335	.182	.417	.539	.752	50	.307	-0.6	-0.1	.556	.273	.000
STL (1 yr)				8	5	1	5.3	110	.500	.429	.277	.375	.344	.429	.429	.804	.773	109	.566	0.2	0.0	.750	.000	.000

NL (2 yrs)				22	14	2	3.8	106	.333	.278	.271	.364	.338	.278	.422	.641	.760	73	.413	-0.4	-0.0	.615	.167	.000
AL (3 yrs)				63	46	4	2.3	100	.295	.224	.265	.286	.343	.259	.392	.544	.735	49	.234	-4.4	-0.4	.435	.121	.034

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	23	DET	AL	31	0.0%	25.8%	9.7%	3.2%	17%	2.67	3.5		9.3	1.14	65%
1955	24	DET	AL	22	0.0%	9.1%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	2.00	10.5			2.00	86%
1956	25	DET	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.3				50%

1958	27	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	9.1%	27.3%	0.0%	0%	0.33	8.0		8.0	0.67	64%
1959	28	TOT	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3		10.0	0.25	73%
1959	28	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	67%
1959	28	STL	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		7.0	0.50	75%
5 Seasons				85	0.0%	21.2%	9.4%	1.2%	6%	2.25	4.2		15.2	1.17	69%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.2%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.34	7.3	38.4	8.3	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	23	DET	AL	-1.7	-0.2	32	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.00	-0.1	-0.3	-1.2	-0.1	1.04	-1.2	1.31	4
1955	24	DET	AL	-1.8	-0.2	23	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.66	-0.1	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.98	-1.1		0
1956	25	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	10	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.59	-0.1	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.97	-1.4	0.35	2

1958	27	CHC	NL	0.2	0.0	11	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.98	-0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.83	0.5	0.42	1
1959	28	TOT	NL	-0.7	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.60	-0.1	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	0.96	-0.7		0
1959	28	CHC	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.13	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.78	-0.8		0
1959	28	STL	NL	0.2	0.0	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.39	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	1.03	0.1		0
5 Seasons				-4.8	-0.5	87	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.81	-0.4	-0.6	-5.9	-0.6	0.98	-3.9	0.91	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	23	DET	AL	0	0	44%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1955	24	DET	AL	2	0	50%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	25	DET	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	27	CHC	NL	0	0	20%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1959	28	TOT	NL	0	0	100%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1959	28	CHC	NL	0	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1959	28	STL	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons				2	0	42%	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	27%	7	5	2	1	1	0	3	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	23	DET	AL	31	26%	6			4	0	0	0	1.31	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	1	50%	21	4	19%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1955	24	DET	AL	22	73%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	13	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1956	25	DET	AL	10	100%	2			2	0	0	0	0.35	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1958	27	CHC	NL	11	82%	2			1	0	0	0	0.42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	28	TOT	NL	11	73%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1959	28	CHC	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	28	STL	NL	8	63%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
5 Seasons				85	60%	18			7	0	0	0	0.91	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	8	2	25%	54	6	11%	4	2	50%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1954	23	11	31	28	4	6	1	3	3	8	.214	.290	.286	.576	59	8	1	0
1955	24	18	53	49	7	11	1	3	4	10	.224	.283	.265	.548	51	13	1	0	0
1956	25	24	63	58	7	13	1	3	5	14	.224	.286	.259	.544	49	15	1	0	0
1957	26	24	63	58	7	13	1	3	5	14	.224	.286	.259	.544	49	15	1	0	0
1958	27	32	74	66	8	15	1	4	8	15	.227	.311	.258	.568	56	17	1	0	1
1959	28	44	85	76	11	18	1	5	8	18	.237	.306	.263	.569	55	20	1	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	23	11	32	29	4	6	0	1	0	3	0	3	8	.207	.281	.276	.557	2	11
1955	24	7	22	21	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.190	.227	.190	.418	1	7
1956	25	6	12	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.300	.417	.300	.717	1	6

1958	27	8	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	.250	.455	.250	.705	1	8
1959	28	13	11	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.300	.273	.300	.573	1	12
5 Seasons		45	88	78	9	18	0	1	0	5	0	9	18	.231	.307	.256	.563	6	44
162 Game Avg.		162	317	281	32	65	0	4	0	18	0	32	65	.231	.307	.256	.563	22	44

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