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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 Awards
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 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 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 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 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
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 Awards
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 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 DET AL 23 CF 7 7 7 58.0 24 22 1 1 1 .958 0 2 3.57 3.29 .983 2.86 2.83
1954 DET AL 23 OF 7 7 7 58.0 24 22 1 1 1 .958 0 2 3.57 3.29 .979 2.39 2.37
1955 DET AL 24 LF 6 6 4 48.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0 5 2.25 2.00 .980 2.27 2.25
1955 DET AL 24 OF 6 6 4 48.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0 5 2.25 2.00 .982 2.40 2.38
1956 DET AL 25 LF 3 2 0 22.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1 33 2.05 1.67 .977 2.09 2.10
1956 DET AL 25 OF 3 2 0 22.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1 33 1.64 1.33 .980 2.33 2.33
1958 CHC NL 27 CF 7 2 2 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.93 0.86 .987 2.73 2.71
1958 CHC NL 27 OF 7 2 2 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.93 0.86 .980 2.25 2.26
1959 TOT NL 28 OF 5 1 0 29.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 2.79 1.80 .977 2.20 2.20
1959 TOT NL 28 CF 4 1 0 27.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 2.67 2.00 .980 2.60 2.60
1959 CHC NL 28 CF 1 1 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 1.00 1.00 .980 2.60 2.60
1959 CHC NL 28 OF 1 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 2.00 2.00 .975 2.20 2.20
1959 STL NL 28 OF 4 0 0 20.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.15 1.75 .977 2.20 2.20
1959 STL NL 28 CF 3 0 0 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 60 3.50 2.33 .980 2.60 2.60
1959 STL NL 28 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
5 Seasons OF 28 18 13 185.0 57 53 1 3 1 .947 1 6 2.63 1.93 .980 2.34 2.31
3 Seasons CF 18 10 9 113.0 38 36 1 1 1 .974 0 5 2.95 2.06 .983 2.76 2.73
3 Seasons LF 10 8 4 72.0 19 17 0 2 0 .895 0 7 2.12 1.70 .979 2.21 2.18
5 Seasons TOT 28 18 13 185.0 57 53 1 3 1 .947 1 6 2.63 1.93 .980 2.34 2.31
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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