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Hal King

Harold King

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 1, 1944 in Oviedo, FL
High School: Oviedo (Oviedo, FL)
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1967
Teams (by GP): Braves/Reds/Rangers/Astros 1967-1974

Final Game: October 1, 1974
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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
1967 23 HOU NL 15 46 44 2 11 1 2 0 6 0 0 2 9 .250 .283 .364 .646 87 16 0 0 0 0 0 2
1968 24 HOU NL 27 62 55 4 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 7 16 .145 .242 .218 .460 41 12 1 0 0 0 0 2
1970 26 ATL NL 89 239 204 29 53 8 0 11 30 1 0 32 41 .260 .364 .461 .825 115 94 5 2 0 1 6 2
1971 27 ATL NL 86 233 198 14 41 9 0 5 19 0 0 29 43 .207 .320 .328 .649 80 65 9 4 2 0 5 2
1972 28 TEX AL 50 150 122 12 22 5 0 4 12 0 0 25 35 .180 .333 .320 .653 99 39 3 3 0 0 1 2
1973 29 CIN NL 35 49 43 5 8 0 0 4 10 0 0 6 10 .186 .286 .465 .751 110 20 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1974 30 CIN NL 20 20 17 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .176 .300 .235 .535 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2
7 Seasons 322 799 683 67 146 26 3 24 82 1 0 104 158 .214 .325 .366 .691 93 250 18 9 2 1 12
162 Game Avg. 162 402 344 34 73 13 2 12 41 1 0 52 79 .214 .325 .366 .691 93 126 9 5 1 1 6
ATL (2 yrs) 175 472 402 43 94 17 0 16 49 1 0 61 84 .234 .343 .396 .738 98 159 14 6 2 1 11
CIN (2 yrs) 55 69 60 6 11 1 0 4 13 0 0 9 14 .183 .290 .400 .690 94 24 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 42 108 99 6 19 3 3 0 8 0 0 9 25 .192 .259 .283 .542 62 28 1 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 50 150 122 12 22 5 0 4 12 0 0 25 35 .180 .333 .320 .653 99 39 3 3 0 0 1
NL (6 yrs) 272 649 561 55 124 21 3 20 70 1 0 79 123 .221 .323 .376 .699 92 211 15 6 2 1 11
AL (1 yr) 50 150 122 12 22 5 0 4 12 0 0 25 35 .180 .333 .320 .653 99 39 3 3 0 0 1

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
1967 23 HOU NL 46 -1 0 0 1 -1 1 2 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 2
1968 24 HOU NL 62 -3 0 0 0 -5 1 2 -5 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $ 2
1970 26 ATL NL 239 4 -1 -1 -1 -6 3 7 5 0.5 11 1.1 -0.6 $ 2
1971 27 ATL NL 233 -6 -1 -2 -1 -2 3 7 -2 -0.4 0 0.0 -0.4 $17,500 2
1972 28 TEX AL 150 2 -1 0 1 0 2 5 9 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $20,000 2
1973 29 CIN NL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /2
1974 30 CIN NL 20 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /2
7 Seasons 799 -5 -3 -3 0 -13 10 25 11 1.0 24 2.5 -1.5 $37,500
ATL (2 yrs) 472 -2 -2 -3 -2 -8 6 14 3 0.1 11 1.1 -1.0 $17,500
CIN (2 yrs) 69 -1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $
HOU (2 yrs) 108 -4 0 0 1 -6 2 4 -3 -0.4 3 0.3 -0.7 $
TEX (1 yr) 150 2 -1 0 1 0 2 5 9 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $20,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 29 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1967 HOU NL 23 C 11 11 6 87.0 70 62 8 0 1 1.000 -1 -14 7.24 6.36 .990 6.89 6.89 3 5 7 4 36% 0
1968 HOU NL 24 C 19 10 9 112.2 94 83 8 3 0 .968 -5 -53 7.27 4.79 .990 6.87 6.90 3 10 15 2 12% 0
1970 ATL NL 26 C 62 51 42 452.0 335 316 14 5 1 .985 -6 -16 6.57 5.32 .987 6.85 6.82 10 22 35 10 22% 0
1971 ATL NL 27 C 60 48 45 453.1 302 274 23 5 0 .983 -2 -5 5.90 4.95 .988 6.34 6.33 10 21 17 12 41% 2
1972 TEX AL 28 C 38 34 21 291.1 203 181 16 6 3 .970 0 0 6.09 5.18 .985 6.48 6.46 1 7 13 8 38% 3
1973 CIN NL 29 C 9 5 3 51.0 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 4.76 3.00 .987 6.34 6.34 1 1 2 0 0% 0
1974 CIN NL 30 C 5 1 1 14.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 86 4.50 1.40 .986 6.11 6.12 0 0 0 1 100% 0
7 Seasons C 204 160 127 1461.1 1038 948 71 19 6 .982 -13 -11 6.28 5.00 .987 6.60 6.58 28 66 89 37 29% 5
7 Seasons TOT 204 160 127 1461.1 1038 948 71 19 6 .982 -13 -11 6.28 5.00 .987 6.60 6.58 28 66 89 37 29% 5
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Passed Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  10 (4th)

                                         

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197127Atlanta Braves$17,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197228Texas Rangers$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$37,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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