Jeff King
Jeffrey Wayne King
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 26, 1964 in Marion, IN
High School: Rampart (Colorado Springs, CO)
School: University of Arkansas
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1989
Final Game: May 21, 1999
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 PIT NL 24 1B 46 40 361.0 408 384 22 2 32 .995 2.1 7.0 2.1 2.7 -0.6 0 10.12 8.83 .992 9.75 8.38
1989 PIT NL 24 3B 13 10 88.0 34 9 23 2 2 .941 3.9 53.2 3.9 0.8 3.1 0 3.27 2.46 .944 2.71 2.25
1989 PIT NL 24 2B 7 5 39.0 24 10 14 0 2 1.000 -0.6 -18.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 5.54 3.43 .979 5.12 4.43
1989 PIT NL 24 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90
1990 PIT NL 25 3B 115 86 839.2 291 58 215 18 15 .938 -1.9 -2.7 -1.9 -1.4 -0.5 0 2.93 2.37 .947 2.73 2.31
1990 PIT NL 25 1B 1 0 2.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 51.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 11.57 3.00 1.000 9.64 7.90
1991 PIT NL 26 3B 33 32 281.0 79 15 62 2 0 .975 -1.6 -6.8 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 -1 2.47 2.33 .948 2.74 2.31
1992 PIT NL 27 3B 73 64 565.1 192 44 139 9 14 .953 -3.3 -7.0 -3.3 -1.4 -1.9 0 2.91 2.51 .952 2.67 2.29
1992 PIT NL 27 1B 32 30 266.1 293 270 21 2 27 .993 1.2 5.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 0 9.83 9.09 .993 9.75 8.38
1992 PIT NL 27 2B 32 23 201.2 117 49 68 0 16 1.000 1.2 7.1 1.2 0.3 0.9 0 5.22 3.66 .980 5.18 4.27
1992 PIT NL 27 SS 6 3 35.1 11 4 6 1 1 .909 -0.1 -3.4 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 2.55 1.67 .973 4.58 3.87
1992 PIT NL 27 OF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.00
1992 PIT NL 27 RF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1993 PIT NL 28 3B 156 155 1366.2 475 105 353 17 28 .964 6.1 5.4 6.1 4.7 1.4 0 3.02 2.94 .944 2.70 2.31
1993 PIT NL 28 2B 2 1 10.0 10 3 6 1 2 .900 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 8.10 4.50 .980 5.13 4.50
1993 PIT NL 28 SS 2 0 5.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.40 1.50 .967 4.68 4.05
1994 PIT NL 29 3B 91 89 772.1 264 59 193 12 27 .955 0.9 1.4 -1.1 -7.9 6.8 2 2.94 2.77 .951 2.65 2.24
1994 PIT NL 29 2B 1 1 9.0 8 2 5 1 2 .875 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 7.00 7.00 .988 5.30 4.60
1995 PIT NL 30 3B 84 80 684.0 225 48 164 13 14 .942 3.4 6.0 3.4 3.4 0.0 0 2.79 2.52 .946 2.77 2.33
1995 PIT NL 30 1B 35 32 289.2 325 296 27 2 22 .994 6.6 27.3 6.6 3.8 2.8 0 10.04 9.23 .993 9.70 8.36
1995 PIT NL 30 2B 8 4 44.2 22 8 14 0 4 1.000 0.3 8.1 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 4.43 2.75 .982 5.26 4.58
1995 PIT NL 30 SS 2 0 11.0 3 0 1 2 0 .333 -1.1 -120.0 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 0.82 0.50 1.000 4.50 3.95
1996 PIT NL 31 1B 92 76 683.1 794 745 47 2 60 .997 12.5 22.0 11.5 2.1 9.4 1 10.43 8.61 .992 9.62 8.35
1996 PIT NL 31 2B 71 63 554.2 333 145 181 7 40 .979 -5.5 -11.9 -4.5 -1.6 -2.9 -1 5.29 4.59 .981 5.09 4.40
1996 PIT NL 31 3B 17 7 75.1 32 6 24 2 1 .938 -0.7 -11.2 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 0 3.58 1.76 .950 2.71 2.21
1997 KCR AL 32 1B 150 147 1291.0 1369 1217 147 5 135 .996 16.9 15.7 14.9 4.3 10.6 2 9.51 9.09 .992 6.97 6.67
1997 KCR AL 32 DH 2
1998 KCR AL 33 1B 112 110 944.1 1022 932 85 5 103 .995 8.1 10.3 8.1 5.6 2.5 0 9.69 9.08 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 KCR AL 33 DH 16
1998 KCR AL 33 3B 4 3 34.0 9 3 6 0 2 1.000 -1.3 -45.9 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 0 2.38 2.25 .944 2.54 2.22
1999 KCR AL 34 1B 20 20 173.1 205 188 15 2 21 .990 -0.2 -1.4 -0.2 -0.9 0.7 0 10.54 10.15 .992 9.50 8.33
1999 KCR AL 34 DH 1
9 Seasons 3B 586 526 4706.1 1601 347 1179 75 103 .953 5.5 1.4 4.5 -2.1 6.6 1 2.92 2.60 .947 2.71 2.29
8 Seasons 1B 488 455 4011.1 4419 4035 364 20 400 .995 47.3 14.1 44.3 18.4 25.9 3 9.87 9.01 .992 8.74 7.82
6 Seasons 2B 121 97 859.0 514 217 288 9 66 .982 -5.1 -7.1 -4.1 -1.7 -2.4 -1 5.29 4.17 .981 5.12 4.38
3 Seasons DH 19
4 Seasons SS 11 3 52.1 17 4 10 3 1 .824 -0.9 -20.6 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 0 2.41 1.27 .976 4.57 3.92
1 Season OF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.00
1 Season RF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
11 Seasons TOT 1207 1082 9635.0 6552 4604 1841 107 570 .984 46.8 5.8 43.8 14.2 29.6 0 3 6.02 5.34 .964 5.44 4.75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 PIT NL 24 75 55 75 63 0 0 46 7 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1990 PIT NL 25 127 86 127 115 0 0 1 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1991 PIT NL 26 33 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 PIT NL 27 130 121 130 126 0 0 32 32 73 6 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1993 PIT NL 28 158 156 158 157 0 0 0 2 156 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 PIT NL 29 94 90 94 92 0 0 0 1 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 PIT NL 30 122 116 122 120 0 0 35 8 84 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 PIT NL 31 155 146 155 153 0 0 92 71 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1997 KCR AL 32 155 149 155 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
1998 KCR AL 33 131 128 131 115 0 0 112 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0
1999 KCR AL 34 21 21 21 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 Seasons 1201 1100 1201 1144 0 0 488 121 586 11 0 0 1 1 18 63 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 PIT NL 24 400 57% 77% 33% 34 91% 0 9 7 1 1 23 20 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
1990 PIT NL 25 3612 56% 79% 33% 299 85% 2 58 47 2 9 211 172 31 2 3 18 0 10 8 14 16 11 0 11 4 4 0 13 69%
1991 PIT NL 26 1214 61% 80% 32% 89 84% 0 15 13 0 2 62 52 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1992 PIT NL 27 2434 57% 80% 35% 215 82% 0 44 39 2 3 140 109 27 0 2 9 0 5 4 7 14 10 0 12 2 2 0 6 100%
1993 PIT NL 28 6164 62% 79% 32% 507 86% 3 106 84 10 12 355 288 57 2 7 17 0 12 5 14 28 22 2 26 2 1 1 25 80%
1994 PIT NL 29 3490 65% 77% 35% 268 84% 0 59 42 6 11 191 150 33 2 4 12 0 9 3 12 27 20 1 23 2 2 0 8 75%
1995 PIT NL 30 3142 58% 76% 32% 233 84% 6 47 34 7 6 164 121 32 1 5 13 1 6 6 11 14 11 1 12 2 1 1 14 57%
1996 PIT NL 31 363 70% 73% 30% 30 90% 1 6 3 0 3 24 22 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1998 KCR AL 33 160 56% 73% 33% 8 75% 0 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 20979 60% 78% 33% 1683 85% 12 347 271 28 48 1175 936 193 7 23 75 1 47 27 63 104 77 4 88 13 11 2 71 75%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 86% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 PIT NL 24 1611 51% 79% 30% 102 96% 0 388 42 341 4 38 21 16 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 33 1 0 0 28 1 5 0 5 6 83%
1990 PIT NL 25 9 33% 44% 33% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 PIT NL 27 1156 55% 77% 33% 49 94% 1 270 12 255 4 18 21 11 3 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 27 0 0 2 26 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1995 PIT NL 30 1372 59% 76% 33% 78 91% 6 297 14 280 3 36 26 14 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 22 0 1 0 19 1 2 0 2 6 83%
1996 PIT NL 31 3096 66% 76% 35% 167 95% 3 745 38 689 17 83 47 25 10 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 60 2 3 1 57 7 3 1 2 10 90%
1997 KCR AL 32 5773 59% 76% 31% 371 95% 1 1217 99 1099 17 124 147 101 30 3 4 5 0 3 2 1 135 9 5 3 123 21 10 4 4 20 80%
1998 KCR AL 33 4395 57% 75% 30% 260 86% 1 934 61 858 12 88 81 57 12 1 1 5 1 3 1 4 103 2 3 0 95 5 8 2 6 8 88%
1999 KCR AL 34 784 59% 79% 35% 36 86% 0 188 4 185 0 17 15 8 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 21 1 0 0 18 2 3 0 2 2 50%
8 Seasons 18196 59% 76% 32% 1064 92% 12 4042 270 3710 57 405 358 232 60 15 13 20 4 10 6 10 401 15 12 6 366 39 31 7 21 55 84%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 PIT NL 24 182 52% 74% 32% 17 94% 0 10 4 5 1 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1992 PIT NL 27 914 56% 81% 32% 86 88% 0 49 18 20 11 68 58 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 3 6 0 15 6 9 1 0 1
1993 PIT NL 28 46 37% 87% 43% 7 86% 0 3 0 1 2 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1994 PIT NL 29 36 58% 81% 39% 6 83% 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1995 PIT NL 30 195 59% 73% 31% 14 100% 0 8 2 3 3 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1996 PIT NL 31 2543 62% 76% 34% 197 91% 3 144 30 78 36 180 157 18 1 3 7 2 5 0 5 40 17 7 10 1 37 11 25 2 1 1
6 Seasons 3916 60% 77% 34% 327 91% 3 216 55 108 53 287 247 35 1 4 9 2 7 0 7 66 27 11 21 1 62 22 39 3 1 2
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 PIT NL 24 3 100% 67% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 PIT NL 27 160 52% 75% 28% 11 64% 0 4 1 0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 PIT NL 28 21 52% 71% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 PIT NL 30 51 69% 57% 22% 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 235 56% 71% 26% 15 60% 0 4 1 0 3 9 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1992 PIT NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 80% 90% 40% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 80% 90% 40% 2 50%
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.5% 56% 76% 39% 53%

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