Brian Kingman
Brian Paul Kingman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 27, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: University (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1979
Final Game: June 10, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1979 24 OAK AL 8 7 .533 4.31 18 17 1 5 1 0 112.2 113 59 54 10 33 1 58 3 0 10 481 94 1.296 9.0 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.76
1980 25 OAK AL 8 20 .286 3.83 32 30 0 10 1 0 211.1 209 105 90 21 82 5 116 4 0 6 912 98 1.377 8.9 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.41
1981 26 OAK AL 3 6 .333 3.95 18 15 1 3 1 0 100.1 112 48 44 10 32 2 52 4 0 3 435 88 1.435 10.0 0.9 2.9 4.7 1.63
1982 27 OAK AL 4 12 .250 4.48 23 20 1 3 0 1 122.2 131 64 61 11 57 0 46 7 0 2 548 87 1.533 9.6 0.8 4.2 3.4 0.81
1983 28 SFG NL 0 0 7.71 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 10 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 46 2.357 19.3 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.00
5 Seasons 23 45 .338 4.13 94 82 5 21 3 1 551.2 575 282 253 52 205 8 273 18 0 21 2401 92 1.414 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.33
162 Game Avg. 9 17 .338 4.13 36 32 2 8 1 0 213 222 109 98 20 79 3 105 7 0 8 928 92 1.414 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.33
OAK (4 yrs) 23 45 .338 4.10 91 82 3 21 3 1 547.0 565 276 249 52 204 8 272 18 0 21 2376 93 1.406 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.5 1.33
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 7.71 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 10 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 46 2.357 19.3 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.00
AL (4 yrs) 23 45 .338 4.10 91 82 3 21 3 1 547.0 565 276 249 52 204 8 272 18 0 21 2376 93 1.406 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.5 1.33
NL (1 yr) 0 0 7.71 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 10 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 46 2.357 19.3 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 26 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALCS 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 OAK AL 18 481 438 59 113 13 2 10 9 2 33 58 .258 .313 .365 .678 .277 160 5 3 5 2 1
1980 25 OAK AL 32 911 817 105 209 29 5 21 12 11 82 116 .256 .326 .381 .706 .275 311 12 4 5 3 5
1981 26 OAK AL 18 435 391 48 112 19 0 10 7 11 32 52 .286 .345 .412 .757 .308 161 7 4 6 2 2
1982 27 OAK AL 23 548 470 64 131 23 4 11 10 9 57 46 .279 .360 .415 .775 .286 195 6 7 7 7 0
1983 28 SFG NL 3 25 24 6 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .417 .440 .542 .982 .435 13 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 94 2400 2140 282 575 85 12 52 39 33 205 273 .269 .336 .393 .728 .286 840 30 18 23 14 8
162 Game Avg. 36 927 827 109 222 33 5 20 15 13 79 105 .269 .336 .393 .728 .286 325 12 7 9 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1979 24 OAK AL 18 17 7 7 3 0 4 7 10 .412 2 1 5 1 11 65% 50 83 8 15 6 0 7 4.2 4.6 6.5
1980 25 OAK AL 32 30 8 19 3 1 6 9 21 .300 2 0 10 1 16 53% 51 78 23 30 11 2 14 2.9 2.8 6.8
1981 26 OAK AL 18 15 3 6 6 0 2 8 7 .533 1 3 3 1 6 40% 50 79 26 18 5 1 10 3.5 3.2 6.3
1982 27 OAK AL 23 20 3 12 5 0 3 7 13 .350 2 0 3 0 9 45% 47 76 22 29 11 7 8 3.7 3.5 5.9
4 Seasons 91 82 21 44 17 1 15 31 51 .378 7 4 21 3 42 51% 50 83 8 92 33 10 39 3.4 3.4 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1979 24 OAK AL 18 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1.016 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1980 25 OAK AL 32 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 1.056 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 10.0
1981 26 OAK AL 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 3 0.962 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 6.3
1982 27 OAK AL 23 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 4 1.149 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 5.3
1983 28 SFG NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0.150 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 0 4.7
5 Seasons 94 12 5 2 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 11 8 73% 1.043 4 3 5 4 1 7 7 5 8 3 9 0 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1979 24 OAK AL 481 52% 2.1% 12.1% 6.9% 5.2% 22% 0.65 77% 80 5 6%
1980 25 OAK AL 912 55% 2.3% 12.7% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 0.81 75% 170 12 7%
1981 26 OAK AL 435 51% 2.3% 12.0% 7.4% 6.7% 26% 0.63 76% 86 7 8%
1982 27 OAK AL 548 52% 2.0% 8.4% 10.4% 6.9% 29% 0.53 77% 120 6 5%
1983 28 SFG NL 25 52% 0.0% 4.0% 4.0% 8.0% 20% 0.71 92% 6 0 0%
5 Seasons 2401 53% 2.2% 11.4% 8.5% 6.2% 26% 0.67 76% 462 30 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1979 24 OAK AL 481 113 10 0 3 7 3 2 8 24 15 1 63% 7 10 1 174 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1980 25 OAK AL 912 209 21 1 18 6 15 8 13 41 23 5 56% 13 6 3 325 12 11 52% 12 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 16 0
1981 26 OAK AL 435 112 10 0 12 8 2 6 4 21 11 4 52% 5 3 0 163 7 11 39% 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 0
1982 27 OAK AL 548 131 11 0 12 6 5 6 5 36 18 0 50% 6 2 1 216 10 9 53% 10 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
1983 28 SFG NL 25 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2401 575 52 1 46 27 25 22 30 126 70 10 56% 32 21 5 889 39 33 54% 38 31 1 1 0 1 10 0 54 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1979 24 8 7 .533 4.31 18 17 1 5 1 0 112.2 113 59 54 10 33 1 58 3 0 10 481 94 1.296 9.0 0.8 2.6 4.6 1.76 94
1980 25 16 27 .372 4.00 50 47 1 15 2 0 324.0 322 164 144 31 115 6 174 7 0 16 1393 97 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.2 4.8 1.51 97
1981 26 19 33 .365 3.99 68 62 2 18 3 0 424.1 434 212 188 41 147 8 226 11 0 19 1828 95 1.369 9.2 0.9 3.1 4.8 1.54 95
1982 27 23 45 .338 4.10 91 82 3 21 3 1 547.0 565 276 249 52 204 8 272 18 0 21 2376 93 1.406 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.5 1.33 93
1983 28 23 45 .338 4.13 94 82 5 21 3 1 551.2 575 282 253 52 205 8 273 18 0 21 2401 92 1.414 9.4 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.33 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1979 24 5 7 .417 4.66 110.0 118 63 57 10 34 57 3 1.382 9.7 2.8 4.7 1.68 0.8 18
1980 25 10 12 .455 4.57 199.0 223 112 101 22 87 109 4 1.558 10.1 3.9 4.9 1.25 1.0 32
1981 26 5 10 .333 5.32 137.0 187 90 81 17 53 71 7 1.752 12.3 3.5 4.7 1.34 1.1 18
1982 27 4 8 .333 5.29 114.0 138 74 67 12 60 43 7 1.737 10.9 4.7 3.4 0.72 0.9 23
1983 28 0 0 7.20 5.0 10 4 4 0 1 1 0 2.200 18.0 1.8 1.8 1.00 0.0 3
5 Seasons 24 37 .393 4.94 565.0 676 343 310 61 235 281 21 1.612 10.8 4.5 1.20 1.0 94

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Losses s c a p y
1980 AL--20--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1979 AL--10--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 AL--7--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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