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Brian Kingman

Brian Paul Kingman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 27, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: University HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1979
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Giants 1979-1983

Final Game: June 10, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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 86 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 50 2.357 19.3 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.00
5 Yrs 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 50 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 50 2.357 19.3 0.0 1.9 1.9 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1979 24 OAK AL 112.2 18 17 59 4.71 4.76 -0.71 0.14 97.5 5.47 9 1.0 4.0 -0.0 1.9 22 .555 .506 $
1980 25 OAK AL 211.1 32 30 105 4.47 4.46 0.62 0.13 92.9 3.69 -19 -1.9 1.9 -0.1 -0.3 4 .440 .488 $
1981 26 OAK AL 100.1 18 15 48 4.31 4.29 0.55 0.11 92.2 3.56 -8 -0.9 .6 -0.1 -0.1 -2 .451 .495 $
1982 27 OAK AL 122.2 23 20 64 4.70 4.35 0.03 0.13 93.1 4.15 -7 -0.7 2.8 -0.1 0.2 5 .470 .496 $
1983 28 SFG NL 4.2 3 0 6 11.57 4.26 -0.33 -0.33 103.2 4.39 -4 -0.4 .1 0.2 -0.2 -3 .377 .498 $
5 Seasons 551.2 94 82 282 4.60 4.46 0.19 0.12 93.9 4.14 -29 -2.9 1.5 -0.2 1.5 27 .469 .496 $
OAK (4 yrs) 547.0 91 82 276 4.54 4.47 0.20 0.13 93.8 4.14 -25 -2.5 2.0 -0.3 1.7 30 .472 .496 $
SFG (1 yr) 4.2 3 0 6 11.57 4.26 -0.33 -0.33 103.2 4.39 -4 -0.4 .1 0.2 -0.2 -3 .377 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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*

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 ROE
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 7
1980 25 OAK AL 32 912 817 105 209 29 5 21 12 11 82 116 .256 .326 .381 .706 .275 311 12 4 5 3 5 13
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 5
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 6
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 1
5 Yrs 94 2401 2140 282 575 85 12 52 39 33 205 273 .269 .336 .393 .728 .286 840 30 18 23 14 8 32
162 Game Avg. 36 928 827 109 222 33 5 20 15 13 79 105 .269 .336 .393 .728 .286 325 12 7 9 5 3 12
MLB Averages .262 .325 .388 .713 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1979 24 OAK AL -2.5 -0.2 505 -0.5 8.3 -8.8 1.01 0.5 -0.9 -1.8 -0.2 1.01 5.1 1 0 0
1980 25 OAK AL -3.8 -0.4 951 -1.0 16.5 -17.5 1.04 -0.0 -1.0 -3.8 -0.4 1.04 1.9 1 1 0
1981 26 OAK AL -4.8 -0.5 454 -0.7 7.0 -7.7 .96 -0.6 -0.1 -9.4 -1.0 0.96 -7.0 0 1 2
1982 27 OAK AL -6.8 -0.7 570 -0.3 10.6 -10.9 1.15 -1.2 1.0 -3.4 -0.3 1.15 -11.8 2 1 0
1983 28 SFG NL -2.7 -0.3 26 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .10 -0.3 -0.1 -4.3 -0.4 0.10 -3.2 0 0 3
5 Yrs -20.6 -2.0 2506 -2.5 42.5 -45.0 1.04 -1.8 -0.7 -22.6 -2.3 1.04 -14.9 4 3 5

Starting Pitching*

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% 50.2 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% 51.1 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% 50.1 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% 46.7 76 22 29 11 7 8 3.7 3.5 5.9
4 Yrs 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 .500 51% 50 99 -12 4.3 4.3 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.012 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 1.045 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 .957 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 .103 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 0 4.7
5 Yrs 94 12 5 2 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 11 8 73% 1.036 4 3 5 4 1 7 7 5 8 3 9 0 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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 48% 2.1% 12.1% 6.9% 5.2% 22% 0.65 77% 80 5 6%
1980 25 OAK AL 912 45% 2.3% 12.7% 9.0% 6.0% 26% 0.81 75% 170 12 7%
1981 26 OAK AL 435 49% 2.3% 12.0% 7.4% 6.7% 26% 0.63 76% 86 7 8%
1982 27 OAK AL 548 48% 2.0% 8.4% 10.4% 6.9% 29% 0.53 77% 120 6 5%
1983 28 SFG NL 25 48% 0.0% 4.0% 4.0% 8.0% 20% 0.71 92% 6 0 0%
5 Yrs 2401 47% 2.2% 11.4% 8.5% 6.2% 26% 0.67 76% 462 30 6%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 12.9% 8.3% 6.6% 28% 1.10 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 3 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 1 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 Yrs 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 4 0 54 0
MLB Averages 54% 66%

Cumulative Pitching

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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 4.66 110.0 117 63 57 10 34 57 3 1.373 9.6 2.8 4.7 1.68 0.8 18
1980 25 10 12 .455 4.55 200.0 221 112 101 22 87 110 4 1.540 9.9 3.9 5.0 1.26 1.0 32
1981 26 5 10 .333 5.39 137.0 188 91 82 17 54 71 7 1.766 12.4 3.5 4.7 1.31 1.1 18
1982 27 4 8 .333 5.37 114.0 138 76 68 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 Yrs 24 37 .393 4.96 566.0 674 346 312 61 236 282 21 1.608 10.7 4.5 1.19 1.0 94

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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 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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