Dave Kingman
David Arthur Kingman (Kong and Sky King)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 21, 1948 in Pendleton, OR
High School: Mt. Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 27, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1971
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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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
1973 24 SFG NL 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 6 0 4 0 0 2 21 43 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
1 Season 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 6 0 4 0 0 2 21 43 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
162 Game Avg. 0 0 9.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 102 136 136 0 204 0 136 0 0 68 714 43 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67

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
1973 24 SFG NL 2 21 15 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 .200 .429 .267 .695 .273 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 2 21 15 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 .200 .429 .267 .695 .273 4 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 714 510 136 102 34 0 0 0 0 204 136 .200 .429 .267 .695 .273 136 0 0 0 0 0
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
1973 24 SFG NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1 Season 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0

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%
1973 24 SFG NL 21 48% 0.0% 19.1% 28.6% 4.8% 33% 0.60 52% 7 0 0%
1 Season 21 48% 0.0% 19.1% 28.6% 4.8% 33% 0.60 52% 7 0 0%
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
1973 24 SFG NL 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 Season 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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+
1973 24 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 6 0 4 0 0 2 21 43 2.250 6.8 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67 43

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1973 24 0 0 6.75 4.0 3 3 3 0 6 4 0 2.250 6.8 13.5 9.0 0.67 0.0 2
1 Season 0 0 6.75 4.0 3 3 3 0 6 4 0 2.250 6.8 9.0 0.67 0.0 2

* 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

All-Star Games
1976 (RF)
1979
1980 (LF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-NL-24-1%
1975-NL-19-3%
1976-NL-18-3%
1979-NL-11-16%
1984-AL-13-3%
0.26 Career Shares (636th)

                            

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