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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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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
1971 22 SFG NL 41 128 115 17 32 10 2 6 24 5 0 9 35 .278 .328 .557 .885 148 64 2 1 0 3 0 3/79
1972 23 SFG NL 135 531 472 65 106 17 4 29 83 16 6 51 140 .225 .303 .462 .765 113 218 9 4 0 4 2 537 MVP-24
1973 24 SFG NL 112 351 305 54 62 10 1 24 55 8 5 41 122 .203 .300 .479 .779 109 146 8 2 1 2 3 53/1
1974 25 SFG NL 121 393 350 41 78 18 2 18 55 8 8 37 125 .223 .302 .440 .742 102 154 8 3 2 1 2 35/97
1975 26 NYM NL 134 543 502 65 116 22 1 36 88 7 5 34 153 .231 .284 .494 .778 117 248 13 4 1 2 5 735/9 MVP-19
1976 27 NYM NL 123 510 474 70 113 14 1 37 86 7 4 28 135 .238 .286 .506 .793 128 240 11 5 0 3 4 *93/7 AS,MVP-18
1977 28 TOT MLB 132 481 439 47 97 20 0 26 78 5 6 28 143 .221 .276 .444 .720 96 195 6 7 3 4 4 739/D5
1977 28 TOT AL 18 66 60 9 13 4 0 6 11 0 1 3 29 .217 .277 .583 .860 131 35 0 2 1 0 0 /3D7
1977 28 TOT NL 114 415 379 38 84 16 0 20 67 5 5 25 114 .222 .276 .422 .698 91 160 6 5 2 4 4 739/5
1977 28 NYM NL 58 228 211 22 44 7 0 9 28 3 2 13 66 .209 .263 .370 .633 72 78 3 3 0 1 3 793
1977 28 SDP NL 56 187 168 16 40 9 0 11 39 2 3 12 48 .238 .292 .488 .780 115 82 3 2 2 3 1 73/59
1977 28 CAL AL 10 39 36 4 7 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 16 .194 .237 .417 .654 78 15 0 1 1 0 0 /37
1977 28 NYY AL 8 27 24 5 6 2 0 4 7 0 1 2 13 .250 .333 .833 1.167 208 20 0 1 0 0 0 /D
1978 29 CHC NL 119 448 395 65 105 17 4 28 79 3 4 39 111 .266 .336 .542 .878 131 214 3 6 2 6 8 7/3
1979 30 CHC NL 145 589 532 97 153 19 5 48 115 4 2 45 131 .288 .343 .613 .956 146 326 7 4 0 8 7 *7 AS,MVP-11
1980 31 CHC NL 81 280 255 31 71 8 0 18 57 2 2 21 44 .278 .329 .522 .850 128 133 10 0 0 4 3 7/3 AS
1981 32 NYM NL 100 412 353 40 78 11 3 22 59 6 0 55 105 .221 .326 .456 .782 123 161 9 1 1 2 7 37
1982 33 NYM NL 149 607 535 80 109 9 1 37 99 4 0 59 156 .204 .285 .432 .717 99 231 11 4 3 6 9 *3
1983 34 NYM NL 100 273 248 25 49 7 0 13 29 2 1 22 57 .198 .265 .383 .648 79 95 2 1 1 1 1 3/9
1984 35 OAK AL 147 613 549 68 147 23 1 35 118 2 1 44 119 .268 .321 .505 .826 132 277 7 6 0 14 8 *D/3 MVP-13
1985 36 OAK AL 158 666 592 66 141 16 0 30 91 3 2 62 114 .238 .309 .417 .726 104 247 17 2 2 8 6 *D/3
1986 37 OAK AL 144 604 561 70 118 19 0 35 94 3 3 33 126 .210 .255 .431 .686 90 242 16 3 0 7 3 *D/3
16 Seasons 1941 7429 6677 901 1575 240 25 442 1210 85 49 608 1816 .236 .302 .478 .780 115 3191 139 53 16 75 72
162 Game Avg. 162 620 557 75 131 20 2 37 101 7 4 51 152 .236 .302 .478 .780 115 266 12 4 1 6 6
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
NYM (6 yrs) 664 2573 2323 302 509 70 6 154 389 29 12 211 672 .219 .287 .453 .741 108 1053 49 18 6 15 29
SFG (4 yrs) 409 1403 1242 177 278 55 9 77 217 37 19 138 422 .224 .304 .469 .773 112 582 27 10 3 10 7
OAK (3 yrs) 449 1883 1702 204 406 58 1 100 303 8 6 139 359 .239 .296 .450 .746 109 766 40 11 2 29 17
CHC (3 yrs) 345 1317 1182 193 329 44 9 94 251 9 8 105 286 .278 .338 .569 .907 137 673 20 10 2 18 18
SDP (1 yr) 56 187 168 16 40 9 0 11 39 2 3 12 48 .238 .292 .488 .780 115 82 3 2 2 3 1
CAL (1 yr) 10 39 36 4 7 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 16 .194 .237 .417 .654 78 15 0 1 1 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 8 27 24 5 6 2 0 4 7 0 1 2 13 .250 .333 .833 1.167 208 20 0 1 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 1474 5480 4915 688 1156 178 24 336 896 77 42 466 1428 .235 .304 .486 .790 117 2390 99 40 13 46 55
AL (4 yrs) 467 1949 1762 213 419 62 1 106 314 8 7 142 388 .238 .295 .455 .750 109 801 40 13 3 29 17

Postseason Batting

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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
1971 22 SFG NL NLCS PIT L 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 0 0 0

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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

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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
1971 SFG NL 22 1B 20 15 146.0 161 149 9 3 9 .981 1.9 15.6 0.9 1.2 -0.3 1 9.74 7.90 .992 9.88 8.58
1971 SFG NL 22 OF 14 13 111.1 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -1.8 -19.4 -1.8 -1.2 -0.6 0 1.54 1.36 .980 2.19 1.92
1971 SFG NL 22 LF 7 7 56.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -4.3 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 1.45 1.29 .967 1.86 1.53
1971 SFG NL 22 RF 7 6 55.1 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -1.6 -34.7 -1.6 -0.7 -0.9 0 1.63 1.43 .982 2.07 1.80
1972 SFG NL 23 3B 59 59 507.1 206 54 138 14 10 .932 -0.3 -0.7 0.7 2.5 -1.8 -1 3.41 3.25 .946 2.87 2.55 MVP-24
1972 SFG NL 23 1B 56 46 411.2 427 402 20 5 39 .988 -3.8 -11.1 -3.8 -3.4 -0.4 0 9.23 7.54 .992 9.73 8.42 MVP-24
1972 SFG NL 23 LF 22 22 186.2 46 42 1 3 0 .935 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.3 -0.2 -1 2.07 1.95 .976 1.92 1.67 MVP-24
1972 SFG NL 23 OF 22 22 186.2 44 40 1 3 0 .932 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.3 -0.2 -1 1.98 1.86 .980 2.18 1.96 MVP-24
1973 SFG NL 24 3B 60 56 504.2 201 54 129 18 7 .910 1.4 3.3 2.4 1.0 1.4 -1 3.26 3.05 .948 2.88 2.49
1973 SFG NL 24 1B 46 24 262.1 280 259 17 4 23 .986 3.6 16.5 2.6 0.3 2.3 1 9.47 6.00 .992 9.83 8.40
1973 SFG NL 24 P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.75
1974 SFG NL 25 1B 91 70 642.1 753 680 60 13 66 .983 0.8 1.5 0.8 -1.7 2.5 0 10.37 8.13 .991 9.94 8.34
1974 SFG NL 25 3B 21 19 159.0 59 9 38 12 3 .797 -4.4 -33.2 -4.4 -0.9 -3.4 0 2.66 2.24 .956 3.04 2.64
1974 SFG NL 25 OF 2 2 14.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 58.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0 4.40 3.50 .971 2.26 1.95
1974 SFG NL 25 RF 2 2 13.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 73.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0 4.85 3.50 .971 2.01 1.65
1974 SFG NL 25 LF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.60
1975 NYM NL 26 OF 71 67 577.2 143 134 3 6 0 .958 -5.7 -11.8 -1.7 0.2 -1.9 -4 2.13 1.93 .978 2.29 2.01 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 LF 68 64 549.1 134 125 3 6 0 .955 -4.5 -9.8 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 -4 2.10 1.88 .973 2.10 1.71 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 1B 58 48 434.1 429 386 38 5 36 .988 2.1 5.8 2.1 0.9 1.2 0 8.79 7.31 .990 9.97 8.52 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 3B 12 12 101.0 37 6 28 3 1 .919 -0.6 -7.1 -0.6 -1.2 0.6 0 3.03 2.83 .946 2.98 2.58 MVP-19
1975 NYM NL 26 RF 3 3 28.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -50.8 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 0 1.59 1.67 .980 2.03 1.73 MVP-19
1976 NYM NL 27 OF 111 109 945.2 221 202 10 9 0 .959 -3.2 -4.1 -3.2 -1.6 -1.7 0 2.02 1.91 .980 2.34 2.03 AS,MVP-18
1976 NYM NL 27 RF 106 104 907.2 212 194 10 8 0 .962 -3.1 -4.1 -3.1 -1.4 -1.7 0 2.02 1.92 .975 2.15 1.83 AS,MVP-18
1976 NYM NL 27 1B 16 11 105.0 99 91 8 0 11 1.000 0.5 5.7 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 8.49 6.19 .991 9.95 8.61 AS,MVP-18
1976 NYM NL 27 LF 5 5 38.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.1 -3.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0 1.66 1.40 .975 2.01 1.60 AS,MVP-18
1977 TOT MLB 28 OF 75 69 589.1 136 129 3 4 1 .971 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.1 2.1 -1 2.02 1.76 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 TOT MLB 28 LF 56 51 433.1 98 92 3 3 1 .969 0.9 2.5 0.9 -0.5 1.4 0 1.97 1.70 .971 1.94 1.52
1977 TOT MLB 28 1B 38 31 269.2 302 274 24 4 15 .987 -0.7 -3.1 -0.7 1.7 -2.4 0 9.95 7.84 .991 9.93 8.41
1977 TOT NL 28 OF 73 67 571.1 133 126 3 4 1 .970 0.3 0.6 1.3 -1.1 2.4 -1 2.03 1.77 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 TOT NL 28 LF 54 49 415.1 95 89 3 3 1 .968 1.2 3.5 1.2 -0.5 1.7 0 1.99 1.70 .972 1.93 1.51
1977 TOT NL 28 1B 30 23 201.2 225 204 19 2 10 .991 -0.6 -3.6 -0.6 1.4 -2.1 0 9.95 7.43 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 TOT NL 28 RF 21 18 156.0 37 36 0 1 0 .973 -0.9 -6.9 0.1 -0.6 0.7 -1 2.08 1.71 .973 2.11 1.78
1977 NYM NL 28 OF 45 41 342.0 78 76 0 2 0 .974 -0.4 -1.4 1.6 0.3 1.3 -2 2.00 1.69 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 NYM NL 28 LF 26 24 192.0 42 41 0 1 0 .976 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.9 0.1 -1 1.92 1.58 .971 1.93 1.51
1977 NYM NL 28 RF 20 17 150.0 37 36 0 1 0 .973 -0.4 -3.2 0.6 -0.6 1.2 -1 2.16 1.80 .973 2.11 1.78
1977 NYM NL 28 1B 17 12 114.0 121 112 8 1 6 .992 -0.9 -9.5 -0.9 -0.1 -0.8 0 9.47 7.06 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 SDP NL 28 LF 28 25 223.1 53 48 3 2 1 .962 1.2 6.4 0.2 -1.4 1.6 1 2.06 1.82 .972 1.93 1.51
1977 SDP NL 28 OF 28 26 229.1 55 50 3 2 1 .964 0.7 3.7 -0.3 -1.4 1.1 1 2.08 1.89 .978 2.26 1.93
1977 SDP NL 28 1B 13 11 87.2 104 92 11 1 4 .990 0.3 4.1 0.3 1.5 -1.3 0 10.57 7.92 .991 9.90 8.31
1977 SDP NL 28 3B 2 2 15.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.8 -64.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 3.00 2.50 .967 3.00 2.55
1977 SDP NL 28 RF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -100.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1977 CAL AL 28 1B 8 8 68.0 77 70 5 2 5 .974 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 0 9.93 9.38 .990 10.02 8.79
1977 CAL AL 28 LF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -20.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.50 1.50 .967 2.10 1.75
1977 CAL AL 28 OF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -20.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.50 1.50 .967 2.35 2.05
1977 NYY AL 28 DH 6
1978 CHC NL 29 LF 100 100 823.1 185 173 8 4 2 .978 -2.8 -4.1 -0.8 2.9 -3.7 -2 1.98 1.81 .978 1.99 1.55
1978 CHC NL 29 OF 100 100 823.1 182 170 8 4 2 .978 -2.8 -4.1 -0.8 2.9 -3.7 -2 1.95 1.78 .980 2.31 1.94
1978 CHC NL 29 1B 6 6 46.0 60 56 2 2 4 .967 -0.9 -23.5 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 0 11.35 9.67 .992 9.98 8.32
1979 CHC NL 30 LF 139 139 1165.1 260 239 11 10 3 .962 -8.5 -8.8 -7.5 -10.0 2.5 -1 1.93 1.80 .970 2.01 1.58 AS,MVP-11
1979 CHC NL 30 OF 139 139 1165.1 263 240 11 12 3 .954 -8.5 -8.8 -7.5 -10.0 2.5 -1 1.94 1.81 .979 2.33 2.00 AS,MVP-11
1980 CHC NL 31 LF 61 61 492.0 119 105 7 7 0 .941 -2.2 -5.4 -2.2 -0.3 -1.9 0 2.05 1.84 .976 2.06 1.68 AS
1980 CHC NL 31 OF 61 61 492.0 118 103 8 7 0 .941 -2.2 -5.4 -2.2 -0.3 -1.9 0 2.03 1.82 .981 2.31 1.98 AS
1980 CHC NL 31 1B 2 2 18.0 19 16 2 1 0 .947 -0.9 -60.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 9.00 9.00 .995 10.15 8.95 AS
1981 NYM NL 32 1B 56 50 419.0 506 462 31 13 39 .974 -1.2 -3.4 -1.2 -2.0 0.8 0 10.59 8.80 .992 10.22 8.68
1981 NYM NL 32 LF 49 48 398.0 96 85 4 7 0 .927 -8.2 -24.7 -7.2 -2.9 -4.3 -1 2.01 1.82 .976 2.12 1.79
1981 NYM NL 32 OF 48 48 398.0 96 86 3 7 0 .927 -8.2 -24.7 -7.2 -2.9 -4.3 -1 2.01 1.85 .981 2.33 2.02
1982 NYM NL 33 1B 143 143 1193.0 1319 1232 69 18 88 .986 -15.9 -16.0 -14.9 -7.8 -7.1 -1 9.81 9.10 .992 10.23 8.89
1983 NYM NL 34 1B 50 50 416.2 474 443 28 3 43 .994 -4.9 -14.1 -4.9 -5.2 0.3 0 10.17 9.42 .992 9.96 8.39
1983 NYM NL 34 OF 5 5 42.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -17.1 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 1.50 1.40 .986 2.27 1.92
1983 NYM NL 34 RF 5 5 42.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -17.1 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 1.50 1.40 .971 2.01 1.64
1984 OAK AL 35 DH 139 MVP-13
1984 OAK AL 35 1B 9 8 68.0 57 55 2 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -3.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 7.54 6.33 .991 9.75 8.24 MVP-13
1985 OAK AL 36 DH 149
1985 OAK AL 36 1B 9 7 54.0 51 50 1 0 3 1.000 0.2 4.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 8.50 5.67 .990 9.77 8.67
1986 OAK AL 37 DH 140
1986 OAK AL 37 1B 3 2 15.2 19 17 0 2 2 .895 -1.6 -122.6 -1.6 -0.2 -1.4 0 9.77 5.67 .989 9.42 8.63
11 Seasons OF 648 635 5345.2 1237 1137 47 53 6 .957 -32.2 -7.2 -22.2 -13.0 -9.2 -10 1.99 1.83 .980 2.31 1.99
15 Seasons 1B 603 513 4501.2 4956 4572 311 73 381 .985 -21.0 -5.6 -22.0 -16.1 -5.9 1 9.76 8.10 .992 9.30 8.11
10 Seasons LF 508 497 4143.1 955 877 37 41 6 .957 -25.6 -7.4 -16.6 -10.3 -6.4 -9 1.99 1.80 .974 2.02 1.62
4 Seasons DH 434
5 Seasons 3B 154 148 1287.0 509 126 335 48 21 .906 -4.7 -4.4 -2.7 0.6 -3.2 -2 3.22 2.99 .948 2.90 2.54
6 Seasons RF 144 138 1202.1 279 259 10 10 0 .964 -6.6 -6.6 -5.6 -2.7 -2.8 -1 2.01 1.87 .975 2.13 1.81
1 Season P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.75
16 Seasons TOT 1407 1296 11138.1 6702 5835 693 174 408 .974 -57.9 -6.2 -46.9 -28.5 -18.3 -10 -1 5.27 4.64 .960 5.49 4.86
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 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)

Slugging % s c a p y
1975 NL--.494--9th
1976 NL--.506--5th
1979 NL--.613--1st
Career--.478--187th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 NL--.956--1st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 NL--97--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1979 NL--326--3rd
Career--3191--212th

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--29--6th
1975 NL--36--2nd
1976 NL--37--2nd
1978 NL--28--5th
1979 NL--48--1st
1981 NL--22--3rd
1982 NL--37--1st
1984 AL--35--2nd
1985 AL--30--7th
1986 AL--35--2nd
Career--442--35th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1976 NL--86--10th
1979 NL--115--2nd
1981 NL--59--10th
1982 NL--99--8th
1984 AL--118--3rd
Career--1210--127th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL--55--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 NL--140--2nd
1973 NL--122--7th
1974 NL--125--4th
1975 NL--153--2nd
1976 NL--135--2nd
1977 NL--114--5th
1978 NL--111--5th
1979 NL--131--1st
1981 NL--105--1st
1982 NL--156--1st
1984 AL--119--8th
Career--1816--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 NL--146--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 NL--112--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 NL--3.1--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 NL--59--7th
1976 NL--52--9th
1979 NL--72--3rd
1981 NL--36--10th
Career--707--162nd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 NL--.731--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL--5--9th
1978 NL--6--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL--8--4th
1984 AL--14--1st
Career--75--109th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--72--204th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1972 NL--20.6--5th
1981 NL--9.4--10th
Career--142.6--191st

AB per HR s c a p y
1972 NL--16.3--6th
1973 NL--12.7--8th**
1975 NL--13.9--1st
1976 NL--12.8--1st
1978 NL--14.1--5th**
1979 NL--11.1--1st
1981 NL--16.0--2nd
1982 NL--14.5--1st
1984 AL--15.7--3rd
1986 AL--16.0--4th
Career--15.1--14th

Outs Made s c a p y
1985 AL--480--8th
Career--5381--249th

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 74 (324), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 49 (381), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 27, 1968: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 27, 1970.

February 28, 1975: Purchased by the New York Mets from the San Francisco Giants for $150,000.

June 15, 1977: Traded by the New York Mets to the San Diego Padres for Paul Siebert and Bobby Valentine.

September 6, 1977: Selected off waivers by the California Angels from the San Diego Padres.

September 15, 1977: Traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for Randy Stein and cash.

November 2, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

November 30, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

February 28, 1981: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Mets for Steve Henderson and cash.

January 30, 1984: Released by the New York Mets.

March 29, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

December 20, 1985: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

January 20, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

July 11, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Oakland Athletics$1,087,500
1986Oakland Athletics$730,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,817,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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