Brian Kingman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: July 27, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 12th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, CA).

High School: University HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Schools: Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, CA), University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Debut: June 28, 1979 (Age 25-336d, 14,192nd in major league history)
vs. KCR 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: June 10, 1983 (Age 29-318d)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Brian Paul Kingman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.1

ERA

4.13

551.2

273

WHIP

1.414

Summary of 52 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 2 walk-off, 5 tying, 21 go ahead

1 Tm
OAK	52

Platoon
vs RHB	27
vs LHB	25

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	22

Outs
1	19
0	18
2	15

13 Opps
BOS	8
SEA	7
NYY	6
BAL	6
CAL	5
KCR	4
TEX	3
CLE	3
CHW	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
DET	1
TOR	1

42 Batters
Jim Rice	3
Carlton Fisk	2
Bruce Bochte	2
Tom Paciorek	2
Bobby Grich	2
Jim Spencer	2
Gorman Thomas	2
Dan Graham	2
John Lowenstein	2
Jim Anderson	1
Bill Stein	1
Claudell Washington	1
Toby Harrah	1
Glenn Adams	1
Gary Alexander	1
Billy Sample	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Rick Cerone	1
Rusty Staub	1
Chet Lemon	1
Rick Burleson	1
Jason Thompson	1
Eddie Murray	1
Dave Stapleton	1
John Castino	1
Al Woods	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Brian Downing	1
Ron Hassey	1
Pete LaCock	1
Dan Meyer	1
Butch Hobson	1
Hal McRae	1
Harold Baines	1
Johnny Grubb	1
Jamie Quirk	1
Jerry Martin	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Don Baylor	1
Jim Gantner	1
Bobby Brown	1

11 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	22
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Kingdome (SEA)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	22
9	20
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	8
12-	5
-2-	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

81 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	33
1 on	10
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	8
2	8
3	3
4	7
5	8
6	9
7	3
8	1
9	5

1-3	19
4-6	24
7-end	9

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	2
+2	6
+1	11
Tied	18
-1	6
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	20
Tied	18
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	10
C	8
1B	7
RF	6
CF	5
DH	5
3B	5
2B	4
SS	2

OrderPos
4th	15
6th	10
7th	5
5th	5
8th	4
2nd	4
3rd	3
1st	3
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-07-03	Don Baylor	CAL		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	DH	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1979-07-08	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1979-07-14	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	1--	2	8	5	14%	87%		Home Run; B. Watson Scores
4	4	4	1	1979-07-25	Jim Rice	BOS		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	17%	70%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
5	5	5	2	1979-07-25	Carlton Fisk	BOS		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	12-	3	7	2	17%	89%		Home Run; C. Yastrzemski Scores; B. Watson Scores
6	6	6	3	1979-07-25	Jim Rice	BOS		OAK	ahead 5-1	b 2	2	1-3	3	4	7	9%	96%		Home Run; J. Brohamer Scores; F. Lynn Scores
7	7	7	1	1979-08-05	Tom Paciorek	SEA		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	6	9	20%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jones Scores/unER; W. Horton Scores/unER; T. Paciorek Scores/unER
8	8	8	1	1979-08-26	Gary Alexander	CLE		OAK	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	1979-08-31	Jason Thompson	DET		OAK	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	55%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	10	1	1979-09-14	Claudell Washington	CHW		OAK	tied 2-2	b 6	2	---	1	4	9	18%	70%		Home Run
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1980-04-22	Bruce Bochte	SEA		OAK	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	4	3	14%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	2	1980-04-22	Jim Anderson	SEA		OAK	behind 2-3	b 7	1	---	1	9	6	24%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	3	3	1980-04-22	Bill Stein	SEA		OAK	behind 3-4	b 8	1	1--	2	6	5	54%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Milbourne Scores
14	14	4	1	1980-06-13 (1)	Bobby Brown	NYY	@	OAK	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---	1	7	8	35%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	5	1	1980-06-23	Jim Gantner	MIL	@	OAK	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	123	4	8	4	7%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores; S. Lezcano Scores; M. Brouhard Scores
16	16	6	1	1980-07-21	Al Woods	TOR	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	2	7	15%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	7	1	1980-08-01	Ron Hassey	CLE		OAK	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	6	2	13%	41%		Home Run (Deep CF)
18	18	8	1	1980-08-12	John Castino	MIN		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	5	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	9	2	1980-08-12	Glenn Adams	MIN		OAK	tied 2-2	b 9	1	---	1	4	DH	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	10	1	1980-08-17	Tom Paciorek	SEA		OAK	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	3	18%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Beníquez Scores/unER
21	21	11	2	1980-08-17	Dan Meyer	SEA		OAK	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	1	3	7	18%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	12	1	1980-08-23	Dan Graham	BAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	3	6	2	20%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Murray Scores; T. Crowley Scores
23	23	13	2	1980-08-23	Dan Graham	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---	1	6	2	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	14	1	1980-08-29	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		OAK	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	7	17%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rice Scores
25	25	15	2	1980-08-29	Carlton Fisk	BOS		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	16	3	1980-08-29	Dave Stapleton	BOS		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	2	4	8%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	17	1	1980-09-03	Oscar Gamble	NYY		OAK	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	---	1	3	9	8%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	18	2	1980-09-03	Jim Spencer	NYY		OAK	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	---	1	6	3	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	19	1	1980-09-08	Johnny Grubb	TEX	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 5	2	-2-	2	2	9	28%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Richardt Scores
30	30	20	2	1980-09-08	Rusty Staub	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	DH	12%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	21	1	1980-09-14	Pete LaCock	KCR	@	OAK	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	---	1	8	3	14%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1981-04-28	Bobby Grich	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	8	4	12%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	2	1	1981-05-03 (2)	Jim Spencer	NYY	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	1	7	3	22%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	3	1	1981-05-09	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	1	4	8	8%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	4	2	1981-05-09	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	OAK	behind 1-3	t 6	2	1--	2	4	8	28%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Moore Scores
36	36	5	1	1981-05-21	Jim Rice	BOS		OAK	tied 0-0	b 9	0	12-	3	4	7	19%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); D. Evans Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
37	37	6	1	1981-06-03	Chet Lemon	CHW		OAK	behind 0-3	b 2	1	1--	2	6	8	17%	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Baines Scores
38	38	7	2	1981-06-03	Harold Baines	CHW		OAK	behind 2-8	b 9	0	---	1	5	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	8	1	1981-08-15	Rick Burleson	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1	1	6	11%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	9	2	1981-08-15	Bobby Grich	CAL	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	5	4	16%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
41	41	10	1	1981-09-04	Doug DeCinces	BAL		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	3	6	5	22%	86%		Home Run; K. Singleton Scores; E. Murray Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1982-07-02	Billy Sample	TEX	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	2	1	1982-07-06	Toby Harrah	CLE	@	OAK	behind 0-4	t 5	2	1--	2	2	5	11%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Diloné Scores
44	44	3	1	1982-07-11	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 5	2	12-	3	4	3	34%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Dempsey Scores; K. Singleton Scores
45	45	4	1	1982-07-18	Rick Cerone	NYY		OAK	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	1	9	2	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	5	1	1982-07-25	John Lowenstein	BAL		OAK	tied 0-0	b 4	1	-23	3	5	7	19%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Gulliver Scores; K. Singleton Scores
47	47	6	2	1982-07-25	John Lowenstein	BAL		OAK	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---	1	5	7	10%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	7	1	1982-08-04 (1)	Bruce Bochte	SEA	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	3	7	13%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	8	1	1982-08-15	Brian Downing	CAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	9	1	1982-09-25	Jerry Martin	KCR	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	DH	10%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	10	1	1982-10-01	Hal McRae	KCR		OAK	behind 0-2	b 1	2	1--	2	4	DH	19%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Brett Scores
52	52	11	2	1982-10-01	Jamie Quirk	KCR		OAK	tied 2-2	b 3	0	---	1	9	2	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)