Dave Kingman

Positions: Leftfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 210lb (198cm, 95kg)

Born: December 21, 1948 in Pendleton, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Prospect HS (Mount Prospect, IL), the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (9th) of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase and the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (1st) of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Prospect HS (Mount Prospect, IL)

Schools: William Rainey Harper College (Palatine, IL), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: July 30, 1971 (Age 22-221d, 13,154th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 37-288d)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: David Arthur Kingman

Nicknames: Kong or Sky King

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

6677

1575

442

.236

901

RBI

1210

OBP

.302

SLG

.478

OPS

.780

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 9	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 10	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 12	NYM		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 13	NYM		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 14	NYM		STL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 15	NYM		CHC	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
8	8	Apr 16	NYM		CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
9	9	Apr 17	NYM		CHC	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 18	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B LF
11	11	Apr 19	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
12	12	Apr 20	NYM	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 22	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
14	14	Apr 23	NYM		PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
15	15	Apr 27	NYM		MON	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
16	16	Apr 29	NYM	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
17	17	Apr 30	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF RF 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	NYM	@	SDP	W,8-2	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	19	May 2	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	20	May 3	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
21	22 (1)	May 5	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
22	23	May 6	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
23	24	May 7	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
24	25	May 8 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	26	May 8 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-10	CG	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	27	May 11 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	28	May 11 (2)	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	29	May 12	NYM		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
29	30	May 13	NYM		LAD	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	31	May 14	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B RF
31	32	May 15	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	GS	53	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF 1B
32	33	May 17	NYM		SFG	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
33	34	May 18	NYM		SFG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	35	May 19	NYM		SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	36	May 20	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	37	May 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,7-8	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	38	May 22 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
38	39	May 22 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
39	40	May 24	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	43 (2)	May 29	NYM	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
41	46 (2)	May 31	NYM		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	47	Jun 1	NYM	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	48	Jun 2	NYM	@	MON	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	49	Jun 3	NYM		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	50	Jun 4	NYM		PHI	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	51	Jun 5 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
47	52	Jun 5 (2)	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	53	Jun 7	NYM		CIN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	54	Jun 8	NYM		CIN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	55	Jun 10	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	56	Jun 11 (1)	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
52	57	Jun 11 (2)	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
53	58	Jun 12	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	59	Jun 13	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	60	Jun 14	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
				Player went from New York Mets to San Diego Padres
56	70	Jun 20	SDP		PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
57	71	Jun 21	SDP		PIT	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	73 (1)	Jun 24	SDP	@	ATL	L,8-9	GS	33	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
59	74	Jun 25	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
60	75	Jun 26	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	76	Jun 27	SDP	@	HOU	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
62	77	Jun 28	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	79 (1)	Jul 1	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
64	80	Jul 2	SDP		CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
65	81	Jul 3	SDP		CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	82	Jul 4	SDP		HOU	L,7-12	GS	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
67	83	Jul 5	SDP		HOU	W,8-7	CG	52	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	84	Jul 6	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
69	85	Jul 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	86	Jul 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
71	87	Jul 9	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
72	88	Jul 10 (1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	89	Jul 10 (2)	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-4		10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	1B
74	90	Jul 11	SDP		SFG	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	94 (3)	Jul 16	SDP		LAD	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
76	95	Jul 17	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	97 (1)	Jul 22	SDP		NYM	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
78	98	Jul 23	SDP		NYM	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
79	99	Jul 24	SDP		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	100	Jul 25	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	102 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	SDP		MON	L,2-5	CG	58	15.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
82	105 (2)	Jul 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	106	Jul 30	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	108 (1)	Aug 2	SDP	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	109	Aug 3	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	110	Aug 4	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	37	9.1	11	1	0	12	0	1B LF
87	111	Aug 5	SDP	@	CHC	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	112	Aug 6	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	113	Aug 7 (1)	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	114	Aug 7 (2)	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-9	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
91	126 (11)	Aug 20	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
92	127	Aug 21	SDP	@	STL	W,7-0	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	128	Aug 22	SDP	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	129	Aug 23	SDP	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
95	130	Aug 26	SDP		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
96	131	Aug 27	SDP		PIT	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	132	Aug 28	SDP		PIT	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from San Diego Padres to California Angels
98	134	Sep 7	CAL		MIL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
99	135	Sep 8 (1)	CAL		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	136	Sep 8 (2)	CAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
101	137	Sep 9	CAL		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	138	Sep 10	CAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
103	139	Sep 11 (1)	CAL		CHW	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
104	140	Sep 11 (2)	CAL		CHW	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
105	141	Sep 12	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
106	142	Sep 13	CAL	@	TEX	W,12-7	GS	42	8.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
107	143	Sep 14	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
							117gm		874.0	405	29	9	443	16