Dave Kingman
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Kingman while with the Cubs.
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| Left fielder / First baseman / Designated hitter | |||
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Born: December 21, 1948 Pendleton, Oregon |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 30, 1971, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 5, 1986, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .236 | ||
| Home runs | 442 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,210 | ||
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David Arthur Kingman (born December 21, 1948), nicknamed "Kong" and "Sky King", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder, first baseman, third baseman, and designated hitter. The 6' 6" Kingman was a powerful hitter known for his long home runs, with one measured at over 530 feet. He also struck out frequently, and usually posted a low batting average and on-base percentage. His 1,816 strikeouts was the fourth-highest total in MLB history at the time of his retirement. As a result of the increase in frequency of strikeouts in the intervening period, he currently ranks fifteenth as of August 2015.
Born in Pendleton, Oregon, Kingman moved with his family to Illinois and he attended Prospect High School, where he was a center and a forward on the basketball team, a wide receiver and safety on the football team, and a star pitcher on the baseball team.
He was drafted by the California Angels out of high school in the second round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, and by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round of the 1968 draft, but chose, instead, to attend the University of Southern California (USC) to play college baseball for the USC Trojans under coach Rod Dedeaux. Kingman began as a pitcher before being converted to an outfielder. In 1970, he was named an All-American and led the Trojans to the College World Series championship. He was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the first pick of the 1970 secondary phase draft.
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