Mike
Kingery
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 29, 1961 in Usa, MN, ST. JAMES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1990   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1988 27 DET AL 34 53 6 13 2 1 0 8 2 1 1 2 .245 .259 .321 .580 3.5 0.1
1989 28 DET AL 58 167 24 39 10 3 1 19 1 1 4 16 .234 .250 .347 .597 12.4 0.5
1990 29 DET AL 142 472 62 118 33 3 2 50 14 4 49 50 .250 .320 .345 .665 49.6 8.3
1991 30 DET AL 103 268 36 63 15 1 4 35 3 1 15 30 .235 .279 .343 .622 23.5 2.2
1992 31 DET AL 84 241 32 58 15 0 4 35 2 0 19 11 .241 .294 .353 .647 26.0 2.9
1993 32 DET AL 63 130 18 30 7 2 2 16 3 2 11 5 .231 .296 .362 .657 11.9 0.8
1994 33 DET AL 109 304 44 78 16 1 6 33 5 4 29 20 .257 .318 .375 .693 36.3 5.1
1995 34 DET AL 38 106 18 28 5 1 2 18 2 1 8 12 .264 .322 .387 .709 11.7 1.1
1996 35 DET AL 63 101 19 23 3 2 0 13 0 1 11 17 .228 .307 .297 .604 9.3 0.4
9 Years Sim 694 1842 259 450 106 14 21 227 32 15 147 163 .244 .300 .351 .652 184.1 21.4
162 Game Average 429 60 105 24 3 4 52 7 3 34 38 .244 .300 .351 .652 43.0  
Career Highs 142 472 62 118 33 3 6 50 14 4 49 50 .264 .322 .387 .709 49.6  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1988 27 DET AL LF 10 4 40.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.2
    CF 13 1 31.7 10 0 4 0 .714 2.84    
    RF 6 2 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1989 28 DET AL RF 23 19 167.0 35 2 4 0 .902 1.99   0.7
    LF 15 10 95.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.27    
    CF 9 7 64.0 18 3 1 0 .955 2.95    
1990 29 DET AL RF 106 102 900.3 191 13 5 2 .976 2.04   3.5
    CF 6 5 49.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    LF 8 4 43.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1991 30 DET AL RF 46 41 351.0 70 6 3 1 .962 1.95   1.4
    LF 29 8 111.3 19 2 1 0 .955 1.70    
    CF 13 10 86.3 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1992 31 DET AL RF 66 63 530.7 107 6 1 1 .991 1.92   2.0
    LF 9 3 40.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    CF 3 3 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
1993 32 DET AL LF 13 8 87.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.5
    RF 13 5 62.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
    CF 9 6 62.0 16 0 2 0 .889 2.32    
1994 33 DET AL RF 90 79 733.3 115 7 4 2 .968 1.50   1.9
    CF 5 4 30.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.20    
    LF 3 2 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
1995 34 DET AL RF 29 29 247.0 48 1 0 0 1.000 1.79   1.0
    3B 5 1 15.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
1996 35 DET AL 3B 42 16 188.0 6 55 1 3 .984 2.92   1.1
    RF 8 4 40.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.2
    LF 7 1 18.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.98    
    CF 2 2 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  RF 387 344 3057.3 594 35 17 6 .974 1.85   10.6
  LF 94 40 452.7 88 6 1 0 .989 1.87   0.7
  CF 60 38 363.3 80 5 8 0 .914 2.11    
  3B 47 17 203.0 8 59 1 3 .985 2.97   1.2
Career Totals   588 439 4076.3 770 105 27 9 .970 1.93   12.5
Career Highs   120 111 992.7 209 56 5 3 1.000 2.69    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1990 29 DET AL 13 45 6 12 4 0 1 9 0 0 1 5 .267 .283 .422 .705
1991 30 DET AL 6 9 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .667 1.167
1994 33 DET AL 5 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 24 72 6 19 6 0 1 12 0 1 2 7 .264 .284 .389 .673
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 47th overall pick, by Detroit in 1986
Had first career hit on 7/7/1988, off Mike Lacoss (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 10/4/1989, off Frank Pastore (CHW)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 4/16/1990
Won World Championship with Detroit in 1990
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/26/1992 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/26/1995 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
10/23/1995: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $600,000 per year, for 2 years