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Dave
Kingman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 21, 1948 in Pendleton, OR, USA
 
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
1972 23 SFG   135 472 65 106 17 4 29 83 16 6 51 140 .225 .300 .462 .762 69.3  
1973 24 SFG   112 305 54 62 10 1 24 55 8 5 41 122 .203 .298 .479 .776 46.8  
1974 25 SFG   121 350 41 78 18 2 18 55 8 8 37 125 .223 .297 .440 .737 46.3  
1975 26 NYM   134 502 65 116 22 1 36 88 7 5 34 153 .231 .280 .494 .774 71.4  
1976 27 NYM   123 474 70 113 14 1 37 86 7 4 28 135 .238 .281 .506 .787 69.7  
1977 28 NYM NL 161 565 70 130 17 2 22 80 2 3 50 148 .230 .308 .384 .692 69.6 7.4
1978 29 STL NL 148 538 75 130 17 0 23 80 2 0 52 140 .242 .321 .401 .722 71.7 12.7
1979 30 STL NL 161 591 74 139 27 3 19 82 0 3 49 146 .235 .309 .387 .696 68.5 12.3
1980 31 STL NL 137 353 38 72 7 1 15 43 1 0 25 89 .204 .268 .357 .624 32.4 3.0
1981 32 STL NL 147 365 42 87 9 5 12 48 1 0 20 83 .238 .290 .389 .679 41.5 6.0
1982 33 STL NL 137 342 40 78 9 5 13 47 0 1 22 94 .228 .291 .398 .689 38.3 5.5
1983 34 STL NL 139 266 26 53 4 2 13 33 0 0 19 68 .199 .262 .376 .638 26.6 2.3
1984 35 STL NL 150 377 30 94 14 0 13 50 1 0 32 98 .249 .325 .390 .715 46.8 9.6
1985 36 CHC NL 133 271 28 64 10 1 5 31 0 0 30 79 .236 .322 .336 .658 29.8 5.7
1986 37 CHC NL 156 540 64 140 22 3 15 74 0 3 59 134 .259 .340 .394 .734 71.7 11.8
1987 38 CHC NL 154 551 71 144 32 2 14 75 0 0 38 139 .261 .318 .403 .721 69.6 14.5
11 Years Sim 1623 4759 558 1131 168 24 164 643 7 10 396 1218 .238 .309 .386 .695 566.4 91.0
16 Years Pro 2248 6862 853 1606 249 33 308 1010 53 38 587 1893 .234 .294 .415 .709 869.9  
162 Game Average 475 55 112 16 2 16 64 0 0 39 121 .238 .309 .386 .695 56.5  
Career Highs 161 591 75 144 32 5 23 82 2 3 59 148 .261 .340 .403 .734 71.7  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 28 NYM NL CF 157 152 1333.3 355 6 12 2 .968 2.44 0 0 .000 0 6.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 29 STL NL 1B 96 96 845.7 1104 65 4 82 .997 12.44 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 49 48 436.7 106 5 7 2 .941 2.29 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 30 STL NL CF 110 109 963.7 248 6 15 2 .944 2.37 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    1B 49 48 423.3 569 30 2 45 .997 12.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 31 STL NL CF 92 62 581.3 155 2 8 1 .952 2.43 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 24 6 81.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 4 35.3 45 1 0 6 1.000 11.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 3 25.0 0 8 1 1 .889 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 32 STL NL 1B 63 58 510.7 677 57 9 91 .988 12.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 8 5 57.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 7 5 46.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.54 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 14 1 41.0 9 0 2 0 .818 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 6 3 34.0 2 9 1 1 .917 2.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 1 9.0 5 0 1 0 .833 5.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
    SS 1 0 8.0 2 3 2 1 .714 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 33 STL NL 1B 52 42 390.7 519 27 7 43 .987 12.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 27 10 129.7 17 1 1 0 .947 1.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 12 12 89.0 10 18 1 1 .966 2.83 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 10 8 76.0 17 1 2 0 .900 2.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 1 42.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.05 0 0 .000 0  
1983 34 STL NL 3B 66 41 410.7 29 122 10 18 .938 3.31 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 8 4 41.0 7 2 1 0 .900 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 10 0 25.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.72 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 9.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0  
1984 35 STL NL 1B 65 54 501.7 674 43 7 63 .990 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 28 10 136.0 11 44 2 5 .965 3.64 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 30 2 96.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 3 30.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.10 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 2 21.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.99 0 0 .000 2 0.0
    RF 2 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0  
1985 36 CHC NL 1B 48 40 372.7 469 32 2 41 .996 12.10 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 42 1 87.0 29 0 3 0 .906 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 5 2 29.0 5 15 1 0 .952 6.21 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 3 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0  
1986 37 CHC NL 1B 150 147 1307.0 1591 118 18 171 .990 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 2 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1987 38 CHC NL 1B 151 148 1304.0 1605 110 16 167 .991 11.84 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 680 637 5700.0 7264 484 65 710 .992 12.23 0 0 .000 0 3.9
  CF 477 388 3568.0 935 21 48 7 .952 2.41 0 0 .000 0 14.6
  3B 123 71 727.7 58 218 16 26 .945 3.41 0 0 .000 0 2.9
  LF 88 14 320.3 60 1 4 0 .938 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  RF 59 18 254.0 45 2 1 0 .979 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 3 3 30.7 17 0 1 0 .944 4.99 1 0 .000 4 0.0
  SS 1 0 8.0 2 3 2 1 .714 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1431 1131 10608.6 8381 729 137 744 .985 7.73 1 0 .000 4 22.6
Career Highs   160 157 1388.0 1605 125 18 171 .991 11.81 1 0 .000 2  
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
1987 38 CHC NL 16 61 9 11 2 0 4 10 0 0 4 18 .180 .242 .410 .652
Career Post-Season Batting 16 61 9 11 2 0 4 10 0 0 4 18 .180 .242 .410 .652
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1977-2-148
1978-2-140
1979-2-146
1986-6-134
1987-5-139
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mark McGwire (924)
  2. Joe Charboneau (917)
  3. Jeff Conine (910)
  4. Fred Lynn (897)
  5. Dave Revering (896)
  6. Robin Ventura (893)
  7. Mike Marshall (893)
  8. Todd Benzinger (892)
  9. Bo Jackson (890)
  10. Larry Sheets (889)
History
Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis on 5/27/1978
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1979, hitting .333 with 6 HR, 19 RBI
 
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