Hal King Trades and Transactions

The Hal King trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Hal King has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Hal King

Hal King Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#327)

Hal King Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#327)
 

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Birth Name:   Harold King
Nickname:   Hal
Born On:   02-01-1944  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Oviedo, Florida
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Oviedo High School (Oviedo, FL)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   09-06-1967 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-01-1974
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent
Hal King

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1965: Signed as an amateur free agent by California Angels.
11-29-1966: Selected by Houston Astros from California Angels in the minor league draft.
03-11-1969: Traded by Houston Astros to Boston Red Sox for Mark Schaeffer.
12-01-1969: Selected by Atlanta Braves from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft.
12-02-1971: Traded by Atlanta Braves to Texas Rangers for Paul Casanova.
12-01-1972: Traded by Texas Rangers (with Jim Driscoll) to Cincinnati Reds for Jim Merritt.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Hal King trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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