Dave Kingman Trades and Transactions

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

"The last time a pure home run hitter swung a bat for the Cubs at Wrigley Field, his personality wasn't the question. Ernie Banks' disposition came drenched in sunshine. One-Stroke Magic returned to Wrigley Field this spring in the person of lean and hungry David Arthur Kingman. He is an unquestionable slugging talent with a puzzling psyche marked 'fragile' and sure to be handled with care. The past is his bane." - Columnist Brian Hewitt in the Chicago Sun Times (Baseball Digest, July 1978)

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Dave Kingman Autograph on a 1993 Ted Williams (#57)

Dave Kingman Autograph on a 1993 Ted Williams (#57)
 

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Birth Name:   David Arthur Kingman
Nickname:   King Kong or Kong Kingman or Sly King
Born On:   12-21-1948  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pendleton, Oregon
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Mt. Prospect High School (Mt. Prospect, IL)
College:   University of Southern California
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-06   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   07-30-1971 (Age 22)
Last Game:   10-05-1986
Draft:   1970 : 1st Round (1st)
Dave Kingman

Trades & Transactions

06-06-1967: Selected by California Angels in the 2nd round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
01-27-1968: Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (9th pick overall) — secondary phase (or secondary phase delayed) — free-agent draft, did not sign.
06-04-1970: Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (1st pick overall) — secondary phase (or secondary phase delayed) — free-agent draft.
02-28-1975: Sold by San Francisco Giants to New York Mets for $150000.
06-15-1977: Traded by New York Mets to San Diego Padres for Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert.
09-06-1977: Claimed on waivers by California Angels from San Diego Padres.
09-15-1977: Traded by California Angels to New York Yankees for Randy Stein.
11-02-1977: Granted free agency.
11-30-1977: Signed by Chicago Cubs.
02-28-1981: Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Mets for Steve Henderson.
01-30-1984: Released by New York Mets.
03-29-1984: Signed by Oakland Athletics.
11-08-1984: Granted free agency.
12-19-1984: Signed by Oakland Athletics.
12-20-1985: Released by Oakland Athletics.
01-20-1986: Signed by Oakland Athletics.
11-12-1986: Granted free agency.
07-11-1987: Signed by San Francisco Giants.


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 Dave Kingman 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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