Dave Kingman was born on Tuesday, December 21, 1948, in Pendleton, Oregon. Kingman was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 30, 1971, with the San Francisco Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dave Kingman baseball stats page.
"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." - Hewitt, Brian. Chicago Sun Times Writer. Baseball Digest. July 1978. Page 31.
Dave KingmanDave 'King Kong' Kingman Autograph on a 1993 Ted Williams Baseball Card (#57) |
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Dave KingmanDave Kingman Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1973 | 25 | Giants | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
1 Year | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
Dave KingmanDave Kingman Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1971 | 23 | Giants | 41 | 115 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .278 | .328 | .557 |
1972 | 24 | Giants | 135 | 472 | 65 | 106 | 17 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 83 | 51 | 2 | 140 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | .225 | .303 | .462 |
1973 | 25 | Giants | 112 | 305 | 54 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 55 | 41 | 3 | 122 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .203 | .300 | .479 |
1974 | 26 | Giants | 121 | 350 | 41 | 78 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 55 | 37 | 2 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .223 | .302 | .440 |
1975 | 27 | Mets | 134 | 502 | 65 | 116 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 88 | 34 | 5 | 153 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .231 | .284 | .494 |
1976 | 28 | Mets | 123 | 474 | 70 | 113 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 86 | 28 | 4 | 135 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | .238 | .286 | .506 |
1977 | 29 | Mets | 58 | 211 | 22 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .209 | .263 | .370 |
1977 | 29 | Padres | 56 | 168 | 16 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .238 | .292 | .488 |
1977 | 29 | Angels | 10 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .237 | .417 |
1977 | 29 | Yankees | 8 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .833 |
1978 | 30 | Cubs | 119 | 395 | 65 | 105 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 79 | 39 | 8 | 111 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .266 | .336 | .542 |
1979 | 31 | Cubs | 145 | 532 | 97 | 153 | 19 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 115 | 45 | 7 | 131 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | .288 | .343 | .613 |
1980 | 32 | Cubs | 81 | 255 | 31 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 57 | 21 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .278 | .329 | .522 |
1981 | 33 | Mets | 100 | 353 | 40 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 59 | 55 | 7 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .221 | .326 | .456 |
1982 | 34 | Mets | 149 | 535 | 80 | 109 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 99 | 59 | 9 | 156 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | .204 | .285 | .432 |
1983 | 35 | Mets | 100 | 248 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .198 | .265 | .383 |
1984 | 36 | Athletics | 147 | 549 | 68 | 147 | 23 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 118 | 44 | 8 | 119 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | .268 | .321 | .505 |
1985 | 37 | Athletics | 158 | 592 | 66 | 141 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 91 | 62 | 6 | 114 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 17 | .238 | .309 | .417 |
1986 | 38 | Athletics | 144 | 561 | 70 | 118 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 94 | 33 | 3 | 126 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | .210 | .255 | .431 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
16 Years | 1,941 | 6,677 | 901 | 1,575 | 240 | 25 | 442 | 16 | 1,210 | 608 | 72 | 1,816 | 16 | 75 | 53 | 139 | .236 | .302 | .478 |
Dave KingmanDave Kingman Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1971 Giants | 1B | 20 | 15 | 438 | 161 | 8.1 | 158 | 149 | 9 | 3 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 9.74 |
1971 Giants | LF | 7 | 7 | 168 | 9 | 1.3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.45 |
1971 Giants | RF | 7 | 6 | 165 | 11 | 1.6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 1.64 |
1972 Giants | 1B | 56 | 46 | 1,233 | 427 | 7.6 | 422 | 402 | 20 | 5 | 39 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 9.24 |
1972 Giants | 3B | 59 | 59 | 1,521 | 206 | 3.5 | 192 | 54 | 138 | 14 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .932 | 3.41 |
1972 Giants | LF | 22 | 22 | 558 | 46 | 2.1 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .935 | 2.08 |
1973 Giants | 1B | 46 | 24 | 786 | 280 | 6.1 | 276 | 259 | 17 | 4 | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 9.48 |
1973 Giants | 3B | 60 | 56 | 1,512 | 201 | 3.4 | 183 | 54 | 129 | 18 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .910 | 3.27 |
1973 Giants | P | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1974 Giants | 1B | 91 | 70 | 1,926 | 753 | 8.3 | 740 | 680 | 60 | 13 | 66 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 10.37 |
1974 Giants | 3B | 21 | 19 | 477 | 59 | 2.8 | 47 | 9 | 38 | 12 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .797 | 2.66 |
1974 Giants | LF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1974 Giants | RF | 2 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.85 |
1975 Mets | 1B | 58 | 48 | 1,302 | 429 | 7.4 | 424 | 386 | 38 | 5 | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 8.79 |
1975 Mets | 3B | 12 | 12 | 303 | 37 | 3.1 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .919 | 3.03 |
1975 Mets | LF | 68 | 64 | 1,647 | 134 | 2.0 | 128 | 125 | 3 | 6 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 2.10 |
1975 Mets | RF | 3 | 3 | 84 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.61 |
1976 Mets | 1B | 16 | 11 | 315 | 99 | 6.2 | 99 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 8.49 |
1976 Mets | LF | 5 | 5 | 114 | 8 | 1.6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 1.66 |
1976 Mets | RF | 106 | 104 | 2,721 | 212 | 2.0 | 204 | 194 | 10 | 8 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 2.02 |
1977 Mets | 1B | 17 | 12 | 342 | 121 | 7.1 | 120 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 9.47 |
1977 Mets | LF | 26 | 24 | 576 | 42 | 1.6 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 1.92 |
1977 Mets | RF | 20 | 17 | 450 | 37 | 1.9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 2.16 |
1977 Padres | RF | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1977 Padres | 1B | 13 | 11 | 261 | 104 | 8.0 | 103 | 92 | 11 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 10.66 |
1977 Padres | 3B | 2 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 3.00 |
1977 Padres | LF | 28 | 25 | 669 | 53 | 1.9 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 2.06 |
1977 Angels | 1B | 8 | 8 | 204 | 77 | 9.6 | 75 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 9.93 |
1977 Angels | LF | 2 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.50 |
1978 Cubs | 1B | 6 | 6 | 138 | 60 | 10.0 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 11.35 |
1978 Cubs | LF | 100 | 100 | 2,469 | 185 | 1.9 | 181 | 173 | 8 | 4 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 1.98 |
1979 Cubs | LF | 139 | 139 | 3,495 | 260 | 1.9 | 250 | 239 | 11 | 10 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 1.93 |
1980 Cubs | 1B | 2 | 2 | 54 | 19 | 9.5 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 9.00 |
1980 Cubs | LF | 61 | 61 | 1,476 | 119 | 2.0 | 112 | 105 | 7 | 7 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 2.05 |
1981 Mets | 1B | 56 | 50 | 1,257 | 506 | 9.0 | 493 | 462 | 31 | 13 | 39 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 10.59 |
1981 Mets | LF | 48 | 48 | 1,194 | 96 | 2.0 | 89 | 85 | 4 | 7 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .927 | 2.01 |
1982 Mets | 1B | 143 | 143 | 3,579 | 1,319 | 9.2 | 1,301 | 1,232 | 69 | 18 | 88 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 9.81 |
1983 Mets | 1B | 50 | 50 | 1,248 | 474 | 9.5 | 471 | 443 | 28 | 3 | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .994 | 10.19 |
1983 Mets | RF | 5 | 5 | 126 | 7 | 1.4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.50 |
1984 Athletics | 1B | 9 | 8 | 204 | 57 | 6.3 | 57 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 7.54 |
1985 Athletics | 1B | 9 | 7 | 162 | 51 | 5.7 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 8.50 |
1986 Athletics | 1B | 3 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 6.3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .895 | 10.20 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1B Totals | 603 | 513 | 13,494 | 4,956 | 8.2 | 4,883 | 4,572 | 311 | 73 | 381 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 9.77 | |
LF Totals | 507 | 497 | 12,423 | 955 | 1.9 | 914 | 877 | 37 | 41 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 1.99 | |
3B Totals | 154 | 148 | 3,858 | 509 | 3.3 | 461 | 126 | 335 | 48 | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .906 | 3.23 | |
RF Totals | 144 | 138 | 3,603 | 279 | 1.9 | 269 | 259 | 10 | 10 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 2.02 | |
P Totals | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
16 Years | 1,410 | 1,296 | 33,390 | 6,699 | 4.8 | 6,527 | 5,834 | 693 | 172 | 408 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 5.28 |
Dave KingmanDave Kingman Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1971 Giants | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 2 | n/a | 19.2 | 3.3 | 4.8 | - | - | - |
1972 Giants | 16 | 6 | .727 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 16.3 | 3.4 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
1973 Giants | 8 | 5 | .615 | 10 | 11 | n/a | 12.7 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 0.67 | 9.00 | 13.50 |
1974 Giants | 8 | 8 | .500 | 12 | 8 | n/a | 19.4 | 2.8 | 6.4 | - | - | - |
1975 Mets | 7 | 5 | .583 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 13.9 | 3.3 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
1976 Mets | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 12.8 | 3.5 | 5.5 | - | - | - |
1977 Mets | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 23.4 | 3.2 | 7.5 | - | - | - |
1977 Padres | 2 | 3 | .400 | 16 | 0 | n/a | 15.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 | - | - | - |
1977 Angels | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 2.3 | 9.0 | - | - | - |
1977 Yankees | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 3.4 | - | - | - |
1978 Cubs | 3 | 4 | .429 | 13 | 0 | n/a | 14.1 | 3.6 | 5.0 | - | - | - |
1979 Cubs | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 11.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | - | - | - |
1980 Cubs | 2 | 2 | .500 | 18 | 0 | n/a | 14.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | - | - | - |
1981 Mets | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 16.0 | 3.4 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
1982 Mets | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 14.5 | 3.4 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
1983 Mets | 2 | 1 | .667 | 45 | 0 | n/a | 19.1 | 4.4 | 8.6 | - | - | - |
1984 Athletics | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 15.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | - | - | - |
1985 Athletics | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 19.7 | 5.2 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
1986 Athletics | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 16.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
16 Years | 85 | 49 | .634 | 164 | 21 | 434 | 15.1 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 0.67 | 9.00 | 13.50 |
Dave KingmanDave Kingman Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1971 San Francisco Giants | 45 | $13,300.00 | - | - |
1972 San Francisco Giants | 26 | $15,500.00 | - | - |
1973 San Francisco Giants | 26 | $19,700.00 | - | - |
1974 San Francisco Giants | 26 | $76,000.00 | - | - |
1975 New York Mets | 26 | $125,000.00 | - | - |
1976 New York Mets | 26 | $90,000.00 | Stats | - |
1977 New York Mets | 26 | $95,000.00 | - | - |
1977 San Diego Padres | 26 | " " | - | - |
1977 California Angels | 10 | " " | - | - |
1977 New York Yankees | 48 | " " | - | - |
1978 Chicago Cubs | 10 | $275,000.00 | - | - |
1979 Chicago Cubs | 10 | $275,000.00 | Stats | - |
1980 Chicago Cubs | 10 | $275,000.00 | Stats | - |
1981 New York Mets | 26 | $275,000.00 | - | - |
1982 New York Mets | 26 | $275,000.00 | - | - |
1983 New York Mets | 26 | $705,000.00 | - | - |
1984 Oakland Athletics | 10 | $1,087,500.00 | - | - |
1985 Oakland Athletics | 10 | $1,087,500.00 | - | - |
1986 Oakland Athletics | 26 | $730,000.00 | - | - |
Dave Kingman Stats by Baseball Almanac |
David Arthur Kingman was a Major League Baseball player with the San Francisco Giants (1971-1974), New York Mets (1975-1977), San Diego Padres (1977), California Angels (1977), New York Yankees (1977), Chicago Cubs (1978-1980), New York Mets (1981-1983), and Oakland Athletics (1984-1986). When Dave, his nickname, made his big league debut on July 30, 1971, he became the first former student from Mt. Prospect High School (Mt. Prospect, IL) to play in the majors.
Dave Kingman Rookie Card | 1972 Topps Baseball Card (#147 | Checklist)
Baseball Almanac Research Library
In 1977, Dave Kingman played for four different teams in four different divisions during the same year. Before Kingman, Frank Huelsman (1904), Willis Hudlin (1940), Paul Lehner (1951), Ted Gray (1955), Wes Covington (1961), and Mike Kilkenny (1972) each played for four different teams in the same season, but Kingman was the first and only player in baseball history to hit a home run with each of the them during that same season.
Not only did Dave Kingman hit a home run with all four teams in 1977, he hit more than one home run with each of the four (Game Logs). Twenty-six home runs in total, nine with the 1977 New York Mets, eleven with the 1977 1977 San Diego Padres, two with the 1977 1977 California Angels, and four with 1977 1977 New York Yankees.
When Dave Kingman hit his first home run as a Yankee in 1977, on September 17, 1977, he had already hit nine with the Mets that same year. That combination made Kingman the first player to homer with both the Mets and Yankees during the same season. A feat that remained unmatched until Chris Young joined Kingman in 2014.
Television broadcaster Al Michaels, during a Monday Night Baseball game in 1986, said, "In a way that is a summation of Kingman's career. He strikes out twice on two bad pitches out of the strike zone and then hits one three blocks away."
The 1962 New York Mets had slugger Frank Thomas on their roster and his 34 home runs during the inaugural season set the single season record home run record for the Mets. Thirteen years later, Dave Kingman broke the team record when he went deep 36 times as a member of the 1975 New York Mets. Not content with his own mark, Kingman broke it one year later by hitting 37 home runs. In 1982, Kingman tied his record (37) and led all National League home run hitters (Top 25), becoming the first Home Run Champion in Mets history.
Dave Kingman hit three home runs in a game five different times during his career! His power was truly, and we mean truly, incredible. Simply watch the video below, his third home run of the day on May 17, 1979, and listen to the description by the broadcaster!
Dave Kingman Video | 17 May 1979 | Wrigley Field
When King Kong hung up his cleats in 1986, he had 442 career home runs, number twenty all-time on the top 1,000 list at that time. In 1992, Dave Kingman only received three votes on the Hall of Fame ballot, 0.7%, removing his name from eligibility and becoming the first player with 400+ home runs not sent to Cooperstown. A popular trivia question was, "name the player with the most home runs not in the Hall of Fame," and Dave Kingman was the answer until Jose Canseco passed him, finishing with 462 home runs in 2001 (eliminated from ballot in 2007), who might eventually be passed by Mark McGwire, finishing his career with 582 home runs in 2001, but still on the Hall of Fame ballot through 2014 (11.0%).