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Brian Kingman
Brian Paul Kingman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
School University of California, Santa Barbara

Debut June 28, 1979
  vs. KCR 5.7 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER
Final Game June 10, 1983
Born July 27, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA

Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1979 24 OAK AL   8   7  18  17   5   1   1  0  112.7  113   59   54  10   33   58   3  10   481   1   0  4.31  4.06   94 1.296
 1980 25 OAK AL   8  20  32  30  10   1   0  0  211.3  209  105   90  21   82  116   4   6   912   5   0  3.83  3.76   98 1.377
 1981 26 OAK AL   3   6  18  15   3   1   1  0  100.3  112   48   44  10   32   52   4   3   435   2   0  3.95  3.48   88 1.435
 1982 27 OAK AL   4  12  23  20   3   0   1  1  122.7  131   64   61  11   57   46   7   2   548   0   0  4.48  3.88   87 1.533
 1983 28 SFG NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    4.7   10    6    4   0    1    1   0   0    25   0   0  7.71  3.56   46 2.357
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .338  23  45  94  82  21   3   5  1  551.7  575  282  253  52  205  273  18  21  2401   8   0  4.13  3.80   92 1.414
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  17  36  31   8   1   1  0  213.0  222  108   97  20   79  105   6   8   927   3   0  4.13  3.80   92 1.414
 Career High      8  20  32  30  10   1   2  1  211.3  209  105   90  21   82  116   7  10   912   5   0  3.83  4.06   98 1.296

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 24 OAK AL P 18 8 8 2 0 .889 .947 0.89 0.81 1.28 1.92 17 112.7 1980 25 OAK AL P 32 7 22 3 2 .906 .957 0.91 0.77 1.24 1.85 30 211.3 1981 26 OAK AL P 18 4 9 2 0 .867 .963 0.72 0.81 1.17 1.98 15 100.3 1982 27 OAK AL P 23 3 9 1 0 .923 .960 0.52 0.73 0.88 1.80 20 122.7 1983 28 SFG NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.91 0 4.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 24 OAK AL P 18 8 8 2 0 .889 .947 0.89 0.81 1.28 1.92 17 112.7 1980 25 OAK AL P 32 7 22 3 2 .906 .957 0.91 0.77 1.24 1.85 30 211.3 1981 26 OAK AL P 18 4 9 2 0 .867 .963 0.72 0.81 1.17 1.98 15 100.3 1982 27 OAK AL P 23 3 9 1 0 .923 .960 0.52 0.73 0.88 1.80 20 122.7 1983 28 SFG NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.91 0 4.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 94 22 48 8 2 .897 .956 0.74 0.77 1.14 1.88 82 551.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 94 22 48 8 2 .897 .956 0.74 0.77 1.14 1.88 82 552
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   0  81.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   3   3   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALCS  OAK NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Losses
1980 AL-20-1

Wild Pitches
1979 AL-10-7

Hit Batsmen
1982 AL-7-3

HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the California Angels in the 12th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 18, 1975: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.

January 17, 1983: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Oakland Athletics.

March 25, 1983: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

May 1, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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