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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Bill King Relief Pitcher
Retired (1998, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.76 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 12-13 Status Retired (1998) Option Years 0  
SV 15 Age 64 (OS 65) Date of Birth 10-25-1963
K 334 Drafted Round 5, Pick 74
(1985)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(70 games)
IP 356.0
WHIP 1.65
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L D- Endurance C-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity A+   Mentor Val A+
Speed B- Bunt Control C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Endurance   Velocity   Control   Total 
1985 Majors 22 26.00 0 / 0 3 / 7 8 / 19 11 / 26
1986 Majors 23 31.00 1 / 1 4 / 18 3 / 12 8 / 31
1987 Majors 24 30.00 2 / 3 6 / 17 4 / 10 12 / 30
1988 Majors 25 19.00 0 / 0 2 / 7 3 / 12 5 / 19
1989 Minors 26 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2
1989 Majors 26 1.93 5 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
1990 Minors 27 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 8 1 / 9
1990 Majors 27 22.88 80 0 0 0 / 0 1 / 11 1 / 11 2 / 22
1991 Majors 28 45.80 162 0 0 4 / 11 3 / 19 2 / 15 9 / 45
1992 Majors 29 41.81 162 0 0 1 / 8 1 / 17 1 / 16 3 / 41
1993 Majors 30 25.00 0 / 0 0 / 12 2 / 13 2 / 25
1994 Majors 31 26.00 0 / 0 0 / 11 3 / 15 3 / 26
1995 Minors 32 20.00 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 20
1996 Minors 33 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2
1996 Majors 33 43.33 147 0 0 1 / 9 0 / 11 3 / 23 4 / 43
1997 Majors 34 38.95 162 0 0 -2 / 7 0 / 20 -5 / 11 -7 / 38
1998 Minors 35 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1998 Majors 35 30.00 0 / 2 1 / 20 0 / 8 1 / 30
Total 718 0 0 7 / 42 21 / 180 26 / 189 54 / 411
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1998-11-01Bill King has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1998-04-14The Seattle 69 PILOTS have waived Bill King.
1997-10-13The Seattle 69 PILOTS have designated Bill King for assignment.
1996-04-18The Seattle 69 PILOTS have promoted Bill King to the major league team. The Seattle 69 PILOTS have designated Queenie Niehaus for assignment.
1996-04-18The Seattle 69 PILOTS have acquired Bill King from the waiver wire.
1996-04-09The San Francisco Sandlot Slugs have waived Bill King.
1995-04-15The San Francisco Sandlot Slugs have acquired Bill King from the waiver wire.
1993-03-25The Los Angeles Twins have waived Bill King.
1991-03-25The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Bill King to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Zach Ewing to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have designated Red Garcia for assignment. The Los Angeles Cardinals have designated Lefty Chiles for assignment.
1990-09-17The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Bill Humphreys to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Bill Rumler to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have sent Bill King to the minors. The Los Angeles Cardinals have sent Willie Ortega to the minors.
1990-09-02The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Jeff Comstock to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Bill King to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Zach Ewing to the major league team.
1990-08-01The Los Angeles Cardinals have sent Bill King to the minors.
1990-06-25The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Bill King to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have designated Mark Moriarity for assignment.
1990-05-17The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Charlie Freeman to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have sent Bill King to the minors.
1990-04-08The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Bill King to the major league team.
1990-04-01The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Paul Tyler to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have promoted Jim Marshall to the major league team. The Los Angeles Cardinals have sent Lance Bonner to the minors. The Los Angeles Cardinals have sent Bill King to the minors.
1989-09-27The Chicago Cardinals have promoted Bill King to the major league team. The Chicago Cardinals have waived Paul Allen.
1989-09-17The Chicago Cardinals have acquired Bill King from the waiver wire.
1985-04-01The Boston Bulldogs have waived Bill King.