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| Preston King |  Third BaseRetired (1958, Age 34) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .217 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | R/R | |
| OPS | .617 | Status | Deceased (1999) | Option Years | 0
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| H | 220 | Age at Death | 75 | Date of Birth | 02-26-1924 | |
| HR | 29 | Drafted | Round 2, Pick 22 (1950) |
Majors Svc Time | 4 years (55 games) |
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| RBI | 112 | |||||
| SB | 20 | Salary | $0.50M | Final Contract Year | 1958 | |
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | (2.4%) | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | (15.0%) | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | (100%) | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year
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Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | ISO | AVG | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | TEX | 26 |
85 |
7 |
23
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1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
21 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
0 | 0 | .688 |
.311 |
.376 |
.106 |
.271 |
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| 1954 | TEX | 46 |
168 |
12 |
30
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5 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
40 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 | 6 | .450 |
.223 |
.226 |
.048 |
.179 |
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| 1955 | MON | 61 |
170 |
23 |
43
|
12 |
3 |
8 |
28 |
8 |
36 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
1 | 8 | .787 |
.287 |
.500 |
.247 |
.253 |
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| 1956 | PHI | 78 |
197 |
18 |
34
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6 |
2 |
5 |
17 |
16 |
47 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
4 | 10 | .532 |
.233 |
.299 |
.127 |
.173 |
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| 1957 | PHI | 90 |
254 |
41 |
66
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9 |
2 |
10 |
37 |
19 |
53 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
1 | 7 | .743 |
.314 |
.429 |
.169 |
.260 |
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| 1958 | PHI | 74 |
138 |
9 |
24
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1 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
34 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
0 | 5 | .460 |
.214 |
.246 |
.072 |
.174 |
|
| Total | 375 |
1012 |
110 |
220
|
34 |
8 |
29 |
112 |
65 |
231 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
7 | 36 | .617 |
.265 |
.353 |
.135 |
.217 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1958-11-01 | Preston King has retired from the Philadelphia Thunder |
| 1956-05-22 | Preston King of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 51 days. |
| 1956-04-01 | The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Preston King to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have waived Stump McGuire. |
| 1956-03-31 | Preston King has signed with the Philadelphia Thunder for $0.5M per year for 3 years. |
| 1955-03-31 | The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Dick Staley to the major league team. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Chick Hillegas to the major league team. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Preston King to the major league team. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have sent Whitey Waszgis to the minors. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have sent Victor Scott to the minors. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have sent Billy McCabe to the minors. |
| 1955-03-31 | Preston King has signed with the Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure for $0.5M per year for 1 year. |
| 1954-08-13 | The Texas Grackles have waived Preston King. |
| 1954-07-25 | The Texas Grackles have promoted Tom Luecken to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have designated Preston King for assignment. |
| 1954-05-27 | The Texas Grackles have promoted Preston King to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have designated Billy Knoop for assignment. |
| 1954-04-01 | The Texas Grackles have acquired Preston King from the waiver wire. |
| 1950-10-08 | The Texas Roughnecks have sent Preston King to the minors. The Texas Roughnecks have sent Clint Halliday to the minors. |
| 1950-08-22 | The Texas Roughnecks have promoted Preston King to the major league team. |
| 1950-03-27 | The Texas Roughnecks have renamed Greg King to Preston King. |