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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Preston King Third Base
Retired (1958, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .217 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .617 Status Deceased (1999) Option Years 0  
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)
RBI 112
SB 20 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1958
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed A- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B (2.4%) LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B (15.0%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 3B TEX 26 26 218.0 51 11 40 0 0 -4 2.11 1.000
1954 3B TEX 46 46 410.1 125 26 93 6 7 -3 2.61 .952
1955 3B MON 19 19 166.0 51 7 43 1 6 +1 2.71 .980
2B MON 14 14 121.0 71 26 39 6 3 -7 4.83 .915
RF MON 2 2 18.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
CF MON 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
LF MON 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1956 SS PHI 33 33 289.1 128 39 82 7 12 -7 3.76 .945
2B PHI 13 13 116.0 59 28 29 2 8 -1 4.42 .966
CF PHI 1 1 10.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0.90 .500
1957 3B PHI 76 61 563.0 153 37 110 6 3 0 2.35 .961
2B PHI 1 1 11.0 1 0 0 1 0 -3 0.00 .000
1958 3B PHI 40 19 192.1 52 8 40 4 3 0 2.25 .923
1B PHI 3 3 32.0 28 28 0 0 1 +1 7.88 1.000
C PHI 2 2 17.0 14 13 0 1 0 0 7 0 0.0% 0 6.88 .929
Pos Total 3B 207 171 1549.2 432 89 326 17 19 -6 2.41 .961
SS 33 33 289.1 128 39 82 7 12 -7 3.76 .945
2B 28 28 248.0 131 54 68 9 11 -11 4.43 .931
1B 3 3 32.0 28 28 0 0 1 +1 7.88 1.000
CF 2 2 19.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1.42 .750
RF 2 2 18.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
C 2 2 17.0 14 13 0 1 0 0 7 0 0.0% 0 6.88 .929
LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
Total 278 241 2176.0 739 227 476 36 43 0 7 0 0.0% -23 2.91 .951
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Preston King has retired from the Philadelphia Thunder
1956-05-22Preston King of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 51 days.
1956-04-01The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Preston King to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have waived Stump McGuire.
1956-03-31Preston King has signed with the Philadelphia Thunder for $0.5M per year for 3 years.
1955-03-31The 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.
1955-03-31Preston King has signed with the Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1954-08-13The Texas Grackles have waived Preston King.
1954-07-25The Texas Grackles have promoted Tom Luecken to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have designated Preston King for assignment.
1954-05-27The Texas Grackles have promoted Preston King to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have designated Billy Knoop for assignment.
1954-04-01The Texas Grackles have acquired Preston King from the waiver wire.
1950-10-08The Texas Roughnecks have sent Preston King to the minors. The Texas Roughnecks have sent Clint Halliday to the minors.
1950-08-22The Texas Roughnecks have promoted Preston King to the major league team.
1950-03-27The Texas Roughnecks have renamed Greg King to Preston King.