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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 B    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 B  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 F  (2.4%) LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B D  (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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 LHP 10 29 11 0 1 0 4 2 4 .868 .419 .448 .069 .379
1950 RHP 22 56 12 1 0 2 5 3 17 .594 .254 .339 .125 .214
1954 LHP 25 52 10 4 0 1 6 2 8 .545 .218 .327 .135 .192
1954 RHP 40 116 20 1 0 0 5 8 32 .407 .226 .181 .009 .172
1955 LHP 42 75 21 3 2 5 14 0 10 .853 .280 .573 .293 .280
1955 RHP 35 95 22 9 1 3 14 8 26 .733 .291 .442 .211 .232
1956 LHP 40 101 21 5 2 2 10 7 27 .611 .255 .356 .149 .208
1956 RHP 65 96 13 1 0 3 7 9 20 .449 .210 .240 .104 .135
1957 LHP 39 96 33 5 2 5 20 10 15 .999 .406 .594 .250 .344
1957 RHP 73 158 33 4 0 5 17 9 38 .585 .256 .329 .120 .209
1958 LHP 25 38 8 0 0 1 4 3 10 .558 .268 .289 .079 .211
1958 RHP 52 100 16 1 0 2 6 4 24 .422 .192 .230 .070 .160
Total LHP 181 391 104 17 7 14 58 24 74 .759 .306 .453 .187 .266
Total RHP 287 621 116 17 1 15 54 41 157 .528 .238 .290 .103 .187
Total 375 1012 220 34 8 29 112 65 231 .617 .265 .353 .135 .217
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.