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Kevin Brown League
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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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 Away 11 38 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 8 2 0 0 .416 .179 .237 .079 .158
1950 Home 15 47 4 17 1 1 1 8 4 13 1 0 0 .901 .412 .489 .128 .362
1954 Away 22 80 7 14 2 0 0 6 9 15 0 1 4 .456 .256 .200 .025 .175
1954 Home 24 88 5 16 3 0 1 5 1 25 1 0 2 .441 .191 .250 .068 .182
1955 Away 32 84 8 20 6 2 2 14 2 18 3 1 5 .684 .256 .429 .190 .238
1955 Home 29 86 15 23 6 1 6 14 6 18 3 0 3 .885 .315 .570 .302 .267
1956 Away 41 106 9 17 2 0 1 7 13 19 0 1 3 .458 .250 .208 .047 .160
1956 Home 37 91 9 17 4 2 4 10 3 28 1 3 7 .617 .211 .407 .220 .187
1957 Away 46 141 25 38 9 2 4 18 13 27 1 0 3 .782 .335 .447 .177 .270
1957 Home 44 113 16 28 0 0 6 19 6 26 4 1 4 .693 .286 .407 .159 .248
1958 Away 41 82 7 19 1 0 3 10 5 17 3 0 5 .630 .276 .354 .122 .232
1958 Home 33 56 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 17 1 0 0 .210 .121 .089 .000 .089
Total Away 193 531 59 114 20 4 11 56 43 104 9 3 20 .603 .274 .330 .115 .215
Total Home 182 481 51 106 14 4 18 56 22 127 11 4 16 .632 .254 .378 .158 .220
Total 375 1012 110 220 34 8 29 112 65 231 20 7 36 .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.