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| Name | Team | Age |
| Preston King | Retired (1958, Age 34) | Died (1999, Age 75) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 22 (1950) |
3B | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Kevin Brown League | 0 | 4 years (55 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 2/26/1924 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (2B) | Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (15.0 %) | (2.4 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1950 | Minors | 20.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 6 | 2 / 5 | 7 / 20 | |||
| 1950 | Majors | 12.89 | 39 | 26 | 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 6 / 12 |
| 1951 | Minors | 27.00 | 3 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 4 / 6 | 1 / 3 | 11 / 27 | |||
| 1952 | Minors | 20.00 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 3 / 3 | 3 / 6 | 1 / 1 | 3 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 15 / 20 | |||
| 1953 | Majors | 16.00 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 16 | |||
| 1954 | Minors | 8.00 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 8 | |||
| 1954 | Majors | 21.06 | 51 | 46 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 6 | 6 / 21 |
| 1955 | Majors | 33.01 | 162 | 36 | 0 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 4 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 33 |
| 1956 | Majors | 33.28 | 118 | 47 | 44 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 4 / 33 |
| 1957 | Majors | 46.50 | 162 | 62 | 0 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 5 | 2 / 9 | 1 / 6 | 5 / 46 |
| 1958 | Majors | 32.94 | 162 | 24 | 0 | -3 / 5 | -8 / 2 | -6 / 4 | -2 / 10 | -7 / 1 | -1 / 6 | -3 / 4 | -30 / 32 |
| Total | 694 | 241 | 44 | 5 / 37 | -2 / 33 | 3 / 31 | 5 / 45 | -4 / 31 | 17 / 49 | 8 / 42 | 32 / 268 |
| 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. |