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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
C+ B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C+ A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 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 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 TEX 26 85 7 23 1 1 2 9 5 21 3 0 0 .688 .311 .376 .271
1954 TEX 46 168 12 30 5 0 1 11 10 40 1 1 6 .450 .223 .226 .179
1955 MON 61 170 23 43 12 3 8 28 8 36 6 1 8 .787 .287 .500 .253
1956 PHI 78 197 18 34 6 2 5 17 16 47 1 4 10 .532 .233 .299 .173
1957 PHI 90 254 41 66 9 2 10 37 19 53 5 1 7 .743 .314 .429 .260
1958 PHI 74 138 9 24 1 0 3 10 7 34 4 0 5 .460 .214 .246 .174
Total 375 1012 110 220 34 8 29 112 65 231 20 7 36 .617 .265 .353 .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.