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Dave Kingman Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 12 of 954 players David Arthur Kingman Born: December 21, 1948 at Pendleton, Ore. Throws: Right Bats: Right Height: 6.06 Weight: 215 Dave Kingman has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 47 times, most recently on April 4, 2013.

First Mets game: April 8, 1975 Last Mets game: September 14, 1983

Uniform Numbers: Uniform Number Start Date End Date 26 April 8, 1975 June 15, 1977 26 April 9, 1981 October 2, 1983

Dave Kingman also played for the following teams: San Francisco Giants 1971 - 1974; California Angels 1977; New York Yankees 1977; San Diego Padres 1977; Chicago Cubs 1978 - 1980; Oakland Athletics 1984 - 1986

Purchased by the New York Mets from the San Francisco Giants on February 28, 1975. Traded by the New York Mets to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert on June 15, 1977. Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Mets in exchange for Steve Henderson on February 28, 1981. Released by the New York Mets on January 30, 1984.

On disabled list from July 20, 1976 to August 27, 1976 (torn ligament in left thumb).

Established a Mets season record for Home Runs in 1975 with 36 and in 1976 with 37. Tied Mets season record of 156 Strikeouts in 1982. Record was previously set by Tommie Agee in 1970.

Click the icon to see a graph of Dave Kingman's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1975 134 502 65 116 22 1 36 88 34 5 153 4 7 5 1 2 248 .231 .494 .284 1976 123 474 70 113 14 1 37 86 28 4 135 5 7 4 0 3 240 .238 .506 .286 1977 58 211 22 44 7 0 9 28 13 3 66 3 3 2 0 1 78 .209 .370 .263 1981 100 353 40 78 11 3 22 59 55 7 105 1 6 0 1 2 161 .221 .456 .326 1982 149 535 80 109 9 1 37 99 59 9 156 4 4 0 3 6 231 .204 .432 .285 1983 100 248 25 49 7 0 13 29 22 1 57 1 2 1 1 1 95 .198 .383 .265 6 years 664 2323 302 509 70 6 154 389 211 29 672 18 29 12 6 15 1053 .219 .453 .287

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP 1976 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1 year 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Led National League in home runs with 37 in 1982. Led National League in strikeouts with 105 in 1981 and with 156 in 1982.

Led Mets in runs with 70 in 1976. Led Mets in home runs with 36 in 1975, with 37 in 1976, with 22 in 1981 and with 37 in 1982. Led Mets in runs batted in with 86 in 1976, with 59 in 1981 and with 99 in 1982. Led Mets in stolen bases with 7 in 1975. Led Mets in slugging percentage with .494 in 1975, with .506 in 1976, with .456 in 1981 and with .432 in 1982. Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .782 in 1981 and with .717 in 1982. Led Mets in strikeouts with 153 in 1975, with 135 in 1976, with 105 in 1981 and with 156 in 1982. Led Mets in walks with 55 in 1981 and with 59 in 1982. Tied for Mets lead in intentional walks with 9 in 1982. Led Mets in total bases with 240 in 1976 and with 161 in 1981.

Games where Dave Kingman had 2 or more Home Runs
vs. Houston (NL) 07/20/75. At Pittsburgh (NL) 07/31/75. At Pittsburgh (NL) 09/10/75. At Chicago (NL) 04/15/76.
At Pittsburgh (NL) 04/18/76. vs. San Diego (NL) 05/07/76. At Atlanta (NL) 05/12/76. At Los Angeles (NL) 06/04/76.
At Atlanta (NL) 07/10/76. vs. Pittsburgh (NL) 09/19/76. At San Diego (NL) 04/29/77. At Montreal (NL) 04/26/81.
At Atlanta (NL) 08/18/81. vs. Montreal (NL) 04/18/82. At Los Angeles (NL) 07/17/82. vs. San Francisco (NL) 05/24/83.

Games where Dave Kingman had 4 or more Hits
At Montreal (NL) 06/19/75. At Chicago (NL) 07/25/75. At Atlanta (NL) 05/12/76. At Philadelphia (NL) 04/13/83.

Games played by position
1975: Outfield 71, Left Field 68, First Base 58, Third Base 12, Right Field 3
1976: Outfield 111, Right Field 106, First Base 16, Left Field 5
1977: Outfield 45, Left Field 26, Right Field 20, First Base 17
1981: First Base 55, Left Field 49, Outfield 49
1982: First Base 143
1983: First Base 50, Outfield 5, Right Field 5

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Dave Kingman was in the starting lineup.

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1975	0	0	0	23	76	25	3	0	0
1976	0	0	4	93	20	3	0	0	0
1977	0	0	0	52	1	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	94	4	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	3	140	0	0	0	0	0
1983	0	0	22	8	25	0	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	29	410	126	28	3	0	0

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