Jim King

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Full Name: James Hubert King	Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 17, 1955
Birthdate: August 27, 1932	Final Game: September 24, 1967
Birthplace: Elkins, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Jim King (James Hubert King) was born on August 27, 1932 in Elkins, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1955 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .256 with 11 home runs and 45 RBI. King played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Jim King's best season was 1963, when he slugged 24 home runs and knocked in 62 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	CHI	N	113	301	43	77	11	45	.256	.312	.425	12	3	24	39	2	3	2	1	3
1956	CHI	N	118	317	32	79	15	54	.249	.313	.445	13	2	30	40	1	2	1	5	4
1957	STL	N	22	35	1	11	0	2	.314	.385	.314	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0
1958	SF	N	34	56	8	12	2	8	.214	.343	.393	2	1	10	8	1	0	0	1	0
1961	WAS	A	110	263	43	71	11	46	.270	.363	.449	12	1	38	45	2	0	4	3	3
1962	WAS	A	132	333	39	81	11	35	.243	.353	.387	15	0	55	37	3	2	4	9	5
1963	WAS	A	136	459	61	106	24	62	.231	.300	.444	16	5	45	43	1	3	3	3	12
1964	WAS	A	134	415	46	100	18	56	.241	.335	.412	15	1	55	65	5	0	3	7	6
1965	WAS	A	120	258	46	55	14	49	.213	.337	.430	10	2	44	50	5	0	1	2	9
1966	WAS	A	117	310	41	77	10	30	.248	.330	.403	14	2	38	41	0	1	4	2	10
1967	WAS	A	47	100	10	21	1	12	.210	.328	.300	2	2	15	13	3	0	1	0	2
1967	CLE	A	19	21	2	3	0	0	.143	.182	.143	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1967	CHI	A	23	50	2	6	0	2	.120	.185	.140	1	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	1
1967	TOT	A	89	171	14	30	1	14	.175	.272	.234	3	2	20	31	3	0	1	0	3
Total	NL		287	709	84	179	28	109	.252	.319	.426	27	6	68	89	4	5	3	9	7
Total	AL		838	2209	290	520	89	292	.235	.329	.407	85	13	295	312	19	6	20	26	48
Total			1125	2918	374	699	117	401	.240	.326	.411	112	19	363	401	23	11	23	35	55

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	CHI	N	OF	93	0	0	184	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1956	CHI	N	OF	82	0	0	187	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1957	STL	N	RF	4	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	CF	3	3	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	OF	8	4	49	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	LF	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	SF	N	OF	15	10	96.1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	SF	N	LF	9	7	64	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	SF	N	RF	6	3	32.1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	WAS	A	OF	91	65	607.1	138	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1961	WAS	A	C	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1961	WAS	A	RF	66	44	416	82	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1961	WAS	A	LF	26	21	191.1	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	WAS	A	LF	21	20	173	38	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1962	WAS	A	OF	101	85	778	178	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1962	WAS	A	RF	80	65	605	147	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1963	WAS	A	LF	2	2	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	WAS	A	OF	123	110	1003.2	213	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1963	WAS	A	RF	122	108	990.2	211	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1964	WAS	A	OF	121	107	955	240	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1964	WAS	A	RF	121	107	955	241	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1965	WAS	A	OF	88	61	589.1	127	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1965	WAS	A	RF	88	61	589.1	127	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1966	WAS	A	RF	85	74	670.2	145	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1966	WAS	A	OF	85	74	670.2	147	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1967	WAS	A	RF	31	24	221	52	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1967	WAS	A	C	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	WAS	A	OF	31	24	221	50	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1967	CLE	A	RF	1	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	CLE	A	OF	1	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	CHI	A	RF	12	6	76.2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	CHI	A	LF	1	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	CHI	A	OF	12	7	87.2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	TOT	A	OF	44	32	318.2	66	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1967	TOT	A	RF	44	31	307.2	71	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			LF	60	51	455.1	108	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.991
Total			C	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	851	548	5068	1505	70	26	13	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			CF	3	3	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	616	494	4585.2	1034	47	21	8	0	0	0	0	0	.981

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago Cubs from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 22, 1954).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bobby Del Greco and Ed Mayer (April 20, 1957).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Ray Katt (April 2, 1958).
Selected by Washington Senators from Cleveland Indians in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ed Stroud (June 15, 1967).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Rocky Colavito (July 29, 1967); Cleveland Indians received Marv Staehle (October 26, 1967).
Released by Cleveland Indians (October 17, 1967).

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