What years did Dave Kingman play?

Dave Kingman played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1986.

Was Dave Kingman a pitcher?

No. Dave Kingman was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Dave Kingman hit?

Dave Kingman hit 442 career home runs with 1575 hits.

What was Dave Kingman's career batting average?

Dave Kingman batted .236 over his career, with 1,575 hits in 6,677 at bats.

How many RBI did Dave Kingman have?

Dave Kingman drove in 1,210 runs in his career.

What was Dave Kingman's career ERA?

Dave Kingman finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 4 strikeouts.

Dave Kingman

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1971-1986)

Dave Kingman was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1986 for 7 teams, including the San Francisco Giants, a span of 16 seasons. In 1,941 career games, he hit .236 with 1,575 hits, 442 home runs, and 1,210 RBI. Dave Kingman was a 3-time All-Star. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 11,278.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .236

HR 442

RBI 1,210

H 1,575

OPS .780

PIV 11,278

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 210 lb
Born: 12/21/1948 in Pendleton, OR, USA
MLB Debut: 1971-07-30
Last Game: 1986-10-05
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: David Arthur Kingman

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Career Batting Statistics

Dave Kingman — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,941	6,677	901	1,575	240	25	442	1,210	85	608	1,816	.236	.302	.478	.780	11,278

Career AVG .236 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 8.6% below league average.

Career OBP .302 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 6.8% below league average.

Career SLG .478 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — +25.4% above league average.

Career OPS .780 vs. league average .705 across their career seasons — +10.6% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dave Kingman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1971	SFN	NL	41	115	17	32	10	2	6	24	5	9	35	.278	.249 (+12%)	.316 (+4%)	.365 (+52%)	.682 (+30%)	467.7
1972	SFN	NL	135	472	65	106	17	4	29	83	16	51	140	.225	.243 (-8%)	.310 (-2%)	.353 (+30%)	.664 (+15%)	1177.5
1973	SFN	NL	112	305	54	62	10	1	24	55	8	41	122	.203	.256 (-21%)	.325 (-8%)	.378 (+26%)	.703 (+11%)	533.9
1974	SFN	NL	121	350	41	78	18	2	18	55	8	37	125	.223	.256 (-13%)	.324 (-7%)	.369 (+19%)	.693 (+7%)	372.9
1975	NYN	NL	134	502	65	116	22	1	36	88	7	34	153	.231	.257 (-10%)	.327 (-13%)	.374 (+32%)	.701 (+11%)	781.9
1976	NYN	NL	123	474	70	113	14	1	37	86	7	28	135	.238	.255 (-7%)	.320 (-11%)	.360 (+40%)	.681 (+16%)	1174.6
1977	NYN	NL	58	211	22	44	7	0	9	28	3	13	66	.209	.264 (-21%)	.329 (-20%)	.401 (-8%)	.730 (-13%)	-482.4
1977	SDN	NL	56	168	16	40	9	0	11	39	2	12	48	.238	.264 (-10%)	.329 (-11%)	.401 (+22%)	.730 (+7%)	-482.4
1977	CAL	AL	10	36	4	7	2	0	2	4	0	1	16	.194	—	—	—	—	-482.4
1977	NYA	AL	8	24	5	6	2	0	4	7	0	2	13	.250	—	—	—	—	-482.4
1978	CHN	NL	119	395	65	105	17	4	28	79	3	39	111	.266	.257 (+3%)	.323 (+4%)	.378 (+43%)	.702 (+25%)	1734.0
1979	CHN	NL	145	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	4	45	131	.288	.265 (+8%)	.329 (+4%)	.397 (+54%)	.727 (+31%)	3102.3
1980	CHN	NL	81	255	31	71	8	0	18	57	2	21	44	.278	.264 (+5%)	.326 (+1%)	.387 (+35%)	.714 (+19%)	794.1
1981	NYN	NL	100	353	40	78	11	3	22	59	6	55	105	.221	.255 (-14%)	.320 (+2%)	.368 (+24%)	.688 (+14%)	891.4
1982	NYN	NL	149	535	80	109	9	1	37	99	4	59	156	.204	.261 (-22%)	.324 (-12%)	.388 (+11%)	.712 (+1%)	-43.4
1983	NYN	NL	100	248	25	49	7	0	13	29	2	22	57	.198	.260 (-24%)	.324 (-19%)	.389 (-2%)	.714 (-9%)	-400.5
1984	OAK	AL	147	549	68	147	23	1	35	118	2	44	119	.268	.259 (+3%)	.322 (avg)	.384 (+31%)	.707 (+17%)	1573.4
1985	OAK	AL	158	592	66	141	16	0	30	91	3	62	114	.238	.257 (-7%)	.323 (-4%)	.390 (+7%)	.714 (+2%)	139.6
1986	OAK	AL	144	561	70	118	19	0	35	94	3	33	126	.210	.257 (-18%)	.325 (-22%)	.395 (+9%)	.720 (-5%)	-664.9
Career · 19 seasons			1,941	6,677	901	1,575	240	25	442	1,210	85	608	1,816	.236	—	—	—	—	9,705

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Dave Kingman — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	0	6	4	9.00	0.0

Career ERA 9.00 vs. league average 3.75 across their career seasons — 140.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Dave Kingman — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1973	SFN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	6	4	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	6	4	9.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dave Kingman — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111

Playoff Batting by Year

Dave Kingman — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1971	NLCS	SFN	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Dave Kingman — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	975	3297	460	783	217	619	.237
Away	966	3380	441	792	225	591	.234

Pitching — Home / Away

Dave Kingman — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	2	4.0	3	4	6	4	9.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dave Kingman — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1986-10-05	OAK	KCR	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986-10-04	OAK	KCR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986-10-01	OAK	TEX	W	5	1	2	1	1	0	0
1986-09-30	OAK	TEX	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
1986-09-29	OAK	TEX	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
1986-09-28	OAK	KCR	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986-09-27	OAK	KCR	W	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
1986-09-27	OAK	KCR	W	5	1	1	0	0	0	2
1986-09-24	OAK	CHW	W	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
1986-09-23	OAK	CHW	W	3	1	0	0	0	1	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Dave Kingman — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1973-05-13	SFG	LAD	—	2.0	2	2	2	2	3	0
1973-04-15	SFG	CIN	—	2.0	1	2	2	4	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dave Kingman — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	603	514	4572	311	73	381
3B	154	148	126	335	48	21
OF	648	634	1137	47	53	6
P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dave Kingman — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1971	SFN	1B	20	15	149	9	3	9
1971	SFN	OF	14	13	19	0	1	0
1972	SFN	1B	56	46	402	20	5	39
1972	SFN	3B	59	59	54	138	14	10
1972	SFN	OF	22	22	40	1	3	0
1973	SFN	1B	46	24	259	17	4	23
1973	SFN	3B	60	56	54	129	18	7
1973	SFN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
1974	SFN	1B	91	70	680	60	13	66
1974	SFN	3B	21	19	9	38	12	3
1974	SFN	OF	2	2	7	0	0	0
1975	NYN	1B	58	48	386	38	5	36
1975	NYN	3B	12	12	6	28	3	1
1975	NYN	OF	71	67	134	3	6	0
1976	NYN	1B	16	11	91	8	0	11
1976	NYN	OF	111	109	202	10	9	0
1977	NYN	1B	17	12	112	8	1	6
1977	NYN	OF	45	41	76	0	2	0
1977	SDN	1B	13	11	92	11	1	4
1977	SDN	3B	2	2	3	2	1	0
1977	SDN	OF	28	26	50	3	2	1
1977	CAL	1B	8	8	70	5	2	5
1977	CAL	OF	2	2	3	0	0	0
1978	CHN	1B	6	6	56	2	2	4
1978	CHN	OF	100	100	170	8	4	2
1979	CHN	OF	139	139	240	11	12	3
1980	CHN	1B	2	2	16	2	1	0
1980	CHN	OF	61	61	103	8	7	0
1981	NYN	1B	56	51	462	31	13	39
1981	NYN	OF	48	47	86	3	7	0
1982	NYN	1B	143	143	1232	69	18	88
1983	NYN	1B	50	50	443	28	3	43
1983	NYN	OF	5	5	7	0	0	0
1984	OAK	1B	9	8	55	2	0	3
1985	OAK	1B	9	7	50	1	0	3
1986	OAK	1B	3	2	17	0	2	2

Career Games by Position

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Dave Kingman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	2
First Base	603
Third Base	154
Left Field	507
Right Field	144
Designated Hitter	434

Awards & Honors

Dave Kingman — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1984	Outstanding DH Award
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-04-20
1984	TSN All-Star	DH
1984	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
1982	Player of the Week	Week of 1982-07-16
1981	Player of the Week	Week of 1981-05-29
1980	Player of the Month	April
1979	Player of the Week	Week of 1979-05-18
1979	Player of the Week	Week of 1979-07-27
1979	TSN All-Star	OF
1975	Player of the Month	July
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-07-25
1973	Player of the Week	Week of 1973-08-31

Salary History

Dave Kingman — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1986	OAK	AL	$730,000
1985	OAK	AL	$1,087,500
Total Career Earnings			$1,817,500

College History

Dave Kingman — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA	1969, 1970

Award Voting History

Dave Kingman — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1984	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	10.0	392
1979	Most Valuable Player	NL	11th	53.0	336
1976	Most Valuable Player	NL	18th	11.0	336
1975	Most Valuable Player	NL	19th	9.0	336
1972	Most Valuable Player	NL	24th	3.0	336

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Dave Kingman: the record in brief

July 30, 1971 and October 5, 1986 bracket Dave Kingman's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Kingman played for the San Francisco Giants (1971 through 1974), the New York Mets (1975 to 1983), the San Diego Padres (1977), the California Angels (1977), the New York Yankees (1977), the Chicago Cubs (1978 to 1980), and the Oakland Athletics (1984 through 1986). Kingman played primarily as an outfielder and batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on December 21, 1948, in Pendleton, OR, USA and a listed size of 6-foot-6 and 210 pounds. The bio lists the given name David Arthur.

In 1,941 games and 6,677 at bats, Kingman batted .236 with 1,575 hits, along with 442 home runs, 1,210 runs batted in, and 85 stolen bases. Kingman's career OPS of .780 combines a .302 on-base mark with .478 slugging. Over the seasons Kingman played, league hitters batted .258; the .236 career figure is 8.6% below that.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dave Kingman

What years did Dave Kingman play?: Dave Kingman played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1986.
Was Dave Kingman a pitcher?: No. Dave Kingman was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Dave Kingman hit?: Dave Kingman hit 442 career home runs with 1575 hits.
What was Dave Kingman's career batting average?: Dave Kingman batted .236 over his career, with 1,575 hits in 6,677 at bats.
How many RBI did Dave Kingman have?: Dave Kingman drove in 1,210 runs in his career.
What was Dave Kingman's career ERA?: Dave Kingman finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 4 strikeouts.