Brian Kingman
Brian Kingman | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Los Angeles, California, U.S. | July 27, 1953|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 28, 1979, for the Oakland Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 10, 1983, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 23–45 |
Earned run average | 4.13 |
Strikeouts | 273 |
Teams | |
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Brian Paul Kingman (born July 27, 1953[1]) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1979 to 1983 for the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants.
He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara before signing with the Athletics in 1975. In 1979, he went 7–2 in the Pacific Coast League[1] and made his major league debut in June.
Kingman is most famous for losing 20 games in 1980. He remained the most current pitcher to do so for 23 years, until Mike Maroth lost 21 games for the Detroit Tigers in 2003. Kingman also pitched a career-high 211+1⁄3 innings in 1980. Kingman was mostly a starting pitcher (94 appearances, 82 starts) but on July 21, 1982, he did pick up his one and only MLB save. Kingman pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to nail down a 6-4 Oakland victory over the Indians. [2] He retired in 1984.
In 94 major league games, Kingman compiled a 23–45 record.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Brian Kingman Minor League Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-2.
- ^ "Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians Box Score, July 21, 1982".
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
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