David Kingman  
Left Fielder | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
He has the mental discipline to handle clutch situations. The book on Kingman is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. He has a natural lift to his swing, which produces few groundballs. He hits righthanders and lefthanders with equal consistency.

Baserunning & Defense
Kingman has below-average speed and is a poor baserunner. Kingman doesn't read balls well off the bat, misses cutoff men consistently and floats throws to the infield. His biggest problem in the field simply has to be his throwing arm... it's well below par.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Kingman to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA LF 22 36 31 46 53 56 50 57 47 33 0 Free Agent 19 33 . 143
1999 FA LF 21 36 30 46 53 56 50 57 47 34 0 Free Agent 18 32 . 139
2000 FA LF 20 35 29 46 53 56 50 57 47 35 0 Free Agent 18 32 . 132
2001 FA LF 18 35 28 46 53 56 50 57 47 36 0 Free Agent 18 31 . 125
2002 FA LF 16 34 26 46 53 56 50 57 47 37 0 Free Agent 18 30 . 116
2003 FA LF 14 33 24 46 53 56 50 57 47 38 0 Free Agent 18 28 . 107
2004 FA LF 12 31 21 46 53 56 50 57 47 44 0 Free Agent 16 26 . 84
Ratings Delta     -2 -2 -3             +6     -2 -2   -23
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.