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Brian Kingman

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 200 lb

BornJuly 27, 1953 · Los Angeles, CA, USA

MLB debutJune 28, 1979

Final gameJune 10, 1983

Seasons5 (1979–1983)

Oakland Athletics 1979–1982; San Francisco Giants 1983

Percentile snapshot

1980 season — qualified pitchers

14.8

31.8

5.7

73.9

SHO

21.6

209

54.5

20.5

116

59.1

26.1

211.3

47.7

ERA

3.83

44.3

WHIP

1.377

31.8

K/9

4.94

60.2

FIP

4.17

20.5

FIP-

109.8

14.8

ERA+

99.1

40.9

sWAR

2.0

36.4

of 89 qualified 1980 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

3.5

75.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1979	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
1980	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1981	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1982	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1983	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1979	18	17	8	7	0	5	1	113	54	33	58	10	112.7	4.31	1.296	4.63	3.85	95.2	93.7	0.8
1980	32	30	8	20	0	10	1	209	90	82	116	21	211.3	3.83	1.377	4.94	4.17	109.8	99.1	2.0
1981	18	15	3	6	0	3	1	112	44	32	52	10	100.3	3.95	1.435	4.66	3.88	110.3	89.0	0.5
1982	23	20	4	12	1	3	0	131	61	57	46	11	122.7	4.48	1.533	3.38	4.67	118.3	88.2	0.5
1983	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	1	1	0	4.7	7.71	2.357	1.93	2.89	80.9	46.3	-0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

RBI

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

552

SO (P)

273

BB allowed

205

ERA

4.127

WHIP

1.4139

K/9

4.45

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1983-06-02	WSH @ SF Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983-06-05	WSH @ SF Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983-06-10	SF @ ATL Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1982-07-30	MIN @ ATH Gameday	10.0	5	3	2	6	9	0
1979-09-14	ATH @ CWS Gameday	9.0	8	3	3	2	9	1
1980-07-11	LAA @ ATH Gameday	7.1	8	2	2	2	9	0
1980-07-21	TOR @ ATH Gameday	9.0	9	1	1	2	8	1
1982-06-19	TOR @ ATH Gameday	10.1	9	1	1	2	7	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.