MLB / Players

Jeff King

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 175 lb

BornDecember 26, 1964 · Marion, IN, USA

MLB debutJune 2, 1989

Final gameMay 21, 1999

Seasons11 (1989–1999)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1989–1996; Kansas City Royals 1997–1999

Percentile snapshot

1998 season — qualified batters

131

5.7

540

10.1

486

12.7

40.5

128

9.5

1.9

8.2

67.1

RBI

25.3

75.3

46.8

77.2

.263

16.5

OBP

.319

15.2

SLG

.451

44.3

OPS

.769

33.5

wRC+

93.3

24.1

OPS+

95.5

27.2

wOBA

.334

27.2

sWAR

0.3

8.2

of 159 qualified 1998 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

97.6

37.3

OPS+

98.2

sWAR

11.4

88.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1989	75	243	215	31	42	13	3	5	19	20	34	4	2	.195	.266	.353	.619	77.6	79.0	.285	-0.2
1990	127	402	371	46	91	17	1	14	53	21	50	3	3	.245	.283	.410	.692	89.1	92.0	.310	1.0
1991	33	125	109	16	26	1	1	4	18	14	15	3	1	.239	.328	.376	.704	97.6	100.5	.319	0.4
1992	130	522	480	56	111	21	2	14	65	27	56	4	6	.231	.272	.371	.643	76.8	81.6	.292	0.2
1993	158	683	611	82	180	35	3	9	98	59	54	8	6	.295	.356	.406	.762	106.3	104.5	.345	3.1
1994	94	378	339	36	89	23	0	5	42	30	38	3	2	.263	.316	.375	.691	77.6	78.5	.310	0.3
1995	122	509	445	61	118	27	2	18	87	55	63	7	4	.265	.342	.456	.798	105.3	106.7	.351	1.9
1996	155	672	591	91	160	36	4	30	111	70	95	15	1	.271	.346	.497	.843	117.0	117.1	.369	3.0
1997	155	647	543	84	129	30	1	28	112	89	96	16	5	.238	.341	.451	.792	102.7	103.2	.348	1.2
1998	131	540	486	83	128	17	1	24	93	42	73	10	2	.263	.319	.451	.769	93.3	95.5	.334	0.3
1999	21	91	72	14	17	2	0	3	11	15	10	2	0	.236	.385	.389	.774	101.9	97.1	.354	0.2

Career totals

1,201

4,812

4,262

600

1,091

222

154

RBI

709

442

584

.2560

OBP

.3239

SLG

.4249

OPS

.7488

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	HR	RBI	TB
1996-04-10	PHI @ PIT Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	5	10
1990-09-05	NYM @ PIT Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	3	10
1996-08-25	PIT @ COL Gameday	5	2	5	1	1	3	9
1997-06-14	KC @ PIT Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	3	9
1997-06-23	KC @ CWS Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	3	8

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.