TTM Stats
- Sent: 1/1/2021 | Received: 1/23/2021 | 7 Days
- ’81 Topps, ’82 Topps, ’87 Donruss, ’89 Pacific Senior League (plus fee)
- Address: PO Box (address from Sports Card Forum)
The Story of the Autograph
Dave Kingman is a former power-hitting outfielder and first baseman in the major leagues. He played for the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets (twice), San Diego Padres, California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics from 1971 to 1986.
Kingman moved around a lot as a kid but was born in California and then lived in Denver, Los Angeles and Mount Prospect, Illinois. He played basketball and football in addition to baseball in high school. He was first drafted out of high school by the Angels in the second round of the 1967 MLB Draft, but chose to go to college at USC instead. He was then drafted in 1968 with the 9th overall pick in the first round of the draft by the Orioles but didn’t sign again. The Giants then made him the first overall pick in the 1970 MLB Draft and he signed with them after winning the College World Series.
He made his major league debut on July 30, 1971. He hit a grand slam in his second game and two more a day later, a preview of what he could be in the league. He be a regular the following season and would hit over 25 homers ten times in his career. This was on the way to being a three-time All-Star.
However, like we seem to see in the modern game a bit, Kingman was the classic all-or nothing type of player. He led the league in National League three times in strikeouts toward the end of his career and the majors once. He was also a career .236 hitter. His best season was definitely 1979 with the Cubs when he hit .288 with a major league leading 48 home runs and 115 RBI.
After his time in the major leagues he played in the Senior Professional Baseball League. He was the first player to hit 400 or more homers and not make it into the Hall of Fame.
The Score on Dave Kingman – 6.5
Dave has a nice signature and it came out really well on all of these cards but shows off the best on two of them. I’m hoping to find some older 70’s era cards for him if I can. Something interesting I’m seeing is that his “K” looks odd. It doesn’t really look like a “K”.
Thanks Mr. Kingman! I’m giving this return a 6.5.
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