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Dave Kingman played 16 major-league seasons (1971-1986) as a OF (648), 1B (603), 3B (154), P (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 23 | SFN | 41 | 115 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 35 | .278 | .885 | 156 |
| 1972 | 24 | SFN | 135 | 472 | 65 | 106 | 29 | 83 | 16 | 51 | 140 | .225 | .765 | 123 |
| 1973 | 25 | SFN | 112 | 305 | 54 | 62 | 24 | 55 | 8 | 41 | 122 | .203 | .779 | 121 |
| 1974 | 26 | SFN | 121 | 350 | 41 | 78 | 18 | 55 | 8 | 37 | 125 | .223 | .742 | 113 |
| 1975 | 27 | NYN | 134 | 502 | 65 | 116 | 36 | 88 | 7 | 34 | 153 | .231 | .778 | 121 |
| 1976 | 28 | NYN | 123 | 474 | 70 | 113 | 37 | 86 | 7 | 28 | 135 | .238 | .793 | 130 |
| 1977 | 29 | CAL|NYA | 18 | 60 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .217 | .860 | 128 |
| 1977 | 29 | NYN|SDN | 114 | 379 | 38 | 84 | 20 | 67 | 5 | 25 | 114 | .222 | .698 | 91 |
| 1978 | 30 | CHN | 119 | 395 | 65 | 105 | 28 | 79 | 3 | 39 | 111 | .266 | .878 | 151 |
| 1979 | 31 | CHN | 145 | 532 | 97 | 153 | 48 | 115 | 4 | 45 | 131 | .288 | .956 | 165 |
| 1980 | 32 | CHN | 81 | 255 | 31 | 71 | 18 | 57 | 2 | 21 | 44 | .278 | .850 | 142 |
| 1981 | 33 | NYN | 100 | 353 | 40 | 78 | 22 | 59 | 6 | 55 | 105 | .221 | .782 | 127 |
| 1982 | 34 | NYN | 149 | 535 | 80 | 109 | 37 | 99 | 4 | 59 | 156 | .204 | .717 | 105 |
| 1983 | 35 | NYN | 100 | 248 | 25 | 49 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 57 | .198 | .648 | 84 |
| 1984 | 36 | OAK | 147 | 549 | 68 | 147 | 35 | 118 | 2 | 44 | 119 | .268 | .826 | 125 |
| 1985 | 37 | OAK | 158 | 592 | 66 | 141 | 30 | 91 | 3 | 62 | 114 | .238 | .726 | 97 |
| 1986 | 38 | OAK | 144 | 561 | 70 | 118 | 35 | 94 | 3 | 33 | 126 | .210 | .686 | 83 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 25 | SFN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9.00 | 41 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1B | 20 | 15 | 149 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| 1971 | OF | 14 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 3B | 59 | 59 | 54 | 138 | 14 | 10 |
| 1972 | 1B | 56 | 46 | 402 | 20 | 5 | 39 |
| 1972 | OF | 22 | 22 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1973 | 3B | 60 | 56 | 54 | 129 | 18 | 7 |
| 1973 | 1B | 46 | 24 | 259 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 1973 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 91 | 70 | 680 | 60 | 13 | 66 |
| 1974 | 3B | 21 | 19 | 9 | 38 | 12 | 3 |
| 1974 | OF | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 71 | 67 | 134 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1B | 58 | 48 | 386 | 38 | 5 | 36 |
| 1975 | 3B | 12 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
| 1976 | OF | 111 | 109 | 202 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 16 | 11 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 1977 | OF | 75 | 69 | 129 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1B | 38 | 31 | 274 | 24 | 4 | 15 |
| 1977 | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 100 | 100 | 170 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 1978 | 1B | 6 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1979 | OF | 139 | 139 | 240 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| 1980 | OF | 61 | 61 | 103 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1B | 56 | 51 | 462 | 31 | 13 | 39 |
| 1981 | OF | 48 | 47 | 86 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1B | 143 | 143 | 1232 | 69 | 18 | 88 |
| 1983 | 1B | 50 | 50 | 443 | 28 | 3 | 43 |
| 1983 | OF | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1B | 9 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1985 | 1B | 9 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | 1B | 3 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dave Kingman won: TSN All-Star 1979 (NL), TSN All-Star 1984 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1984, 1979, 1976, 1975, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 9 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 53 / 336 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 10 / 392 | 0 |
Dave Kingman ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #137 | left fielders | 1979 | 165 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.