Best Of The Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons At Designated Hitter
By Phil Watson
6. Dave Kingman, 1984
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 35 | 147 | 613 | 68 | 147 | 23 | 1 | 35 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 119 | .268 | .321 | .505 | .826 | 133 |
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Generated 3/7/2014.
Kong returned to the Bay Area, where he had started his career with the Giants, as a free agent after being released by the Mets and resurrected his career, finishing in the top 15 in the MVP voting. Kingman led the American League with 14 sacrifice flies.
He was second in the league with 35 homers, third with 118 RBI and 15.7 at-bats per home run and eighth with 119 strikeouts.
Kingman was tops among AL designated hitters with 35 homers and 118 RBI.
His power tailed off after a monster first half, when he hit .270/.319/.554 with 23 home runs and 71 RBI in 74 games. Kingman got off to a very hot start, clouting 10 homers in 21 games in April.