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Lynn King

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: November 28, 1907 in Villisca, IA us

Died: May 11, 1972 in Atlantic, IA

Buried: Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, IA

School: Drake University (Des Moines, IA)

Debut: September 21, 1935 (Age 27-297d, 7,931st in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1939 (Age 31-307d)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: Lynn Paul King

Nicknames: Dig

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.0

207

.208

RBI

OBP

.302

SLG

.237

OPS

.539

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	18 (17)	May 12	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	23 (4)	May 18	STL		NYG	W,6-1	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	24	May 20	STL		BRO	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	25	May 21	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	28 (2)	May 24	STL		BSN	W,7-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	29	May 25	STL		BSN	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	33 (3)	May 28 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-8	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	35 (1)	May 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	39 (3)	Jun 3	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	40	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	41	Jun 6	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	42	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	45 (2)	Jun 10 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	46	Jun 11 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
15	47	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	48	Jun 14	STL		BRO	W,9-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	49	Jun 15	STL		BRO	L,3-8	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	53 (3)	Jun 21	STL		PHI	W,14-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	63 (9)	Jul 2 (2)	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	64	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	66 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
22	67	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	73 (5)	Jul 14	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	GF	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	76 (2)	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	79 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-16	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	80	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	82 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-0	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	85 (2)	Jul 26	STL		NYG	W,10-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	86	Jul 27	STL		NYG	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	90 (3)	Jul 30 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	91	Aug 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	96 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	98 (1)	Aug 9	STL		PIT	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	105 (6)	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	106	Aug 17	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	112 (5)	Aug 22	STL	@	BRO	L,5-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	115 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	116	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	122 (5)	Sep 3 (1)	STL		PIT	W,14-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	126 (3)	Sep 5	STL		CIN	L,1-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
41	130 (3)	Sep 9	STL	@	PIT	W,12-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	142 (11)	Sep 18 (2)	STL		NYG	W,15-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	148 (5)	Sep 24	STL		CHC	W,9-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	153 (4)	Sep 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	155 (1)	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
							45gm			38	1	1	40	0