Kingman only appeared in eight games with the eventual World Champions, hitting .250 with four homers in only 24 official at-bats.
This was after playing 10 games for the California Angels, 56 games for the San Diego padres, and of course 58 games to start the year with the New York Mets.
With all of that he still hit 26 homers that season, with 78 runs batted in and a “Dave Kingman-like” .221 batting average along with 143 strikeouts in 439 at-bats.
I already found a nice image of him while with the Angels, so expect that card up here on the blog in the near future, along with a New York Mets version to close out the 1977 season for “Kong”.
