Lee King (outfielder, born 1892)
Lee King | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Hundred, West Virginia | December 26, 1892|
Died: September 16, 1967 Shinnston, West Virginia | (aged 74)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 20, 1916, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 1, 1922, for the New York Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .247 |
Home runs | 15 |
Runs batted in | 144 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Edward Lee King (December 26, 1892 – September 16, 1967) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1916 to 1922 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, and Philadelphia Phillies.
King drove in the final run of the 1922 World Series with a double for his victorious team, the Giants. It came in his only at-bat in a World Series game. His perfect 1.000 batting average and 2.000 OPS are World Series records.
He had 294 hits in a seven-year career, with a batting average of .247 along with 15 home runs and 144 RBI.
Another outfielder with exactly the same name, Edward Lee King, born two years later, also played Major League Baseball, both men going by their middle names, Lee.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1967 deaths
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from West Virginia
- New York Giants (NL) players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- People from Hundred, West Virginia
- People from Shinnston, West Virginia
- Adrian Fencevilles players
- Wheeling Stogies players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Portland Beavers players
- Galveston Sand Crabs players
- San Antonio Bears players
- Cumberland Colts players
- Uniontown Cokers players
- Fairmont Black Diamonds players
- American baseball outfielder, 1890s birth stubs