Jim King
1955–1967 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,125G
.240AVG
.326OBP
.411SLG
More career statistics
699H
117HR
401RBI
23SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 8 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,337 | 3,338 |
| Batting · Runs | 374 | 375 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,125 | 3,337 | 2,918 | 374 | 699 | 112 | 19 | 117 | 401 | 363 | 401 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 1,200 | .240 | .326 | .411 | .737 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1955-06-26 to 1955-07-06
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1964-05-26 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1964-06-08 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1963-08-04 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 575 | 1711 | 364 | 46 | 198 | 199 | 209 | .245 | .329 | .389 |
| Away | 550 | 1627 | 335 | 71 | 203 | 164 | 192 | .234 | .307 | .434 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 94 | 226 | 39 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 23 | .195 | .270 | .310 |
| May | 239 | 720 | 170 | 28 | 101 | 84 | 81 | .273 | .353 | .461 |
| June | 221 | 681 | 135 | 26 | 75 | 85 | 85 | .232 | .323 | .414 |
| July | 199 | 640 | 138 | 24 | 72 | 62 | 88 | .241 | .312 | .416 |
| August | 205 | 629 | 127 | 19 | 76 | 62 | 81 | .230 | .300 | .404 |
| September | 165 | 437 | 90 | 15 | 53 | 46 | 43 | .233 | .311 | .386 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 99 | 302 | 58 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 26 | .215 | .278 | .300 |
| boston-red-sox | 98 | 307 | 72 | 15 | 47 | 39 | 54 | .275 | .362 | .523 |
| minnesota-twins | 96 | 269 | 42 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 26 | .182 | .286 | .351 |
| baltimore-orioles | 94 | 258 | 56 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 31 | .250 | .333 | .415 |
| cleveland-guardians | 92 | 290 | 47 | 9 | 28 | 42 | 52 | .193 | .307 | .324 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 90 | 295 | 66 | 16 | 41 | 37 | 36 | .263 | .349 | .554 |
| detroit-tigers | 86 | 269 | 50 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 41 | .208 | .290 | .317 |
| new-york-yankees | 84 | 238 | 49 | 8 | 37 | 22 | 25 | .232 | .298 | .393 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  Chicago Cubs | 113 | 301 | 77 | 11 | 45 | 2 | .256 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago Cubs | 118 | 317 | 79 | 15 | 54 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1957 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 35 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .314 | – | – |
| 1958 |  San Francisco Giants | 34 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 8 | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 110 | 263 | 71 | 11 | 46 | 4 | .270 | – | – |
| 1962 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 132 | 333 | 81 | 11 | 35 | 4 | .243 | – | – |
| 1963 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 136 | 459 | 106 | 24 | 62 | 3 | .231 | – | – |
| 1964 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 134 | 415 | 100 | 18 | 56 | 3 | .241 | – | – |
| 1965 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 120 | 258 | 55 | 14 | 49 | 1 | .213 | – | – |
| 1966 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 117 | 310 | 77 | 10 | 30 | 4 | .248 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 89 | 171 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .175 | – | – |