Unlike "The Thrill", who you can make an argument for being a member of the HoF, with Kingman, you just cannot. It was not that he was not awesome, because 442 career home runs is awesome. The man in 1979 hit 48 dingers. 1979. When no one was hitting home runs at that pace. A couple of years later he hit 37 in a year where he only batted .204. That year, of his 109, 37 of them were home runs. All Kong did was hit home runs.
Some of the longest home runs in the history of the game (the oral history at least) came off his bat and they are still shots that are talked about during broadcasts.
He was also part of one of the weirder plays in history.
So, Dave Kingman, welcome to the Hall of Game! Thanks!
Baseball Reference
The Dave Kingman Website
Baseball Almanac
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