Playing career Brendan Kingman

1 playing career

1.1 career highlights
1.2 1991–1995: marlins , australia
1.3 1995–1998: australia s successful power hitter
1.4 1998–2002: in usa , international competition
1.5 2003–present: claxton shield , many international tournaments

playing career

brendan kingman 1 of respected , prolific power hitters in australia in 90 s , 2000 s. still holds record longest serving australian baseball representative.

his career in baseball started @ age 6 when asked participate in tee-ball game, , hit homerun in first at-bat.

kingman part of every representative team in australia throughout rest of playing career.

career highlights

1998 - australia s triple crown winner 1998 sydney storm of australian baseball league.

2004 olympics - hitting in run against daisuke matsuzaka win semi-final against japan.

as of 2012 kingman, 2 hr s off breaking australian home run record.

1991–1995: marlins , australia

kingman s professional career in australia began in 1991. year later, joined florida marlins , hit .281/~.450/.294 third baseman , dh gcl marlins. same club in 1993, kingman batted .261/~.383/.421 corner infielder. hit .319/574/.670 in 1993–1994 australian baseball league league-leading 17 home runs [[sydney blues[[. made all-star team @ third base; fellow all-star infielders homer bush , greg jelks play or had played in major leagues.

moving full-season ball, kingman batted .263/.342/.372 kane county cougars. kevin millar @ first base, kingman played dh. kingman moved brevard county manatees in 1995 , hit .289~.368/.421. full-time dh, 9 home runs second on club millar.

1995–1998: australia s successful power hitter

the marlins let kingman go after 1995 season. in 1995–1996, brendan hit .292/?/.528 sydney abl title. in 1996–1997 season, kingman hit .325/?/.716 blues , selected all-star outfielder. led league in slugging percentage , home runs (21). 62 rbi 1 behind league leader ronny johnson. 7 26 homer primary australian rf in 1997 intercontinental cup when country won first medal (a bronze) in worldwide event.

kingman s career took off in 1997–1998 when broke every abl record in triple crown categories .487 average, 28 home runs , 66 rbi (tied lead). led in slugging record 1.083 mark, 174 total bases in 156 ab. closest player in batting title race adam burton, 99 points behind, jelks 108 points back. kingman shattered john jaha s batting average record in abl 43 points. both all-star dh , mvp year. earned him return ticket organized baseball seattle mariners signed him.

1998–2002: in usa , international competition

kingman s return usa impressive one. batted .340/~.393/.524 lancaster jethawks. won california league batting title, beating out jarrod patterson, second batting crown in span of year. scored 91 runs, hit 30 doubles , 16 home runs. hit double plays (20). kingman named all-star dh in california league year.

in 1999, moved aa new haven ravens. led eastern league first basemen in fielding percentage (.993) , hit .279/~.314/.377. after 11 games new haven in 2000 (.282/.317/.359), moved independent leagues. kingman hit .280/.387/.480 australia in 1999 intercontinental cup, first international event in won gold medal. australia faced cuba in final of intercontinental cup , in top of 9th inning scores locked @ 5–5, 1 out kingman hit double left field fence , replaced pinch runner, runner consequently knocked in single gary white. grant balfour credited save in bottom of 9th after closing down formidable cuba line-up, final out recorded k2.

kingman hit .238/?/.262 in limited action 2000 catskill cougars. in 2001, kingman batted .278/?/.416 3b/1b bridgeport bluefish. 74 runs tied team lead. during 2001 baseball world cup, hit .262/.241/.250 australian 1b. in 2002, returned bridgeport , hit .234/?/.332 in last season in usa.

2003–present: claxton shield , many international tournaments

in 2003, kingman hit 3 home runs new south wales patriots, tying lead in claxton shield 4th home run crown in australia. named all-star team @ third base.

the first baseman australia in 2004 olympics, hit .282/.344/.370 silver medalists. in semifinals, kingman s single right against daisuke matsuzaka scored brett roneberg lone run of semifinals, impressing favoured japanese team , handing chris oxspring win.

kingman produced @ .429/.500/.476 clip in 2005 baseball world cup, finishing fifth in tournament in batting average. kingman 1 5 2 strikeouts , rbi australia in 2006 world baseball classic, playing 1 game @ third instead of glenn williams , pinch-hitting once dave nilsson. hit .250/.333/.333 in 2006 intercontinental cup. kingman pitched 3 scoreless innings.

kingman 2008 final olympic qualification tournament, going 6 15 walk, 2 doubles , 6 rbi while splitting first base duties williams. australia went 4–3 in tourney , failed earn spot in 2008 olympics

kingmans battle injuries has forced him temporary premature involuntary retirement representative baseball.

he continues play sydney major league canterbury bankstown vikings , petersham of sydney winter league .

in 2005, kingman coached under 16s nsw squad @ national championships in mount gambier, leading them first-place finish.