MIKE KING
Bats Left
Throws Right
Height 6'0"
Weight 180 lbs.
Born May 3, 1970, St. Louis, MO
Residence St. Charles, MO
Acquired 1999.
YEAR
AVE
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
1999
.548
155
64
85
12
1
0
56
9
5
Best Baseball Moment (1988, ABC Park): My first career homer over the fence! Barely over the fence, right down the line, in the shortest field in the league. Hit it off a kid two years younger than me. I took myself out of the game to go down in the creek to look for the ball. Found ball, which was authenticated by our pitcher who recognized it by a thread that had come loose. The ball is now located in my bookcase.
Worst Baseball Moment (1988): Dropped easy popup to lose High School State Championship. Not really, but that would suck wouldn't it?
Funniest Baseball Moment(1989, Rolla): Tried out for college team with roommate. Roommate wanted to be a pitcher. Roommate threw first pitch OVER THE BACKSTOP.
Strangest Baseball Moment (1995, Maryland Heights): Decided to hit this aluminum rooster on top of a ferris wheel located in foul territory a couple hundred feet from home plate. First foul came nowhere close. Second pitch was deflected off a telephone pole and hit the rooster.
Grittiest Baseball Performance (1997, Golden Triangle): Broke wrist sliding in first inning. Played remainder of game, fielding half a dozen balls without making an error. Did strikeout twice, however.
Best Baseball Roadtrip (1982, Decatur, Illinois, Tri-State Championship, age 12): A lot of Donkey Kong, J Geils Band, and late-night HBO!
Best Catch (2000, Wapelhorst): Runners on 1st and 2nd with no one out. I dove to my right to catch a line drive, then flipped it backwards, without looking to double the man off second.
Second Best Catch (1996, Hilsboro): The fifth game of the day in a light shower. Fully extended and parallel to the ground, I caught a hot liner.
Worst Play (1984, Maryland Heights): Playing third base, the other team had the bases loaded for about a half-hour straight. I forgot the last pitch was wild allowing the runners to move up. The next pitch was grounded to me, I fielded it, stepped on third thinking I had a force, then threw it into the first base dugout. How embarassing.
Most Ridiculous Baseball Moment (1985): Pulled hamstring screwing around in Wiffle-Ball game. Had to play the next four games anyway because we only had nine kids show up. Limped from base to base. I stole second off a catcher who could not throw the ball all the way to second base.
Best Baseball Coach: Jim White, 7th grade. Mr. White, to prove to us that getting hit by the ball did not hurt, forced his son (and hardest thrower in the league) Randy to hit him with a pitch. Randy stood on the mound and cried. So Tom Townsend (the other hardest thrower in the league) walked over, took the ball, and with a smirk, nailed Mr. White in the back. Mr. White cancelled the remainder of practice and sought immediate medical attention.
Best Wiffle Ball league (2000, Bridgeton): You could throw as hard as you wanted, and we did.
Best CO-ED team (1992, St. Ferdinand): The pitcher was beautiful and she never walked anybody. We had a girl on first who could pick a ball out of the dirt while doing the splits.
Best Offensive Performance (1998, St. Jospeh, Missouri, Softball State Championships): Won the team Total Base competition for the weekend.
Worst Offensive Performance (1982, Decatur, Illinois): Tri-State Championship. Went 1-6 with 5 Strikeouts. For my only hit, I topped a ball in front of the plate and was hit in the back by the catcher while running to first.
"Mike King uses only Rawlings baseball gloves." (It's the only one I have)
