Eugene Kingsale
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| Gene Kingsale | ||
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| Outfielder | ||
| Born: August 20, 1976 | ||
| Batted: Switch | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 3, 1996 for the Baltimore Orioles |
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| Final game | ||
| June 8, 2003 for the Detroit Tigers |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | .251 | |
| Home runs | 3 | |
| Runs batted in | 53 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | ||
Sir Eugene Humphrey "Gene" Kingsale (born August 20, 1976 in Solito, Aruba) is a former Major League Baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, and Detroit Tigers from 1996 until 2003. He was listed at six-foot-three, and his weight ranged from 170 to 194 pounds. A switch-hitter who threw right-handed, Kingsale has played extensively for The Netherlands national team in international competition, including the World Cup of Baseball, the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece as well as most recently, the World Baseball Classic in March, 2006.
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[edit] Major League Baseball Transactions
Kingsale was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent on June 19, 1993. He made his debut with the Orioles on September 3, 1996. On July 10, 2001, he was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners. On June 14, 2002, he was selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres. On November 15, 2002, he was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Rivera. On September 29, 2003, he was granted free agency and signed with the San Diego Padres on November 9 of that year.
Since 2003, Kingsale has been out of the major leagues.
[edit] Career Statistics
During Kingsale's 7 major league seasons, he played in 211 games with 533 career at bats. He scored 65 runs, had 134 hits with 3 home runs and 53 RBI. He had a career .251 batting average and had 15 stolen bases, being caught stealing 11 times. In 2005, he played for the Double-A Bowie Baysox and Triple-A Ottawa Lynx in the Orioles' farm system.
[edit] Interesting facts
- On September 3, 1996, Kingsale became the first ballplayer born in Aruba to appear in a major league game. He made his debut just five days earlier than fellow Aruban Calvin Maduro.
- Was knighted by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands in 2004 along with other major league players Calvin Maduro and Sidney Ponson in a ceremony in Oranjestad, Aruba.
- Was introduced while with the Bowie Baysox of the Eastern League as "Sir Eugene Kingsale".
- Kingsale, along with several other players was a part of the "Aruba Mafia" that the Orioles scouted
