Kevin King

Kevin Ray King (born February 11, 1969) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made 34 appearances, all in relief, over parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from –, all with the Seattle Mariners. King attended Braggs High School and the University of Oklahoma.

Amateur career King attended Braggs High School in Braggs, Oklahoma. He was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth round of the 1987 MLB draft, but did not sign. He instead attended the University of Oklahoma, where his teammates included future Major League players, Darron Cox and Matt Ruebel. King was a three-time letter winner from to , as well as a All-District Honoree. He was selected to the 1988 All-Big Eight Conference Second Team and later the 1989 All-Big Eight Conference First Team. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After his junior season he was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the seventh round of the 1990 MLB draft.

Professional career

Seattle Mariners King began his professional career in 1990, splitting the season between the Short-Season Bellingham Mariners of the Northwest League and the Class-A Advanced Peninsula Pilots of the Carolina League. He went a combined 7–4 with a 4.61 ERA in 13 games, all starts. The next season, , King played with the Class-A Advanced Peninsula Pilots for the entire season. He went 6–7 with a 4.37 ERA in 17 games, all starts. In , with the Class-A Advanced San Bernardino Spirit of the California League, King started the most games in his professional baseball career. In 27 games, all starts, King went 7–16 with a 5.31 ERA in 166 innings pitched. King split the season between the Class-A Advanced Riverside Pilots, the Double-A Jacksonville Suns and the Seattle Mariners. In the minor leagues, King went a combined 5–2 with a 2.16 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 42 games, all in relief. In one inning pitched, King gave up no hits or runs. He went 0–2 with a 7.04 ERA in 19 games. He played with the Mariners until his final major league appearance on May 14, 1995. In the minors, King went a combined 1–2 with a 5.10 ERA in 36 games.

Amarillo Dillas King spent his final season in professional baseball in with the non-affiliated, independent Amarillo Dillas of the Texas–Louisiana League. In four games, King gave up seven earned runs in 4 innings pitched.