What a card: Dave Kingman enjoyed his first season as a designated hitter in 1984. He hit 35 home runs in 147 games, 139 as a DH, and was named the American League's Comeback Player of the Year.
My observation on the front: The background is somewhat similar to Kingman's memorable 1974 Topps card.
More opinion from me: I have no memory of Kingman's Oakland A's days.
Something you might know: Kingman played for four teams -- the Mets, Padres, Angels and Yankees -- in one season in 1977. He is the only player to play for one team in each of the four divisions that MLB featured at the time in a single year.
Something you might not know: When a newspaper in Chicago printed a Cubs "best and worst" list in which teammates named Kingman the worst dressed player on the team, Kingman was so furious -- he said the clothes he wore to the park were from salmon fishing -- that he refused to talk to any reporter who didn't have a video or tape recorder.
My observation on the back: Kingman worked for United Airlines in the offseason as his dad worked for the company. Kingman said he did "mostly publicity."
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