Eugene Kingsale

Infobox MLB retired
name=Gene Kingsale
position=Outfielder
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birthdate and age|1976|8|20
debutdate=September 3
debutyear=by|1996
debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
finaldate=June 8
finalyear=by|2003|
finalteam=Detroit Tigers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.251
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=3
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=53
teams=
*Baltimore Orioles (by|1996, by|1998-by|2001)
*Seattle Mariners (by|2001-by|2002)
*San Diego Padres (by|2002)
*Detroit Tigers (by|2003)
highlights=

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 by|1996 until by|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 the World Baseball Classic in March, by|2006. Currently (summer 2008), he plays for Neptunus Rotterdam in the Dutch "Hoofdklasse", as well as The Netherlands national team, which played in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Major League Baseball Transactions

Kingsale was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent on June 19, by|1993. He made his debut with the Orioles on September 3, 1996. On July 10, by|2001, he was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners. On June 14, by|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.

He lives in Holland with his italian girlfriend and her daughter. He signed with Neptunes in Rotterdam Holland.

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 by|2005, he played for the Double-A Bowie Baysox and Triple-A Ottawa Lynx in the Orioles' farm system.

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.

External links

*baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=k/kingsge01 |fangraphs=1085 |cube=K/gene-kingsale
* [http://www.neptunussport.com/index.php?pageid=76 Neptunus Honkbal]