Brian Paul Kingman (born July 27, 1953) is a former

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pitcher from 1979 to 1983 for the

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and

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. He attended the

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before signing with the Athletics in 1975. In 1979, he went 7–2 in the

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"Brian Kingman Minor League Statistics & History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-2. and made his major league debut in June. Kingman is most famous for losing 20 games in 1980. He remained the most current pitcher to do so for 23 years, until

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lost 21 games for the

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in 2003. Kingman also pitched a career-high innings in 1980. Kingman was mostly a starting pitcher (94 appearances, 82 starts) but on July 21, 1982, he did pick up his one and only MLB save. Kingman pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to nail down a 6-4 Oakland victory over the Indians. He retired in 1984. In 94 major league games, Kingman compiled a 23–45 record.

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