Jim King (baseball)

James Hubert King (August 27, 1932 – February 23, 2015) was an American professional baseball outfielder.

He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).

King began his professional career in 1950 in the Cardinals' farm system, from which he was drafted by the Cubs as a Rule 5 selection in 1954.

After spending 1955 and 1956 on the Cubs' big-league roster, he was traded back to the Cardinals (1957) and then dealt to the Giants (1958), but spent most of the next four seasons in the minor leagues, getting into only 56 total MLB games between 1957 and 1960.

That December, King was taken by the brand-new, replacement Washington franchise with the 50th overall selection in the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft.