Editing Dave Kingman (section)

==Amateur career==
Kingman was drafted by the [[California Angels]] out of high school in the second round of the [[1967 Major League Baseball draft]]. Instead he chose to attend [[Harper College|Harper Junior College]] in [[Palatine, Illinois]]. After a year he moved on to the [[University of Southern California]] (USC) to play [[college baseball]] for the [[USC Trojans|Trojans]] under coach [[Rod Dedeaux]], and was selected by the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the first round of the [[1968 Major League Baseball draft|1968 draft]]. 

He began as a [[pitcher]] at USC before being converted to an [[outfielder]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jfkrush.com/kingmanfan/1969-70.htm | title=The Dave Kingman Web Site - 1969-70 USC Trojans}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qfqfvva8QYoC&q=dave+Kingman+began+as+a+pitcher+at+USC+before+being+converted+to+an+outfielder&pg=PA1777 |title = The New York Mets Encyclopedia|isbn = 9781582615097|last1 = Bjarkman|first1 = Peter C.|date = March 2002| publisher=Sports Publishing LLC }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/07/10/babe-ruth-7-best-converted-pitchers-not-named-babe-ruth-stan-musial-mark-mcgwire-george-sisler-dave-kingman-lefty-odoul-used-to-be-pitchers-position-players/ |title = 7 Best Converted Pitchers Not Named Babe Ruth|date = 10 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/737985-mlb-power-rankings-the-top-12-pitchers-who-became-position-players |title = MLB Power Rankings: The Top 12 Pitchers Who Became Position Players|website = [[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref>

In 1969, Kingman had a 11–4 [[win–loss record (pitching)|win–loss record]] with a 1.38 [[earned run average]] (ERA) and [[batting average (baseball)|batted]] .250 with four home runs and 16 [[runs batted in]] (RBIs) as a part-time hitter for USC. In [[1970 USC Trojans baseball team|the 1970 USC NCAA Championship Season]], Kingman hit .355 with nine home runs and 25 RBIs, exclusively as a hitter, despite missing time mid-season due to injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfkrush.com/kingmanfan/1969-70.htm|title=The Dave Kingman Web Site – 1969–70 USC Trojans|website=jfkrush.com}}</ref>

In {{Baseball year|1970}}, Kingman was named an [[All-America]] and led the [[1970 USC Trojans baseball team|Trojans]] to the [[College World Series]] championship, along with teammates, pitchers [[Steve Busby]], [[Jim Barr]] and [[Brent Strom]]. Kingman was then selected by the [[San Francisco Giants]] with the first pick of the {{baseball year|1970}} [[sports draft|secondary phase draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/|title=1st Round of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/|title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>