Editing Dave Kingman (section)

===San Diego Padres, California Angels and New York Yankees (1977)===
Kingman was batting .209 with nine home runs when he became one of the three players traded in the "Midnight Massacre" by the New York Mets. On June 15, {{Baseball year|1977}}, the Mets traded Kingman to the [[San Diego Padres]] for minor league pitcher [[Paul Siebert]] and [[Bobby Valentine]]; [[Tom Seaver]] was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for [[Pat Zachry]], [[Doug Flynn]], [[Steve Henderson (baseball)|Steve Henderson]] and [[Dan Norman]]; and [[Mike Phillips (baseball)|Mike Phillips]] was traded to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] for [[Joel Youngblood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/midnight-massacre-article-1.224970|title=The true story of The Midnight Massacre|access-date=2015-01-07|work=New York Daily News|date=2007-06-17}}</ref>

Kingman was waived by the Padres and claimed by the [[1977 California Angels season|California Angels]] on September 6, 1977.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/07/archives/angels-claim-kingman.html "Angels Claim Kingman," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Tuesday, September 6, 1977.] Retrieved October 16, 2022.</ref> On September 15, Kingman became one of only a handful of players to play for four major league teams in the same season (and the only one to play in each division in baseball in a single year [[1969 in baseball#Expansion|since the establishment of divisional play in 1969]]) when he was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees, for [[Randy Stein]] and cash. Although Kingman's four home runs and seven RBI in eight games helped propel the Yankees into the post-season over the second place [[Boston Red Sox]] and [[Baltimore Orioles]], he could not participate in the team's push to a [[1977 World Series|World Series crown]] as he was added to the roster after the August 31 [[trade deadline|cutoff date]] for postseason eligibility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150102&content_id=103833474&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb|title=Yankees All-Forgotten Team: DH and Closer|website=yesnetwork.com}}</ref>

Overall, Kingman hit .221 with 26 home runs and 78 RBI in 132 games for the four teams in 1977.<ref name="baseball-reference.com3"/>