Brendan Kingman (born 22 May 1973) is an Australian baseball player and coach for the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League. Playing career Kingman was one of the most respected and prolific power hitters in Australia in the 90s and 2000s. He still holds the record as the longest serving Australian Baseball representative. His career in baseball started at age 6 when asked to participate in a tee-ball game, and he hit a home run in his first at-bat. Kingman was a part of every representative team in Australia throughout the rest of his playing career. Career highlights 1998 - Australia's only Triple Crown winner 1998 Sydney Storm of the Australian Baseball League 2004 Olympics - Hit in the only run against Daisuke Matsuzaka to win the semi-final against Japan As of 2012, Kingman was two home runs from breaking the Australian home run record. 1991–1995: Marlins and Australia Kingman's professional career in Australia began in 1991. A year later, he joined the Florida Marlins and hit .281/~.450/.294 as a third baseman and DH for the GCL Marlins. With the same club in 1993, Kingman batted .261/~.383/.421 as a corner infielder. He hit .319/574/.670 in the 1993–1994 Australian Baseball League with a league-leading 17 home runs for the Sydney Blues. He made the All-Star team at third base; fellow All-Star infielders Homer Bush and Greg Jelks would play or had played in the major leagues. Moving into full-season ball, Kingman batted .263/.342/.372 for the Kane County Cougars. With Kevin Millar at first base, Kingman played primarily DH. Kingman moved up to the Brevard County Manatees in 1995 and hit .289~.368/.421. Now a full-time DH, his 9 home runs were second on the club to Millar. 1995–1998: Australia's successful power hitter The Marlins let Kingman go after the 1995 season. In 1995–1996, Brendan hit .292/?/.528 to help Sydney to an ABL title. In the 1996–1997 season, Kingman hit .325/?/.716 for the Blues and was selected as an All-Star outfielder. He led the league in slugging percentage and home runs (21). His 62 RBI were one behind league leader Ronny Johnson. He was 7 for 26 with a homer as the primary Australian RF in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup when the country won its first Medal (a Bronze) in a worldwide event. Kingman's career really took off in 1997–1998 when he broke every ABL record in the Triple Crown categories