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John Knight
John Wesley Knight (Schoolboy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.
School University of Pennsylvania

Debut April 14, 1905
Final Game October 4, 1913
Born October 6, 1885 in Philadelphia, PA
Died December 19, 1965 in Walnut Creek, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 19 PHA AL  88  325   28   66  12  1   3   29   4      9      .203  .227  .274   57   89  11           1    
 1906 20 PHA AL  74  253   29   49   7  2   3   20   6     19      .194  .250  .273   61   69   5           0    
 1907 21 TOT AL 138  499   37  107  16  4   2   41   9     29      .214  .260  .275   71  137   5           2    
         PHA AL  40  139    6   29   7  1   0   12   1     10      .209  .272  .273   72   38   2           2    
         BOS AL  98  360   31   78   9  3   2   29   8     19      .217  .256  .275   70   99   3           0    
 1909 23 NYY AL 116  360   46   85   8  5   0   40  15     37      .236  .311  .286   88  103  17           2    
 1910 24 NYY AL 117  414   58  129  25  4   3   45  23     34      .312  .372  .413  140  171  19           6    
 1911 25 NYY AL 132  470   69  126  16  7   3   62  18     42      .268  .342  .351   89  165  19          11     MVP-14
 1912 26 WSH AL  32   93   10   15   2  1   0    9   4     16      .161  .284  .204   40   19   7           0    
 1913 27 NYY AL  70  250   24   59  10  0   0   24   7     25  27  .236  .310  .276   72   69   6           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      767 2664  301  636  96 24  14  270  86  0 211  27  .239  .300  .309   84  822  89   0   0  24   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   64  134  20  5   3   57  18  0  45   6  .239  .300  .309   84  174  19   0   0   5   0
 Career High    138  499   69  129  25  7   3   62  23  0  42  27  .312  .372  .413  140  171  19   0   0  11   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 19 PHA AL  346  270   20   2.0    74| .203  .250| .227  .310| .274  .326| .501  .636|  57  .303 -17.0  -2.1     
 1906 20 PHA AL  277  209   17   2.2    77| .194  .259| .250  .315| .273  .332| .523  .647|  61  .325 -11.7  -1.4     
 1907 21 TOT AL  535  397   35   2.4    72| .214  .254| .260  .309| .275  .317| .535  .627|  71  .375 -17.1  -2.1     
         PHA AL  153  112   10   2.4    73| .209  .256| .272  .312| .273  .321| .545  .633|  72  .380  -4.1  -0.5     
         BOS AL  382  285   25   2.4    71| .217  .253| .256  .308| .275  .316| .531  .625|  70  .373 -13.0  -1.6     
 1909 23 NYY AL  416  292   32   2.9    74| .236  .254| .311  .314| .286  .322| .597  .636|  88  .479  -4.4  -0.5     
 1910 24 NYY AL  473  304   62   5.5    79| .312  .256| .372  .324| .413  .331| .785  .655| 140  .729  20.0   2.3     
 1911 25 NYY AL  542  363   54   4.0   101| .268  .288| .342  .355| .351  .379| .693  .735|  89  .482  -7.3  -0.8     
 1912 26 WSH AL  116   85    5   1.6    92| .161  .274| .284  .342| .204  .360| .488  .702|  40  .157  -6.9  -0.7     
 1913 27 NYY AL  283  197   21   2.8    87| .236  .265| .310  .336| .276  .347| .586  .683|  72  .391  -8.2  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2988 2117  246   3.1    81| .239  .262| .300  .325| .309  .338| .609  .663|  84  .459 -52.4  -6.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 19 PHA AL SS 79 139 185 38 9 .895 .931 4.10 5.20 3B 4 6 4 2 0 .833 .926 2.50 3.10 1906 20 PHA AL 3B 67 71 130 17 6 .922 .920 3.00 3.15 2B 7 11 19 2 0 .938 .955 4.29 5.19 1907 21 TOT AL 3B 132 178 293 49 18 .906 .913 3.57 3.10 PHA AL 3B 40 49 82 21 5 .862 .913 3.27 3.10 BOS AL 3B 92 129 211 28 13 .924 .913 3.70 3.10 2B 4 11 11 4 3 .846 .952 5.50 5.30 1909 23 NYY AL SS 76 141 204 38 19 .901 .925 4.54 5.15 1B 19 190 17 3 11 .986 .985 10.89 10.80 2B 17 38 46 7 4 .923 .953 4.94 4.83 3B 3 5 5 1 0 .909 .935 3.33 3.33 1910 24 NYY AL SS 79 169 247 32 39 .929 .928 5.27 5.20 1B 23 247 8 3 9 .988 .983 11.09 10.73 2B 7 13 17 2 0 .938 .946 4.29 4.91 3B 4 8 9 0 0 1.000 .929 4.25 3.38 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1911 25 NYY AL SS 82 200 247 46 30 .907 .926 5.45 5.42 1B 27 236 26 5 14 .981 .978 9.70 9.97 2B 21 54 80 17 8 .887 .949 6.38 4.94 3B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.00 3.30 1912 26 WSH AL 2B 27 55 45 8 8 .926 .945 3.70 4.75 1B 5 40 4 0 2 1.000 .982 8.80 10.16 1913 27 NYY AL 1B 50 494 45 11 26 .980 .986 10.78 10.48 2B 21 50 70 6 6 .952 .954 5.71 4.82
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 23 NYY AL 1B 19 190 17 3 11 .986 .985 10.89 10.80 1910 24 NYY AL 1B 23 247 8 3 9 .988 .983 11.09 10.73 1911 25 NYY AL 1B 27 236 26 5 14 .981 .978 9.70 9.97 1912 26 WSH AL 1B 5 40 4 0 2 1.000 .982 8.80 10.16 1913 27 NYY AL 1B 50 494 45 11 26 .980 .986 10.78 10.48 1906 20 PHA AL 2B 7 11 19 2 0 .938 .955 4.29 5.19 1907 21 BOS AL 2B 4 11 11 4 3 .846 .952 5.50 5.30 1909 23 NYY AL 2B 17 38 46 7 4 .923 .953 4.94 4.83 1910 24 NYY AL 2B 7 13 17 2 0 .938 .946 4.29 4.91 1911 25 NYY AL 2B 21 54 80 17 8 .887 .949 6.38 4.94 1912 26 WSH AL 2B 27 55 45 8 8 .926 .945 3.70 4.75 1913 27 NYY AL 2B 21 50 70 6 6 .952 .954 5.71 4.82 1905 19 PHA AL 3B 4 6 4 2 0 .833 .926 2.50 3.10 1906 20 PHA AL 3B 67 71 130 17 6 .922 .920 3.00 3.15 1907 21 TOT AL 3B 132 178 293 49 18 .906 .913 3.57 3.10 PHA AL 3B 40 49 82 21 5 .862 .913 3.27 3.10 BOS AL 3B 92 129 211 28 13 .924 .913 3.70 3.10 1909 23 NYY AL 3B 3 5 5 1 0 .909 .935 3.33 3.33 1910 24 NYY AL 3B 4 8 9 0 0 1.000 .929 4.25 3.38 1911 25 NYY AL 3B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.00 3.30 1910 24 NYY AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 1905 19 PHA AL SS 79 139 185 38 9 .895 .931 4.10 5.20 1909 23 NYY AL SS 76 141 204 38 19 .901 .925 4.54 5.15 1910 24 NYY AL SS 79 169 247 32 39 .929 .928 5.27 5.20 1911 25 NYY AL SS 82 200 247 46 30 .907 .926 5.45 5.42
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 316 649 883 154 97 .909 .927 4.85 5.24 3B 211 269 442 69 25 .912 .916 3.37 3.13 1B 124 1207 100 22 62 .983 .983 10.54 10.45 2B 104 232 288 46 29 .919 .950 5.00 4.88 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 756 2359 1713 291 213 .933 .946 5.39 5.45
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-14-0.06
Car-1023-0.06 shares

Batting Average
1910 AL-.312-5

On-base %
1910 AL-.372-7

Slugging %
1910 AL-.413-10

OPS
1910 AL-.785-5

Doubles
1910 AL-25-8

Home Runs
1906 AL-3-8

Adjusted OPS+
1910 AL-140-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1910 AL-20-8

Batting Wins
1910 AL-2.3-8

Offensive Win%
1910 AL-.729-5

Hit By Pitch
1911 AL-11-6

Youngest Player
1905 AL-19-3
1906 AL-20-7

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 13 (1228) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1815) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1907: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Boston Americans for Jimmy Collins.

December 28, 1907: Sent by the Boston Americans to the Baltimore (International) to complete an earlier deal made on August 10, 1907. The Boston Americans sent a player to be named later and cash to the Baltimore (International) for Fred Burchell. The Boston Americans sent John Knight (December 28, 1907) to the Baltimore (International) to complete the trade.

August 20, 1908: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from the Baltimore (International).

February 17, 1912: Traded by the New York Highlanders with a player to be named later to the Washington Senators for Gabby Street. The New York Highlanders sent Rip Williams (February 22, 1912) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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