John Knight

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: October 6, 1885 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: December 19, 1965 in Walnut Creek, CA

Buried: Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA

High School: Central HS (Philadelphia, PA)

School: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1905 (Age 19-190d, 2,682nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1913 (Age 27-363d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1905 season

Full Name: John Wesley Knight

Nicknames: Schoolboy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

2664

636

.239

301

RBI

270

OBP

.300

SLG

.309

OPS

.609

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 19	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
4	4	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
5	5	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
7	7	Apr 24	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
11	11	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	3	6	0
13	13	May 2	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	3	1	2	6	0
14	14	May 3	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	3	6	0	9	1
15	15	May 4	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
16	16	May 5	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	17	May 6	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	18	May 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
19	19	May 9	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
20	20	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	21	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
22	22	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
23	23	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	24	May 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
25	25	May 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
26	26	May 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
27	27	May 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
28	28	May 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	12.2	3	4	0	7	0
29	29	May 25	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	30	May 26	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
31	31	May 27	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	32	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	33	May 30	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
34	34	May 31	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
36	36	Jun 2	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
37	37	Jun 3	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
38	38	Jun 5	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
39	39	Jun 6	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
40	40	Jun 7	PHA		CHW	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 8	PHA		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	3	8	0
42	42	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	14.0	4	3	0	7	0
43	43	Jun 10	PHA		DET	W,15-8	GS	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 13	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 14	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
46	46	Jun 15	PHA		SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
47	47	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 17	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
49	49	Jun 19	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 20	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
51	51	Jun 21	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
52	52	Jun 22	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 23	PHA		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 27	PHA	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
56	56	Jun 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	3	3	3	9	0
57	57	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	58	Jul 1 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
59	59	Jul 1 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	1	1	1	3	0
60	60	Jul 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
61	61	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	62	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	0	19.0	3	4	1	8	2
63	71 (8)	Jul 15 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	72	Jul 15 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	73	Jul 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	74	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
67	75	Jul 19	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
68	76	Jul 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	12.1	2	3	0	5	0
69	77	Jul 22 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	78	Jul 22 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	83 (4)	Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	T,4-4	GF	0		5	2	0	7	0
72	84	Jul 29	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	85	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	86	Aug 1	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	87	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	88	Aug 3	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
77	89	Aug 4 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
78	90	Aug 4 (2)	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
79	91	Aug 5	PHA		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	92	Aug 7	PHA		DET	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
81	93	Aug 8	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	151 (57)	Oct 7 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	1	1	1	3	0
83	152	Oct 7 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
							83gm		746.0	145	189	40	374	9