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.

1907 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1907 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PHA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	0	14.0	0	3	1	4	0
2	2	Apr 13	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 15	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 16	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	4	1	6	0
6	6	Apr 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
7	7	Apr 20	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 22	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
11	13 (2)	Apr 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
12	14	Apr 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15	May 2	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	16	May 3	PHA		NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	3	0	1	4	0
15	17	May 4	PHA		NYY	L,0-8	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
16	18	May 9	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
17	19	May 11	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	20	May 12	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
19	21	May 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
20	22	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	23	May 16	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
22	24	May 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-13	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
23	25	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,8-15	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
24	26	May 20	PHA	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	27	May 21	PHA	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
26	28	May 22	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	29	May 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	30	May 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	31	May 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
30	32	May 28	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	0	6	0	6	0
31	33	May 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	34	May 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	35	May 30 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	36	May 30 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
35	37	May 31	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 3 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	1	1	1	3	0
37	39	Jun 3 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	0	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
38	40	Jun 4	PHA		CHW	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
39	41	Jun 6	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	42	Jun 7	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	4	1	6	0
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to Boston Americans
41	43	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
42	44	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
43	45	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
44	46	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
45	47	Jun 14	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
46	48	Jun 15	BOS		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	49	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
48	50	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
49	51	Jun 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	52	Jun 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
51	53	Jun 20	BOS		CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
52	54	Jun 21	BOS		CHW	T,4-4	CG	0	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	55	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	56	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
55	57	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
56	58	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	59	Jun 26	BOS		NYY	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	60	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
59	61	Jun 28	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	62	Jun 29	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	63	Jul 1	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	64	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
63	65	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	66	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	67	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	68	Jul 6	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
67	69	Jul 8	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	13.0	1	2	1	4	0
68	70	Jul 9	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	71	Jul 10 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
70	72	Jul 10 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
71	73	Jul 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	74	Jul 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	75	Jul 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	76	Jul 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	16.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	77	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
77	79	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
78	80	Jul 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
79	81	Jul 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	82	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	12.0	2	2	1	5	0
81	83	Jul 24	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	84	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	85	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
84	86	Jul 26	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	87	Jul 27	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
86	88	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	89	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	90	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	91	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
90	92	Aug 2	BOS		SLB	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
91	93	Aug 3	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
92	94	Aug 5	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	2	2	0	4	1
93	95	Aug 6	BOS		SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	96	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	14.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	97	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
96	98	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
97	99	Aug 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	100	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	101	Aug 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
100	102	Aug 13	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	103	Aug 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
102	104	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	105	Aug 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
104	106	Aug 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
105	107	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	108	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
107	109	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	11.2	3	4	0	7	0
108	110	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	111	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	0	8	0	8	0
110	112	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	4	2	2	8	2
111	113	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	114	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
113	115	Aug 25	BOS	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
114	116	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
115	117	Aug 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
116	118	Aug 28 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	119	Aug 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
118	120	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	1	3	0	4	0
119	121	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	122	Aug 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	123	Aug 31	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	125 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	126	Sep 3 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	127	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	128	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
126	129	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
127	130	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
128	131	Sep 9	BOS		PHA	T,0-0	CG	0	13.0	3	1	0	4	0
129	133 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
130	134	Sep 11	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
131	135	Sep 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
132	136	Sep 13	BOS	@	PHA	T,6-6	CG	0	13.0	6	4	2	12	2
133	137	Sep 14 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
134	138	Sep 14 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
135	139	Sep 16 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
136	140	Sep 16 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
137	141	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	2
							136gm		1230.0	189	304	53	546	21