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.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 13	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	0	10.0	2	7	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	10.0	7	3	0	10	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	9	1	13	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	0	8.0	3	1	2	6	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYY		PHA	L,6-10	GS	0		0	1	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	24 (11)	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-14	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
14	25	May 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
15	26	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
16	27	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	28	May 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-6	GS	0		6	0	0	6	1
18	29	May 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
19	30	May 21	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
20	31	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	9	2	0	11	1
21	32	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
22	33	May 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	11	1	0	12	1
23	34	May 27 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
24	35	May 27 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
25	36	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
26	37	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
27	38	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	14	2	0	16	0
28	39	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	40	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
30	41	Jun 2	NYY		SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
31	42	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	43	Jun 8	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	44	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	2	8	2
34	45	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
35	46	Jun 12	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
36	47	Jun 13	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
37	48	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	49	Jun 15	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
39	50	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	51	Jun 19	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
41	52	Jun 20	NYY		BOS	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
42	53	Jun 21	NYY		BOS	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
43	54	Jun 22	NYY		BOS	W,7-0	CG	0	5.0	1	2	2	5	0
44	55	Jun 23	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	7	1	10	0
45	56	Jun 24 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	57	Jun 24 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
47	58	Jun 26	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
48	59	Jun 27 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
49	60	Jun 27 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
50	61	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	62	Jun 29 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	63	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	64	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	65	Jul 3 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,7-8	CG	0	12.0	4	5	1	10	0
55	66	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
56	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,9-11	GS	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
58	69	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
59	70	Jul 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	71	Jul 8 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
61	72	Jul 8 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
62	73	Jul 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	6	3	10	0
63	74	Jul 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
64	75	Jul 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	76	Jul 12	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
66	77	Jul 13	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
67	78	Jul 14	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	2	7	1	10	1
68	79	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	5	3	1	9	0
69	80	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
70	81	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
71	82	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
72	83	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	0	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
73	84	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
74	85	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	0	14.0	4	3	0	7	0
75	86	Jul 23	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
76	87	Jul 25	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
77	88	Jul 26 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	89	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
79	90	Jul 27	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
80	91	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	14.0	4	4	1	9	0
81	92	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
82	93	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	10.0	5	5	2	12	0
83	94	Jul 31	NYY		CHW	L,0-13	GS	0		1	5	1	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	95	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
85	96	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	97	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	L,8-10	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
87	98	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	L,10-11	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	99	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
89	100	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
90	101	Aug 7	NYY		DET	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
91	102	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
92	103	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
93	104	Aug 9	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
94	105	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
95	106	Aug 11 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
96	107	Aug 11 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	2	3	0	5	0
97	108	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
98	109	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
99	110	Aug 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
100	111	Aug 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
101	112	Aug 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
102	113	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	5	2	0	7	0
103	114	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
104	115	Aug 21	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	116	Aug 22	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	123 (6)	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
107	124	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
108	128 (3)	Sep 6	NYY		WSH	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
109	129	Sep 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
110	130	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
111	131	Sep 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	13.0	3	9	1	13	1
112	132	Sep 11	NYY		PHA	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
113	133	Sep 12	NYY		PHA	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
114	134	Sep 13	NYY		PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
115	135	Sep 16 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
116	136	Sep 16 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	2	7	1
117	137	Sep 18	NYY		DET	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
118	138	Sep 19	NYY		CLE	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	139	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	4	4	2	10	1
120	140	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	7.0	3	3	3	9	0
121	143 (2)	Sep 23	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
122	144	Sep 25	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
123	145	Sep 26	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
124	146	Sep 28	NYY		SLB	W,18-12	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
125	147	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
126	148	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
127	149	Oct 3 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
128	150	Oct 3 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
129	151	Oct 4	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
130	152	Oct 5	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
131	153	Oct 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
							131gm		1148.0	491	354	68	913	53