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.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	75 (74)	Jul 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	12	2	0	14	0
2	76	Jul 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
3	77	Jul 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	78	Jul 12	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	10	3	0	13	1
5	79	Jul 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
6	80	Jul 14	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
7	81	Jul 15	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
8	82	Jul 16 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	83	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
10	84	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
11	85	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	4
12	86	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	10	0	0	10	1
13	87	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
14	88	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
15	89	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
16	90	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	13.0	14	0	1	15	3
17	91	Jul 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	10	2	1	13	4
18	92	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	93	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
20	94	Jul 30	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
21	95	Jul 31	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	96	Aug 2	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
23	97	Aug 4	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
24	98	Aug 5	NYY		DET	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
25	99	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
26	100	Aug 7	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
27	101	Aug 8	NYY		SLB	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
28	102	Aug 9	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
29	103	Aug 11	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
30	104	Aug 12	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
31	105	Aug 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
32	106	Aug 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
33	107	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
34	108	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
35	109	Aug 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	110	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
37	111	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
38	112	Aug 22 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
39	113	Aug 22 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
40	114	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
41	115	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	1	12	2
42	116	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	117	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
44	118	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
45	119	Aug 28	NYY		PHA	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
46	120	Aug 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
47	121	Aug 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	122	Sep 1 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	9	2	1	12	1
49	123	Sep 1 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	10.1	11	0	0	11	1
50	124	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
51	125	Sep 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
52	126	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
53	127	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
54	128	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	8	0	0	8	0
55	129	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
56	130	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	131	Sep 9	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
58	132	Sep 10	NYY		SLB	L,7-10	GS	44	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
59	133	Sep 11	NYY		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
60	134	Sep 12	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	135	Sep 13	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
62	136	Sep 15	NYY		DET	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
63	137	Sep 16	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	138	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
65	149 (10)	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GF	26	7.0	8	3	0	11	1
66	150	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
67	151	Oct 3 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,10-13	CG	47	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	152	Oct 3 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	26	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
69	153	Oct 4	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	13	3	1	17	0
							71gm		600.0	544	115	17	676	32