Jack Knott
From BR Bullpen
John Henry Knott
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Weight 200 lb.
- School Southern Methodist University
- Debut April 13, 1933
- Final Game May 15, 1946
- Born March 2, 1907 in Dallas, TX USA
- Died October 13, 1981 in Brownwood, TX USA
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Jack Knott pitched 20 seasons 1924 to 1946, three in college, 11 in the Major Leagues and three in the minors, losing three years to the Military. He served in the U.S. Army for three years during World War II (BN), being inducted 19421124. He saw action in the Battle of the Bulge, was wounded in Belgium on 19450110. He had earlier received a battlefield commission for bravery in action and now a purple heart to go with it. He pitched for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics. He was the first manager of Brownwood Colisuem and a former executive of the Downtown Brownwood Merchant's Association. He died at age 74 after a lengthy illness at the Brownwood Regional Hospital in Brownwood TX and is buried at Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood TX.
