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Bobby Knoop
Robert Frank Knoop

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 13, 1964
  vs. WSA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 20, 1972
Born October 18, 1938 in Sioux City, IA

Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 25 LAA AL 162  486   42  105   8  1   7   38   3  2  46 109  .216  .289  .280   67  136   7   3   6   5  17
 1965 26 CAL AL 142  465   47  125  24  4   7   43   3  2  31 101  .269  .313  .383  100  178   6   2   5   0   6 MVP-24
 1966 27 CAL AL 161  590   54  137  18 11  17   72   1  5  43 144  .232  .282  .386   93  228   9   7   8   1  14 MVP-18,AS
 1967 28 CAL AL 159  511   51  125  18  5   9   38   2  2  44 136  .245  .305  .352   98  180   6   2  13   1  10
 1968 29 CAL AL 152  494   48  123  20  4   3   39   3  2  35 128  .249  .301  .324   94  160   2   2   6   3  13
 1969 30 TOT AL 131  416   39   93  15  1   7   47   3  3  48  84  .224  .304  .315   71  131   3   4   4   2  13
         CAL AL  27   71    5   14   1  0   1    6   1  3  13  16  .197  .318  .254   66   18   0   1   1   0   2
         CHW AL 104  345   34   79  14  1   6   41   2  0  35  68  .229  .301  .328   72  113   3   3   3   2  11
 1970 31 CHW AL 130  402   34   92  13  2   5   36   0  1  34  79  .229  .290  .308   65  124   1   4   4   2   7
 1971 32 KCR AL  72  161   14   33   8  1   1   11   1  0  15  36  .205  .270  .286   59   46   2   2   1   0   6
 1972 33 KCR AL  44   97    8   23   5  0   0    7   0  0   9  16  .237  .299  .289   77   28   0   1   1   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1153 3622  337  856 129 29  56  331  16 17 305 833  .236  .296  .334   83 1211  36  27  48  14  91
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        509   47  120  18  4   8   47   2  2  43 117  .236  .296  .334   83  170   5   4   7   2  13
 Career High    162  590   54  137  24 11  17   72   3  5  48 144  .269  .313  .386  100  228   9   7  13   5  17
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 25 LAA AL  547  410   39   2.6    87| .216  .244| .289  .310| .280  .379| .569  .690|  67  .284 -19.6  -2.0  60%
 1965 26 CAL AL  504  356   56   4.2    89| .269  .247| .313  .317| .383  .379| .696  .696| 100  .522  -0.7  -0.1  60%
 1966 27 CAL AL  650  488   61   3.4    87| .232  .245| .282  .311| .386  .378| .668  .689|  93  .432  -7.0  -0.8  16%
 1967 28 CAL AL  564  406   54   3.6    80| .245  .238| .305  .306| .352  .356| .657  .662|  98  .483  -1.4  -0.2  50%
 1968 29 CAL AL  536  390   47   3.2    76| .249  .232| .301  .301| .324  .344| .625  .645|  94  .463  -3.6  -0.4  60%
 1969 30 TOT AL  473  346   40   3.1    98| .224  .259| .304  .336| .315  .390| .619  .726|  71  .365 -15.9  -1.7  50%
         CAL AL   85   63    6   2.6    90| .197  .247| .318  .323| .254  .373| .572  .696|  66  .288  -2.6  -0.3  25%
         CHW AL  388  283   34   3.2   100| .229  .261| .301  .339| .328  .394| .629  .733|  72  .381 -13.4  -1.4 100%
 1970 31 CHW AL  443  323   37   3.1    98| .229  .259| .290  .334| .308  .395| .598  .729|  65  .352 -19.7  -2.0   0%
 1971 32 KCR AL  180  138   12   2.3    91| .205  .254| .270  .326| .286  .377| .556  .703|  59  .269  -8.7  -0.9 100%
 1972 33 KCR AL  107   80    8   2.7    82| .237  .245| .299  .314| .289  .354| .588  .668|  77  .366  -2.5  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4004 2937  354   3.2    88| .236  .246| .296  .316| .334  .373| .630  .689|  83  .409 -79.1  -8.4  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 25 LAA AL 2B 161 357 522 20 123 .978 .980 5.46 4.54 5.82 5.17 156 1358.7 1965 26 CAL AL 2B 142 331 402 22 89 .971 .978 5.16 4.38 5.69 5.07 131 1159.7 1966 27 CAL AL 2B 161 381 488 17 135 .981 .975 5.40 4.38 5.50 5.09 160 1422.7 GG,AS 1967 28 CAL AL 2B 159 386 392 11 91 .986 .979 4.89 4.19 5.20 4.95 153 1346.3 GG 1968 29 CAL AL 2B 151 350 425 15 94 .981 .977 5.13 4.34 5.50 5.11 146 1268.0 GG 1969 30 TOT AL 2B 131 335 386 12 90 .984 .976 5.50 4.58 5.99 5.21 124 1083.3 CAL AL 2B 27 64 66 3 14 .977 .976 4.81 4.58 5.56 5.21 24 210.3 CHW AL 2B 104 271 320 9 76 .985 .976 5.68 4.58 6.09 5.21 100 873.0 1970 31 CHW AL 2B 126 276 403 11 102 .984 .979 5.39 4.64 5.93 5.35 117 1030.0 1971 32 KCR AL 2B 52 89 120 7 31 .968 .980 4.02 4.76 4.73 5.31 41 398.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1972 33 KCR AL 2B 33 61 80 4 24 .972 .977 4.27 4.42 5.57 5.17 22 228.0 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.96 0 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 25 LAA AL 2B 161 357 522 20 123 .978 .980 5.46 4.54 5.82 5.17 156 1358.7 1965 26 CAL AL 2B 142 331 402 22 89 .971 .978 5.16 4.38 5.69 5.07 131 1159.7 1966 27 CAL AL 2B 161 381 488 17 135 .981 .975 5.40 4.38 5.50 5.09 160 1422.7 1967 28 CAL AL 2B 159 386 392 11 91 .986 .979 4.89 4.19 5.20 4.95 153 1346.3 1968 29 CAL AL 2B 151 350 425 15 94 .981 .977 5.13 4.34 5.50 5.11 146 1268.0 1969 30 TOT AL 2B 131 335 386 12 90 .984 .976 5.50 4.58 5.99 5.21 124 1083.3 CAL AL 2B 27 64 66 3 14 .977 .976 4.81 4.58 5.56 5.21 24 210.3 CHW AL 2B 104 271 320 9 76 .985 .976 5.68 4.58 6.09 5.21 100 873.0 1970 31 CHW AL 2B 126 276 403 11 102 .984 .979 5.39 4.64 5.93 5.35 117 1030.0 1971 32 KCR AL 2B 52 89 120 7 31 .968 .980 4.02 4.76 4.73 5.31 41 398.0 1972 33 KCR AL 2B 33 61 80 4 24 .972 .977 4.27 4.42 5.57 5.17 22 228.0 1971 32 KCR AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1972 33 KCR AL 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.96 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1116 2566 3218 119 779 .980 .978 5.18 4.44 5.60 5.14 1050 9294.7 3B* 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.93 0 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1121 2566 3218 119 779 .980 .978 5.16 4.43 5.60 5.13 1050 9303
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1966   CAL AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1966 (2B)

Gold Gloves
1966-AL--2B
1967-AL--2B
1968-AL--2B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1965-AL-24-0.01
1966-AL-18-0.02
Car-1205-0.03 shares

Games
1964 AL-162-3
1966 AL-161-5
1967 AL-159-6

Triples
1966 AL-11-1

Strikeouts
1965 AL-101-10
1966 AL-144-2
1967 AL-136-2
1968 AL-128-4

Sac. Hits
1966 AL-9-9

Sac. Flies
1966 AL-7-1

Intentional Walks
1967 AL-13-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1964 AL-17-8

Outs
1966 AL-488-7

 

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (721) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1787) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1560) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.0 (1119) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1963 rule 5 draft.

May 14, 1969: Traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar and Bob Priddy.

March 24, 1971: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later and cash. The Kansas City Royals sent Luis Alcaraz (March 30, 1971) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

October 5, 1972: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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