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Jimmy Knowles
James Knowles (Darby)

Bats Right, Throws Unknown
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 2, 1884
Final Game October 12, 1892
Born September 5, 1856 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Died February 11, 1912 in Jersey City, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 27 TOT AA  87  335   38   78  10  8   1    0   0      8      .233  .257  .319   88  107               3    
         PIT AA  46  182   19   42   5  7   0    0   0      5      .231  .259  .335   95   61               2    
         BRO AA  41  153   19   36   5  1   1    0   0      3      .235  .255  .301   80   46               1    
 1886 29 WHS NL 115  443   43   94  16 11   3   35  20     15  73  .212  .238  .318   72  141                    
 1887 30 NYP AA  16   60   12   15   1  1   0    6   6      1      .250  .262  .300   58   18               0    
 1890 33 ROC AA 123  491   83  138  12  8   5   84  55     59      .281  .359  .369  121  181               1    
 1892 35 NYG NL  16   59    9    9   1  0   0    7   2      6   8  .153  .231  .169   22   10               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      357 1388  185  334  40 28   9  132  83  0  89  81  .241  .288  .329   91  457   0   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        630   84  152  18 13   4   60  38  0  40  37  .241  .288  .329   91  207   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High    123  491   83  138  16 11   5   84  55  0  59  73  .281  .359  .369  121  181   0   0   0   3   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 27 TOT AA  346  257   27   2.8    67| .233  .243| .257  .281| .319  .331| .576  .612|  88  .427  -4.9  -0.6     
         PIT AA  189  140   15   2.8    66| .231  .241| .259  .279| .335  .328| .594  .608|  95  .435  -1.5  -0.2     
         BRO AA  157  117   12   2.7    68| .235  .244| .255  .283| .301  .333| .556  .616|  80  .415  -3.3  -0.4     
 1886 29 WHS NL  458  349   34   2.5    75| .212  .251| .238  .299| .318  .343| .556  .643|  72  .332 -15.7  -1.7     
 1887 30 NYP AA   61   45    5   2.9    94| .250  .275| .262  .339| .300  .371| .562  .709|  58  .314  -3.6  -0.4     
 1890 33 ROC AA  551  353   65   4.8    81| .281  .252| .359  .329| .369  .331| .728  .660| 121  .603  12.7   1.3     
 1892 35 NYG NL   65   50    2   1.0    80| .153  .250| .231  .324| .169  .335| .400  .659|  22  .093  -5.5  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1481 1054  133   3.3    76| .241  .250| .288  .309| .329  .337| .617  .646|  91  .451 -17.0  -2.0     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1884 27 TOT AA 1B 76 809 33 37 38 .958 .958 11.08 10.48 PIT AA 1B 46 499 15 21 20 .961 .958 11.17 10.48 BRO AA 1B 30 310 18 16 18 .953 .958 10.93 10.48 3B 11 9 18 8 0 .771 .849 2.45 2.94 1886 29 WHS NL 2B 62 196 224 47 32 .899 .908 6.77 5.50 3B 53 68 122 34 10 .848 .865 3.58 3.27 1887 30 NYP AA 2B 16 49 36 6 4 .934 .906 5.31 5.96 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.30 1890 33 ROC AA 3B 123 162 303 63 19 .881 .864 3.78 3.64 1892 35 NYG NL 3B 15 13 25 10 2 .792 .880 2.53 3.53 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 5.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 27 TOT AA 1B 76 809 33 37 38 .958 .958 11.08 10.48 PIT AA 1B 46 499 15 21 20 .961 .958 11.17 10.48 BRO AA 1B 30 310 18 16 18 .953 .958 10.93 10.48 1886 29 WHS NL 2B 62 196 224 47 32 .899 .908 6.77 5.50 1887 30 NYP AA 2B 16 49 36 6 4 .934 .906 5.31 5.96 1884 27 BRO AA 3B 11 9 18 8 0 .771 .849 2.45 2.94 1886 29 WHS NL 3B 53 68 122 34 10 .848 .865 3.58 3.27 1887 30 NYP AA 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .833 1.00 3.30 1890 33 ROC AA 3B 123 162 303 63 19 .881 .864 3.78 3.64 1892 35 NYG NL 3B 15 13 25 10 2 .792 .880 2.53 3.53 1892 35 NYG NL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 203 252 469 116 31 .861 .864 3.55 3.50 2B 78 245 260 53 36 .905 .908 6.47 5.59 1B 76 809 33 37 38 .958 .958 11.08 10.48 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 5.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 358 1307 763 206 105 .909 .911 5.78 5.44
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Triples
1886 NL-11-8

Home Runs
1890 AA-5-7

RBI
1890 AA-84-4

Strikeouts
1886 NL-73-6

Power/Speed Number
1890 AA-9.2-6

Outs
1886 NL-349-8

Oldest Player
1890 AA-33-10
1892 NL-35-6

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1424) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3463) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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