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Ray Knight
Charles Ray Knight
Charles Ray Knight
Bats: Right
, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.
Born: December 28, 1952 in Albany, GA
High School: Dougherty (Albany, GA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
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Debut: September 10, 1974
Final Game: October 2, 1988
About biographical information
Career Home Runs
Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988
(completeness summary of pitch
data and hit data).
Ray Knight: 84 Career Home Runs
0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 26 go ahead
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Glossaries · Click headers to sort · · CSV · PRE · LINK · View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation| 1977 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1977-07-02 | CIN | @ | SDP | Bob Owchinko | tied 2-2 | t 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 39% | 90% | Home Run; Morgan Scores; Foster Scores | ||
| 1978 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1978-05-22 | CIN | ATL | Eddie Solomon | ahead 7-0 | b 8 | 1 | 12- | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Geronimo Scores; Lum Scores | |||
| 1979 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1979-05-23 | CIN | @ | SFG | Vida Blue | ahead 3-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 3,(1-1) | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6% | 89% | Home Run | |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1979-06-17 | CIN | @ | PHI | Randy Lerch | behind 2-3 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20% | 50% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1979-07-19 | CIN | @ | STL | Will McEnaney | ahead 12-2 | t 9 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF); Griffey Scores; Spilman Scores; Auerbach Scores | ||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1979-07-29 | CIN | @ | ATL | Joey McLaughlin | ahead 6-3 | t 7 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6% | 97% | Home Run; Concepcion Scores | ||
| 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1979-07-30 | CIN | LAD | Rick Sutcliffe | behind 0-3 | b 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18% | 39% | Home Run (LF-CF); Driessen Scores | |||
| 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1979-07-30 | CIN | LAD | Rick Sutcliffe | behind 3-4 | b 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20% | 54% | Home Run | |||
| 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1979-08-05 | CIN | SDP | Randy Jones | tied 1-1 | b 1 | 2 | --3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18% | 71% | Home Run; Bench Scores | |||
| 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1979-08-28 | CIN | @ | PHI | Steve Carlton | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14% | 64% | Home Run | ||
| 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1979-09-05 | CIN | SFG | John Montefusco | tied 2-2 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1,(0-0) | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13% | 69% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1979-09-21 | CIN | @ | HOU | J.R. Richard | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 22% | 69% | Home Run; Driessen Scores | ||
| 1980 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1980-04-17 | CIN | @ | ATL | Phil Niekro | ahead 2-0 | t 4 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14% | 88% | Home Run; Bench Scores | ||
| 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1980-04-27 | CIN | @ | SFG | Ed Whitson | behind 0-1 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 27% | 60% | Home Run; Bench Scores | ||
| 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1980-05-06 | CIN | @ | NYM | Pete Falcone | ahead 3-0 | t 3 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 95% | Home Run; Concepcion Scores; Bench Scores | ||
| 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1980-05-13 | CIN | NYM | Mark Bomback | ahead 6-4 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7% | 90% | Home Run (LF-CF) | |||
| 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1980-05-13 | CIN | NYM | Ed Glynn | ahead 10-4 | b 5 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2% | 100% | Home Run (LF-CF); Concepcion Scores; Foster Scores; Bench Scores | |||
| 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1980-06-04 | CIN | @ | LAD | Charlie Hough | tied 2-2 | t 3 | 2 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 30% | 80% | Home Run; Griffey Scores; Foster Scores | ||
| 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1980-06-17 | CIN | @ | PIT | Enrique Romo | tied 3-3 | t 9 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 35% | 85% | Home Run | ||
| 20 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1980-06-25 | CIN | ATL | Rick Matula | behind 0-1 | b 1 | 1 | 123 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 26% | 81% | Home Run; Collins Scores; Kennedy Scores; Griffey Scores | |||
| 21 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1980-07-10 | CIN | @ | ATL | Phil Niekro | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17% | 69% | Home Run; Driessen Scores | ||
| 22 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1980-07-16 | CIN | MON | Steve Rogers | behind 0-5 | b 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3% | 6% | Home Run | |||
| 23 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1980-08-13 | CIN | @ | SDP | Bob Shirley | behind 2-3 | t 8 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 45% | 77% | Home Run; Oester Scores | ||
| 24 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1980-09-15 | CIN | SFG | Bob Knepper | ahead 2-1 | b 1 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16% | 80% | Home Run; Driessen Scores | |||
| 25 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1980-09-17 | CIN | HOU | Joe Niekro | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24% | 95% | Home Run; Concepcion Scores; Driessen Scores; Bench Scores | |||
| 26 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 1980-09-28 | CIN | @ | HOU | Joaquin Andujar | behind 3-5 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 26% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 1981 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1981-04-10 | CIN | @ | ATL | Tommy Boggs | tied 1-1 | t 5 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16% | 63% | Home Run | ||
| 28 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1981-04-13 | CIN | @ | SDP | Rick Wise | ahead 4-0 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4% | 94% | Home Run | ||
| 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1981-05-17 | CIN | @ | PIT | Eddie Solomon | ahead 3-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1981-05-20 | CIN | @ | CHC | Bill Caudill | behind 3-5 | t 6 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 29% | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF) | ||
| 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1981-06-06 | CIN | MON | Charlie Lea | ahead 5-2 | b 3 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | |||
| 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1981-09-25 | CIN | @ | ATL | Steve Bedrosian | ahead 5-2 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 1982 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 33 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1982-04-20 | HOU | @ | LAD | Fernando Valenzuela | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11% | 61% | Home Run | ||
| 34 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1982-04-26 | HOU | @ | STL | John Martin | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18% | 68% | Home Run; Scott Scores | ||
| 35 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1982-05-29 | HOU | @ | NYM | Craig Swan | ahead 4-1 | t 7 | 0 | --- | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4% | 95% | Home Run | ||
| 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1982-06-13 | HOU | @ | SDP | John Montefusco | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17% | 69% | Home Run; Garner Scores | ||
| 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1982-09-04 | HOU | @ | PHI | Dick Ruthven | behind 0-3 | t 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16% | 37% | Home Run; Scott Scores | ||
| 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1982-09-18 | HOU | @ | LAD | Bob Welch | tied 0-0 | t 1 | 2 | --- | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11% | 57% | Home Run | ||
| 1983 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 39 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1983-04-17 | HOU | MON | Bryn Smith | ahead 5-3 | b 8 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3% | 97% | Home Run | |||
| 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1983-05-02 | HOU | @ | NYM | Mike Torrez | behind 1-2 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18% | 44% | Home Run | ||
| 41 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1983-05-08 | HOU | @ | ATL | Rick Behenna | ahead 1-0 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12% | 71% | Home Run | ||
| 42 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1983-05-28 | HOU | STL | Jim Kaat | ahead 7-2 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Garner Scores | |||
| 43 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1983-06-30 | HOU | @ | ATL | Pete Falcone | behind 0-2 | t 4 | 1 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 35% | Home Run | ||
| 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1983-07-29 | HOU | CIN | Joe Price | ahead 1-0 | b 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 81% | Home Run | |||
| 45 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1983-08-01 | HOU | @ | SDP | Eric Show | behind 1-2 | t 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 3 | 27% | 60% | Home Run; Cruz Scores | ||
| 46 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1983-08-16 | HOU | @ | CIN | Charlie Puleo | ahead 3-2 | t 4 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11% | 74% | Home Run | ||
| 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1983-09-05 | HOU | @ | ATL | Steve Bedrosian | behind 1-7 | t 9 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0% | 0% | Home Run; Cruz Scores | ||
| 1984 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 48 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1984-05-02 | HOU | @ | CIN | Mario Soto | tied 0-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 49 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1984-06-16 | HOU | LAD | Rick Honeycutt | behind 1-5 | b 7 | 0 | 12- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19% | 33% | Home Run; Cruz Scores; Mumphrey Scores | |||
| 50 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1984-09-21 | NYM | MON | Dan Schatzeder | ahead 4-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6% | 92% | Home Run | |||
| 1985 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 51 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1985-05-17 | NYM | SFG | Dave LaPoint | behind 0-2 | b 7 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 32% | 58% | Home Run; Foster Scores | |||
| 52 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1985-05-27 | NYM | LAD | Jerry Reuss | ahead 1-0 | b 3 | 0 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12% | 91% | Home Run; Darling Scores/unER; Wilson Scores | |||
| 53 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1985-06-04 | NYM | @ | LAD | Fernando Valenzuela | tied 0-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 58% | Home Run | ||
| 54 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 1985-07-27 (1) | NYM | HOU | Frank DiPino | ahead 7-4 | b 7 | 1 | 1-3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3% | 100% | Home Run; Carter Scores/unER; Foster Scores/unER; Knight Scores/unER | |||
| 55 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 1985-08-15 | NYM | PHI | Jerry Koosman | ahead 3-1 | b 1 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 87% | Home Run; Foster Scores | |||
| 56 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 1985-09-02 | NYM | @ | SDP | Bob Patterson | ahead 7-1 | t 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Carter Scores; Foster Scores | ||
| 1986 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 57 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1986-04-12 | NYM | @ | PHI | Steve Carlton | ahead 1-0 | t 2 | 2 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10% | 68% | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) | ||
| 58 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1986-04-13 | NYM | @ | PHI | Shane Rawley | behind 1-4 | t 9 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2% | 3% | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) | ||
| 59 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 1986-04-21 | NYM | PIT | Cecilio Guante | behind 2-4 | b 8 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 42% | 52% | Home Run; Foster Scores | |||
| 60 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 1986-04-22 | NYM | PIT | Bob Kipper | ahead 3-0 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | |||
| 61 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 1986-04-25 | NYM | @ | STL | Ricky Horton | tied 0-0 | t 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15% | 65% | Home Run | ||
| 62 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 1986-04-25 | NYM | @ | STL | Pat Perry | ahead 7-0 | t 9 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0% | 100% | Home Run; Carter Scores | ||
| 63 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 1986-06-01 | NYM | SFG | Mike Krukow | behind 0-7 | b 6 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2% | 3% | Home Run; Teufel Scores | |||
| 64 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 1986-06-11 | NYM | PHI | Steve Carlton | ahead 4-1 | b 3 | 1 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6% | 90% | Home Run | |||
| 65 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 1986-07-03 | NYM | HOU | Frank DiPino | tied 5-5 | b 10 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 47% | 100% | Walk-Off | Home Run | ||
| 66 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 1986-09-23 | NYM | STL | Greg Mathews | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11% | 66% | Home Run | |||
| 67 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 1986-10-05 | NYM | PIT | John Smiley | ahead 3-0 | b 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7% | 95% | Home Run; Strawberry Scores | |||
| 1987 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 68 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 1987-04-09 | BAL | TEX | Mike Mason | ahead 3-2 | b 6 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10% | 84% | Home Run | |||
| 69 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 1987-04-10 | BAL | @ | CLE | Tom Waddell | behind 6-9 | t 7 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15% | 24% | Home Run; Murray Scores | ||
| 70 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 1987-05-09 | BAL | @ | CHW | Bob James | ahead 12-6 | t 8 | 2 | -2- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1% | 100% | Home Run; Gerhart Scores/unER; Knight Scores/unER | ||
| 71 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 1987-05-12 | BAL | MIN | Frank Viola | behind 0-4 | b 4 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14% | 27% | Home Run; Murray Scores | |||
| 72 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1987-05-24 | BAL | @ | OAK | Curt Young | ahead 2-1 | t 4 | 2 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12% | 70% | Home Run (LF-CF) | ||
| 73 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 1987-06-10 | BAL | BOS | Al Nipper | behind 1-6 | b 5 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5% | 13% | Home Run | |||
| 74 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 1987-06-14 | BAL | TOR | Mark Eichhorn | tied 1-1 | b 6 | 1 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 25% | 83% | Home Run; Murray Scores | |||
| 75 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 1987-06-24 | BAL | NYY | Ron Guidry | ahead 2-0 | b 1 | 2 | 1-- | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13% | 84% | Home Run; Young Scores | |||
| 76 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 1987-07-30 | BAL | @ | CLE | Steve Carlton | ahead 3-2 | t 6 | 2 | --- | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13% | 74% | Home Run | ||
| 77 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 1987-08-04 | BAL | @ | MIL | Dan Plesac | behind 5-8 | t 9 | 1 | -23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 32% | 44% | Home Run; Ripken Scores; Murray Scores | ||
| 78 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 1987-08-27 | BAL | CAL | Jerry Reuss | behind 2-3 | b 4 | 0 | 1-- | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20% | 68% | Home Run; Murray Scores | |||
| 79 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 1987-09-04 | BAL | OAK | Gene Nelson | tied 1-1 | b 4 | 1 | -2- | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18% | 77% | Home Run; Dwyer Scores | |||
| 80 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 1987-09-09 (1) | BAL | DET | Willie Hernandez | behind 3-7 | b 8 | 0 | --- | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5% | 9% | Home Run | |||
| 81 | 81 | 14 | 1 | 1987-10-01 | BAL | @ | DET | Walt Terrell | behind 2-4 | t 2 | 0 | --- | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9% | 40% | Home Run | ||
| 1988 HRs | #car | #yr | #gm | Date | @Bat | Pitcher | Score | Inn | Out | RoB | Pit(cnt) | RBI | BOP | Pos | bWPA | bWE | Notes | Play Description | ||
| 82 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 1988-05-13 | DET | MIN | Allan Anderson | ahead 3-0 | b 4 | 2 | --- | 4,(2-1) | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6% | 91% | Home Run | ||
| 83 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 1988-07-07 | DET | OAK | Curt Young | ahead 6-0 | b 3 | 1 | -2- | 2,(1-0) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2% | 99% | Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Herndon Scores | ||
| 84 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 1988-10-02 | DET | NYY | Pat Clements | tied 0-0 | b 2 | 0 | 1-- | 3,(1-1) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17% | 76% | Home Run; Lemon Scores |
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