Tony McKnight

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: June 29, 1977 in Texarkana, AR us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arkansas HS (Texarkana, AR).

High Schools: Arkansas HS (Texarkana, AR), Texas HS (Texarkana, TX)

Debut: August 10, 2000 (Age 23-042d, 17,743rd in major league history)
vs. NYM 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: October 6, 2001 (Age 24-099d)
vs. CHC 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Tony Mark McKnight

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.63

122.1

WHIP

1.447

Summary of 23 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
PIT	15
HOU	8

Platoon
vs RHB	13
vs LHB	10

Home/Road
Away	12
Home	11

Outs
0	12
1	9
2	2

10 Opps
CHC	6
CIN	4
NYM	3
PIT	3
HOU	2
SFG	1
STL	1
LAD	1
SDP	1
MIL	1

21 Batters
John Vander Wal	2
Sammy Sosa	2
Richard Hidalgo	1
Michael Tucker	1
Ricky Gutiérrez	1
Albert Pujols	1
Matt Stairs	1
Moisés Alou	1
Warren Morris	1
Todd Zeile	1
Todd Walker	1
Danny Graves	1
Mike Piazza	1
Fred McGriff	1
Roosevelt Brown	1
Eric Karros	1
Marvin Benard	1
Jay Payton	1
Bubba Trammell	1
Sean Casey	1
Richie Sexson	1

8 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	7
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	7
8	5
9	4
89	3
78	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	6
5	6
4	4
2	3
6	2
1	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	11
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
12-	2
--3	1
-2-	1
1--	1
1-3	1

32 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	17
1 on	3
2 on	3
Any on	6

Inning
1	5
2	4
3	2
4	6
5	1
6	5

1-3	11
4-6	12

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	1
+1	4
Tied	8
-1	3
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	7
Tied	8
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-1	4
1-2	3
1-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	3
0-0	2
1-0	2
2-1	2
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	7
1B	5
LF	4
2B	2
CF	2
P	1
C	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	6
5th	4
6th	4
3rd	3
7th	2
1st	2
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	7

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-08-10	Jay Payton	NYM	@	HOU	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	8	11%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2000-09-10	Sammy Sosa	CHC		HOU	behind 0-2	b 1	1	1--	5,(2-2) BBFCX	2	3	9	17%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Ojeda Scores
3	3	3	1	2000-09-15	John Vander Wal	PIT	@	HOU	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	9	9%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	2000-09-27	John Vander Wal	PIT		HOU	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	9	10%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2001-06-21	Michael Tucker	CIN	@	HOU	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) LBBBX	1	6	7	6%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
6	6	2	2	2001-06-21	Danny Graves	CIN	@	HOU	behind 2-5	t 4	1	--3	3,(1-1) BFX	2	9	1	12%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. LaRue Scores
7	7	3	3	2001-06-21	Sean Casey	CIN	@	HOU	behind 4-5	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	4	3	13%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	2001-07-28 (2)	Warren Morris	PIT		HOU	behind 1-8	b 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	4	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
9	9	5	1	2001-08-02	Marvin Benard	SFG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	17%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	6	1	2001-08-07	Eric Karros	LAD	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	3	12%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	2001-08-12	Bubba Trammell	SDP	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) BCCX	1	6	9	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	8	1	2001-08-17	Richard Hidalgo	HOU		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	10%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	9	2	2001-08-17	Moisés Alou	HOU		PIT	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	10%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	10	1	2001-08-28	Richie Sexson	MIL		PIT	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	3	13%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	11	1	2001-09-02	Todd Walker	CIN		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	1	4	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
16	16	12	1	2001-09-19	Todd Zeile	NYM	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 4	1	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	6	3	28%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Piazza Scores; T. Shinjo Scores
17	17	13	2	2001-09-19	Mike Piazza	NYM	@	PIT	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	---	5,(1-2) BSFFX	1	3	2	8%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
18	18	14	1	2001-09-24	Ricky Gutiérrez	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	2	6	10%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
19	19	15	2	2001-09-24	Matt Stairs	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1-3	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	3	5	7	13%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Sosa Scores; F. McGriff Scores
20	20	16	1	2001-09-30	Albert Pujols	STL		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	7	17%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Drew Scores
21	21	17	1	2001-10-06	Roosevelt Brown	CHC		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	5	7	25%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Patterson Scores; S. Sosa Scores
22	22	18	2	2001-10-06	Sammy Sosa	CHC		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	6,(2-2) CFBBFX	1	3	9	5%	90%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball)
23	23	19	3	2001-10-06	Fred McGriff	CHC		PIT	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)