Chris Knapp
Robert Christian Knapp
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1953 in Cherry Point, NC
School: Central Michigan University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1975
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 21 CHW AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 12 87 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 13.5 0.75
1976 22 CHW AL 3 1 .750 4.82 11 6 2 1 0 0 52.1 54 31 28 5 32 1 41 1 1 0 233 75 1.643 9.3 0.9 5.5 7.1 1.28
1977 23 CHW AL 12 7 .632 4.80 27 26 1 4 0 0 146.1 166 90 78 16 61 1 103 7 0 1 664 86 1.551 10.2 1.0 3.8 6.3 1.69
1978 24 CAL AL 14 8 .636 4.21 30 29 1 6 0 0 188.1 178 94 88 25 67 6 126 2 0 3 797 86 1.301 8.5 1.2 3.2 6.0 1.88
1979 25 CAL AL 5 5 .500 5.51 20 18 1 3 0 0 98.0 109 73 60 8 35 1 36 2 0 2 440 74 1.469 10.0 0.7 3.2 3.3 1.03
1980 26 CAL AL 2 11 .154 6.14 32 20 3 1 0 1 117.1 133 83 80 18 51 1 46 8 1 4 535 64 1.568 10.2 1.4 3.9 3.5 0.90
6 Seasons 36 32 .529 4.99 122 99 10 15 0 1 604.1 642 372 335 72 250 10 355 20 2 10 2681 78 1.476 9.6 1.1 3.7 5.3 1.42
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .529 4.99 38 30 3 5 0 0 186 198 114 103 22 77 3 109 6 1 3 825 78 1.476 9.6 1.1 3.7 5.3 1.42
CAL (3 yrs) 21 24 .467 5.08 82 67 5 10 0 1 403.2 420 250 228 51 153 8 208 12 1 9 1772 75 1.419 9.4 1.1 3.4 4.6 1.36
CHW (3 yrs) 15 8 .652 4.80 40 32 5 5 0 0 200.2 222 122 107 21 97 2 147 8 1 1 909 83 1.590 10.0 0.9 4.4 6.6 1.52

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 25 CAL AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.571 19.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.571 19.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 21 CHW AL 2 12 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .250 .500 .250 .750 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 CHW AL 11 233 198 31 54 7 2 5 8 4 32 41 .273 .375 .404 .779 .320 80 4 1 1 1 1
1977 23 CHW AL 27 664 587 90 166 35 6 16 13 5 61 103 .283 .355 .445 .800 .318 261 7 7 5 4 1
1978 24 CAL AL 30 797 711 94 178 38 6 25 21 8 67 126 .250 .313 .426 .740 .269 303 8 2 9 8 6
1979 25 CAL AL 20 440 396 73 109 28 4 8 6 4 35 36 .275 .334 .427 .761 .284 169 6 2 3 4 1
1980 26 CAL AL 32 534 460 83 133 27 3 18 9 6 51 46 .289 .366 .478 .844 .286 220 6 8 9 6 1
6 Seasons 122 2680 2360 372 642 135 21 72 57 27 250 355 .272 .344 .439 .782 .291 1035 31 20 27 23 10
162 Game Avg. 38 825 726 114 198 42 6 22 18 8 77 109 .272 .344 .439 .782 .291 318 10 6 8 7 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 22 CHW AL 11 6 2 1 3 0 1 3 3 .500 0 1 1 0 3 50% 50 73 29 10 5 1 4 5.5 4.4 6.0
1977 23 CHW AL 27 26 12 7 7 6 0 17 9 .654 0 3 4 0 7 27% 46 83 23 32 11 4 11 5.3 5.5 5.5
1978 24 CAL AL 30 29 14 8 7 6 2 15 14 .517 1 5 6 0 14 48% 51 86 14 24 6 0 9 4.6 4.0 6.4
1979 25 CAL AL 20 18 5 5 8 1 0 12 6 .667 3 3 3 0 4 22% 43 76 14 16 9 1 8 7.3 7.1 5.2
1980 26 CAL AL 32 20 1 10 9 0 2 8 12 .400 2 4 1 0 5 25% 41 74 23 30 9 2 9 4.3 3.2 4.3
5 Seasons 120 99 34 31 34 13 5 55 44 .556 6 16 15 0 33 33% 46 86 14 112 40 8 41 5.3 4.9 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 21 CHW AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.010 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0
1976 22 CHW AL 11 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 1 0.915 1 1 3 0 1 4 2 3 3 1 3 0 9.8
1977 23 CHW AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.931 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1978 24 CAL AL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.059 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1979 25 CAL AL 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 0.895 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.5
1980 26 CAL AL 32 12 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 3 27% 2 0.894 3 2 6 1 2 9 6 6 9 2 10 1 7.8
6 Seasons 122 23 10 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 20 6 30% 0.950 5 4 13 1 4 18 10 13 16 3 17 1 7.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 21 CHW AL 12 33% 0.0% 25.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 42% 6 0 0%
1976 22 CHW AL 233 42% 2.2% 17.6% 13.7% 6.0% 26% 0.50 66% 45 4 9%
1977 23 CHW AL 664 54% 2.4% 15.5% 9.2% 8.6% 34% 0.58 71% 111 7 6%
1978 24 CAL AL 797 58% 3.1% 15.8% 8.4% 8.7% 39% 0.56 71% 122 8 7%
1979 25 CAL AL 440 54% 1.8% 8.2% 8.0% 9.1% 37% 0.67 81% 79 6 8%
1980 26 CAL AL 534 53% 3.4% 8.6% 9.6% 9.0% 36% 0.54 75% 92 6 7%
6 Seasons 2680 54% 2.7% 13.3% 9.3% 8.5% 36% 0.57 73% 455 31 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 21 CHW AL 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 CHW AL 233 54 5 0 14 3 2 3 2 17 8 2 47% 1 0 0 79 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1977 23 CHW AL 664 166 16 0 7 9 7 7 9 33 17 5 52% 9 1 1 252 13 5 72% 11 5 2 0 0 0 4 1 9 0
1978 24 CAL AL 797 178 25 1 10 17 8 11 14 47 24 11 51% 8 3 0 261 21 8 72% 19 6 1 2 1 0 2 0 13 0
1979 25 CAL AL 440 109 8 0 5 4 4 3 5 32 19 1 59% 9 2 1 167 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1980 26 CAL AL 534 133 18 0 10 10 8 10 8 29 18 3 62% 3 4 0 199 9 6 60% 9 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 0
6 Seasons 2680 642 72 1 47 43 29 34 38 158 86 22 54% 30 10 2 967 57 27 68% 53 24 3 3 1 0 9 1 47 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1975 21 0 0 4.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 12 87 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 13.5 0.75 87
1976 22 3 1 .750 4.80 13 6 4 1 0 0 54.1 56 32 29 5 36 1 44 1 1 0 245 75 1.693 9.3 0.8 6.0 7.3 1.22 75
1977 23 15 8 .652 4.80 40 32 5 5 0 0 200.2 222 122 107 21 97 2 147 8 1 1 909 83 1.590 10.0 0.9 4.4 6.6 1.52 83
1978 24 29 16 .644 4.51 70 61 6 11 0 0 389.0 400 216 195 46 164 8 273 10 1 4 1706 84 1.450 9.3 1.1 3.8 6.3 1.66 84
1979 25 34 21 .618 4.71 90 79 7 14 0 0 487.0 509 289 255 54 199 9 309 12 1 6 2146 82 1.454 9.4 1.0 3.7 5.7 1.55 82
1980 26 36 32 .529 4.99 122 99 10 15 0 1 604.1 642 372 335 72 250 10 355 20 2 10 2681 78 1.476 9.6 1.1 3.7 5.3 1.42 78

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 21 0 0 4.50 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 13.5 0.75 0.0 2
1976 22 1 4 .200 6.32 47.0 58 37 33 5 34 37 1 1.957 11.1 6.5 7.1 1.09 1.0 11
1977 23 6 9 .400 5.07 142.0 170 89 80 16 62 100 7 1.634 10.8 3.9 6.3 1.61 1.0 27
1978 24 7 12 .368 5.27 176.0 194 114 103 27 73 118 2 1.517 9.9 3.7 6.0 1.62 1.4 30
1979 25 3 7 .300 5.94 97.0 114 71 64 8 37 36 2 1.557 10.6 3.4 3.3 0.97 0.7 20
1980 26 3 9 .250 6.91 112.0 139 96 86 19 53 44 8 1.714 11.2 4.3 3.5 0.83 1.5 32
6 Seasons 20 41 .328 5.73 576.0 677 408 367 75 263 338 20 1.632 10.6 5.3 1.29 1.2 122

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 AL--.636--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL--6.021--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 AL--25--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 AL--7--9th
1980 AL--8--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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