Frank Knauss

Frank H. Knauss

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: 1868 in Cleveland, OH(All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1890
Teams (by GP): Solons/Spiders/Reds/Giants 1890-1895

Final Game: May 29, 1895
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1889	21	DTR	N/A	27	11	.711	1.74	40	38		37	0		341.1	297	186	66		145	193	34		25			1.295	7.8		3.8	5.1	1.33	DTR · IL
1890	22	DTR	N/A	10	3	.769		15	13		13	5																				DTR · INTA
1890	22	COL	AA	17	12	.586	2.81	37	34	3	28	3	2	275.2	206	131	86	3	106	148	21	0	17	1149	130	1.132	*6.7*	0.1	3.5	4.8	1.40
1891	23	CLV	NL	0	3	.000	7.20	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.0	23	29	12	2	8	6	4	0	0	80	49	2.067	13.8	1.2	4.8	3.6	0.75
1892	24	PRV	N/A	6	6	.500	1.21	12	11		8	1		81.2	78	45	11		46	31	8		3			1.518	8.6		5.1	3.4	0.67	PRV · EL
1892	24	CIN	NL	0	0		3.38	1	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	9	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	42	103	2.250	14.6	0.0	5.6	2.3	0.40

1894	26	CLV	NL	0	1	.000	5.73	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	7	9	7	0	14	2	3	0	2	56	97	1.909	5.7	0.0	11.5	1.6	0.14
1895	27	SCR	A	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1		0	0		4.0	4	6	3		3	0	0		0			1.750	9.0		6.8	0.0	0.00	SCR · EL
1895	27	NYG	NL	0	0		17.18	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	9	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	22	29	3.000	22.1	0.0	4.9	2.5	0.50
5 Yrs				17	16	.515	3.30	44	40	4	30	3	2	313.1	258	185	115	5	135	159	28	0	20	1349	112	1.254	7.4	0.1	3.9	4.6	1.18
162 Game Avg.				14	13	.515	3.30	36	32	3	24	2	2	254	209	150	93	4	109	129	23	0	16	1092	112	1.254	7.4	0.1	3.9	4.6	1.18

CLV (2 yrs)				0	4	.000	6.58	5	5	0	2	0	0	26.0	30	38	19	2	22	8	7	0	2	136	67	2.000	10.4	0.7	7.6	2.8	0.36
NYG (1 yr)				0	0		17.18	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	9	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	22	29	3.000	22.1	0.0	4.9	2.5	0.50
COL (1 yr)				17	12	.586	2.81	37	34	3	28	3	2	275.2	206	131	86	3	106	148	21	0	17	1149	130	1.132	6.7	0.1	3.5	4.8	1.40
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	1	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	9	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	42	103	2.250	14.6	0.0	5.6	2.3	0.40

NL (4 yrs)				0	4	.000	6.93	7	6	1	2	0	0	37.2	52	54	29	2	29	11	7	0	3	200	61	2.150	12.4	0.5	6.9	2.6	0.38
AA (1 yr)				17	12	.586	2.81	37	34	3	28	3	2	275.2	206	131	86	3	106	148	21	0	17	1149	130	1.132	6.7	0.1	3.5	4.8	1.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1890	22	COL	AA	275.2	37	34	131	4.28	5.54	0.63	0.00	94.0	4.62	20	1.8	1.0	-0.4	2.9	28	.548	.511	$
1891	23	CLV	NL	15.0	3	3	29	17.40	5.48	-0.24	0.00	102.0	5.84	-19	-1.0		-0.0	-0.9	-18	.154	.494	$
1892	24	CIN	NL	8.0	1	0	9	10.13	5.11	0.39	0.00	100.0	4.72	-5	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-4	.200	.498	$

1894	26	CLV	NL	11.0	2	2	9	7.36	7.40	0.12	0.00	102.0	7.43	0	0.0		-0.0	0.1	2	.516	.500	$
1895	27	NYG	NL	3.2	1	1	7	17.18	6.59	-0.01	0.00	97.0	6.40	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-4	.247	.498	$
5 Seasons				313.1	44	40	185	5.31	5.61	0.56	0.00	94.9	4.80	-8	0.2	1.0	-0.5	1.7	4	.505	.500	$

CLV (2 yrs)				26.0	5	5	38	13.15	6.29	-0.09	0.00	102.0	6.51	-18	-1.0		-0.0	-0.8	-16	.299	.497	$
NYG (1 yr)				3.2	1	1	7	17.18	6.59	-0.01	0.00	97.0	6.40	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-4	.247	.498	$
COL (1 yr)				275.2	37	34	131	4.28	5.54	0.63	0.00	94.0	4.62	20	1.8	1.0	-0.4	2.9	28	.548	.511	$
CIN (1 yr)				8.0	1	0	9	10.13	5.11	0.39	0.00	100.0	4.72	-5	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-4	.200	.498	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1890	22	17	12	.586	2.81	37	34	3	28	3	2	275.2	206	131	86	3	106	148	21	17	1149	130	1.132	6.7	0.1	3.5	4.8	1.40	130
1891	23	17	15	.531	3.03	40	37	3	29	3	2	290.2	229	160	98	5	114	154	25	17	1229	120	1.180	7.1	0.2	3.5	4.8	1.35	120
1892	24	17	15	.531	3.04	41	37	4	29	3	2	298.2	242	169	101	5	119	156	25	17	1271	119	1.209	7.3	0.2	3.6	4.7	1.31	119
1893	25	17	15	.531	3.04	41	37	4	29	3	2	298.2	242	169	101	5	119	156	25	17	1271	119	1.209	7.3	0.2	3.6	4.7	1.31	119
1894	26	17	16	.515	3.14	43	39	4	30	3	2	309.2	249	178	108	5	133	158	28	19	1327	118	1.234	7.2	0.1	3.9	4.6	1.19	118
1895	27	17	16	.515	3.30	44	40	4	30	3	2	313.1	258	185	115	5	135	159	28	20	1349	112	1.254	7.4	0.1	3.9	4.6	1.18	112

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1890	22	31	11	.738	2.32	380.0	255	109	98	4	131	204	26	1.016	6.0	3.1	4.8	1.56	0.1	37
1891	23	1	1	.500	5.21	19.0	24	12	11	2	8	8	4	1.684	11.4	3.8	3.8	1.00	0.9	3
1892	24	0	0		3.00	9.0	13	3	3	0	5	2	0	2.000	13.0	5.0	2.0	0.40	0.0	1

1894	26	1	0	1.000	2.81	16.0	6	6	5	0	12	3	3	1.125	3.4	6.8	1.7	0.25	0.0	2
1895	27	0	0		10.80	5.0	9	7	6	0	2	1	0	2.200	16.2	3.6	1.8	0.50	0.0	1
5 Yrs		33	12	.733	2.58	429.0	307	137	123	6	158	218	33	1.084	6.4		4.6	1.38	0.1	44

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1890 AA 2.81 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1890 AA 1.132 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 AA 6.726 (1st)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 AA 4.832 (8th)
Saves s c a p y 1890 AA 2 (2nd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1890 AA 148 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1890 AA 3 (5th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1890 AA 1.396 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 AA 0.098 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1890 AA 21 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1890 AA 3 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1890 AA 128 (6th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1890 AA 25 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1890 AA 2.3 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Eppa Rixey (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Roger Moret (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Denny Lemaster (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tom Hughes (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
J.A. Happ (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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