Phil Knell

Philip Louis Knell

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 154 lb.

Born: March 12, 1865 in Mill Valley, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1888
Teams (by GP): Solons/Colonels/Athletics/Senators/Spiders/... 1888-1895

Final Game: September 29, 1895
Died: June 5, 1944 in Santa Monica, CA
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1888	23	OLD	N/A																						OLD · CALL
1888	23	PIT	NL	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-40	1	0		/1

1889	24	STJ,OMA,SAC	N/A	66	250	250	30	57	5	3	2		8			.228	.228	.296	.524		74				STJ,OMA,SAC · WA,CALL
1890	25	PHQ	PL	36	140	132	19	29	3	2	1	18	3	7	17	.220	.264	.295	.560	47	39	1		1/O
1891	26	COL	AA	66	223	215	25	34	2	3	0	19	4	8	34	.158	.188	.195	.384	13	42	0		1/O4
1892	27	OLD,LOS	B	17	61	61	7	8	2	0	0		2			.131	.131	.164	.295		10				OLD,LOS · CALL
1892	27	TOT	NL	33	109	102	12	11	0	0	0	2	0	6	33	.108	.165	.108	.273	-17	11	1		1
1892	27	WHS	NL	22	72	68	8	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	20	.118	.167	.118	.284	-13	8	1		1
1892	27	PHI	NL	11	37	34	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	.088	.162	.088	.250	-24	3	0		1

1893	28	SFR,LOS	N/A	37	124	124	27	27	1	1	0		9			.218	.218	.242	.460		30				SFR,LOS · CALL
1894	29	TOT	NL	33	117	116	11	31	2	4	1	13	1	0	18	.267	.267	.379	.647	59	44	0	1	1
1894	29	PIT	NL	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1894	29	LOU	NL	32	114	113	10	31	2	4	1	13	1	0	18	.274	.274	.389	.664	64	44	0	1	1
1895	30	LOS	Wtr	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		0			.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0		LOS · CAWL
1895	30	TOT	NL	30	85	81	12	17	4	2	0	11	2	2	13	.210	.238	.309	.547	39	25	1	1	1
1895	30	LOU	NL	10	27	26	3	6	2	1	0	6	1	1	4	.231	.259	.385	.644	69	10	0	0	1
1895	30	CLV	NL	20	58	55	9	11	2	1	0	5	1	1	9	.200	.228	.273	.501	26	15	1	1	1
1896	31	KCY,FWA	A,C																						KCY,FWA · WL,ISLG
1898	33	STK	N/A																						STK · PCL
1899	34	HFD	A	48	175	172	16	38	3	1	0		3			.221	.221	.250	.471		43		3		HFD · EL
1900	35	SFR	N/A																						SFR · CALL
1901	36	SAC	N/A																						SAC · CALL
1903	38	SAF	N/A																						SAF · CASL
1904	39	SFR	A	35	111	111		21	2	0	0					.189	.189	.207	.396		23				SFR · PCL
6 Yrs				201	685	657	79	123	11	11	2	63	10	23	115	.187	.218	.247	.465	28	162	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	552	530	64	99	9	9	2	51	8	19	93	.187	.218	.247	.465	28	131	2

LOU (2 yrs)				42	141	139	13	37	4	5	1	19	2	1	22	.266	.271	.388	.660	65	54	0	1
PIT (2 yrs)				4	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	-56	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				11	37	34	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	.088	.162	.088	.250	-24	3	0
WHS (1 yr)				22	72	68	8	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	20	.118	.167	.118	.284	-13	8	1
CLV (1 yr)				20	58	55	9	11	2	1	0	5	1	1	9	.200	.228	.273	.501	26	15	1	1
COL (1 yr)				66	223	215	25	34	2	3	0	19	4	8	34	.158	.188	.195	.384	13	42	0
PHQ (1 yr)				36	140	132	19	29	3	2	1	18	3	7	17	.220	.264	.295	.560	47	39	1

NL (4 yrs)				99	322	310	35	60	6	6	1	26	3	8	64	.194	.219	.261	.480	29	81	2	2
AA (1 yr)				66	223	215	25	34	2	3	0	19	4	8	34	.158	.188	.195	.384	13	42	0
PL (1 yr)				36	140	132	19	29	3	2	1	18	3	7	17	.220	.264	.295	.560	47	39	1

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1888	23	PIT	NL	3	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.472	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1

1890	25	PHQ	PL	36	140	-13	-0	0	0	11	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1/O
1891	26	COL	AA	66	223	-26	-0	0	-1	17	-11	-0.9	4	-7	-0.9	.486	.494	-0.9	-0.1	-6	$	1/O4
1892	27	WHS	NL	22	72	-10	0	0	0	5	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.477	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$	1
1892	27	PHI	NL	11	37	-6	0	0	0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.470	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1

1894	29	PIT	NL	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.433	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1894	29	LOU	NL	32	114	-10	0	0	0	9	-0	-0.1	3	3	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1895	30	LOU	NL	10	27	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1895	30	CLV	NL	20	58	-8	-0	0	0	4	-4	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
6 Seasons				201	685	-78	-1	0	-1	51	-28	-2.5	16	-12	-2.5	.488	.498	-2.5	-0.1	-11	$

LOU (2 yrs)				42	141	-12	0	0	0	11	-0	-0.0	4	4	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	4	$
PIT (2 yrs)				4	14	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.1	0	-1	-0.2	.462	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
PHI (1 yr)				11	37	-6	0	0	0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.470	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
WHS (1 yr)				22	72	-10	0	0	0	5	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.477	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$
CLV (1 yr)				20	58	-8	-0	0	0	4	-4	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
COL (1 yr)				66	223	-26	-0	0	-1	17	-11	-0.9	4	-7	-0.9	.486	.494	-0.9	-0.1	-6	$
PHQ (1 yr)				36	140	-13	-0	0	0	11	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1888	23	PIT	NL	11	10	0	0.0	66	.091	.091	.237	.091	.284	.091	.324	.182	.608	-40	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.100	.000	.000

1890	25	PHQ	PL	140	103	10	2.6	108	.246	.220	.285	.264	.364	.295	.396	.560	.760	47	.236	-10.9	-1.0	.485	.152	.076	1.5
1891	26	COL	AA	223	181	8	1.2	86	.188	.158	.254	.188	.336	.195	.343	.384	.679	13	.092	-25.1	-2.7	.298	.093	.037	.0
1892	27	TOT	NL	109	91	1	0.3	80	.159	.108	.250	.165	.323	.108	.334	.273	.657	-17	.010	-14.4	-1.6	.198	.059	.000
1892	27	WHS	NL	72	60	1	0.4	79	.167	.118	.248	.167	.321	.118	.332	.284	.654	-13	.020	-9.3	-1.0	.200	.044	.000
1892	27	PHI	NL	37	31	0	0.0	81	.143	.088	.252	.162	.325	.088	.337	.250	.662	-24	.000	-5.1	-0.6	.194	.088	.000

1894	29	TOT	NL	117	86	12	3.6	119	.309	.267	.305	.267	.375	.379	.430	.647	.805	59	.285	-8.5	-0.7	.529	.121	.112	1.0
1894	29	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	125	.000	.000	.313	.000	.384	.000	.441	.000	.826	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1894	29	LOU	NL	114	83	12	3.8	119	.319	.274	.305	.274	.375	.389	.430	.664	.805	64	.299	-7.5	-0.6	.549	.124	.115	1.0
1895	30	TOT	NL	85	65	6	2.4	114	.250	.210	.305	.238	.372	.309	.412	.547	.783	39	.196	-8.0	-0.8	.469	.148	.099	.0
1895	30	LOU	NL	27	20	3	3.9	107	.273	.231	.294	.259	.360	.385	.398	.644	.758	69	.374	-1.4	-0.1	.600	.231	.154	.0
1895	30	CLV	NL	58	45	3	1.7	117	.239	.200	.310	.228	.377	.273	.419	.501	.796	26	.119	-6.6	-0.6	.409	.109	.073	.0
6 Yrs				685	536	37	1.8	98	.224	.187	.274	.218	.350	.247	.376	.465	.726	28	.152	-68.5	-7.0	.371	.110	.059	3.3
162 Game Avg.				552	432	30	1.8	98	.224	.187	.274	.218	.350	.247	.376	.465	.726	28	.152	-68.5	-7.0	.371	.110	.059	3

LOU (2 yrs)				141	103	15	3.8	117	.310	.266	.303	.271	.372	.388	.424	.660	.796	65	.312	-8.8	-0.8	.559	.144	.122	1.3
PIT (2 yrs)				14	13	0	0.0	78	.071	.071	.253	.071	.305	.071	.349	.143	.655	-56	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.077	.000	.000
PHI (1 yr)				37	31	0	0.0	81	.143	.088	.252	.162	.325	.088	.337	.250	.662	-24	.000	-5.1	-0.6	.194	.088	.000
WHS (1 yr)				72	60	1	0.4	79	.167	.118	.248	.167	.321	.118	.332	.284	.654	-13	.020	-9.3	-1.0	.200	.044	.000
CLV (1 yr)				58	45	3	1.7	117	.239	.200	.310	.228	.377	.273	.419	.501	.796	26	.119	-6.6	-0.6	.409	.109	.073	.0
COL (1 yr)				223	181	8	1.2	86	.188	.158	.254	.188	.336	.195	.343	.384	.679	13	.092	-25.1	-2.7	.298	.093	.037	.0
PHQ (1 yr)				140	103	10	2.6	108	.246	.220	.285	.264	.364	.295	.396	.560	.760	47	.237	-10.9	-1.0	.485	.152	.076	1.5

NL (4 yrs)				322	252	19	2.0	103	.241	.194	.284	.219	.353	.261	.390	.480	.743	29	.159	-32.5	-3.3	.376	.103	.068	1.5
AA (1 yr)				223	181	8	1.2	86	.188	.158	.254	.188	.336	.195	.343	.384	.679	13	.092	-25.1	-2.7	.298	.093	.037	.0
PL (1 yr)				140	103	10	2.6	108	.246	.220	.285	.264	.364	.295	.396	.560	.760	47	.237	-10.9	-1.0	.485	.152	.076	1.5

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1888	23	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-40	1	0
1889	24	3	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-40	1	0
1890	25	39	151	143	19	30	3	2	1	18	3	7	17	.210	.252	.280	.531	42	40	1
1891	26	105	374	358	44	64	5	5	1	37	7	15	51	.179	.214	.229	.443	25	82	1
1892	27	138	483	460	56	75	5	5	1	39	7	21	84	.163	.203	.202	.405	17	93	2
1893	28	138	483	460	56	75	5	5	1	39	7	21	84	.163	.203	.202	.405	17	93	2
1894	29	171	600	576	67	106	7	9	2	52	8	21	102	.184	.215	.238	.453	26	137	2	1
1895	30	201	685	657	79	123	11	11	2	63	10	23	115	.187	.218	.247	.465	28	162	3	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1888	23	4	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1890	25	44	161	153	14	27	3	2	1	13	3	7	21	.176	.217	.242	.459	7	36
1891	26	86	283	274	25	38	2	3	0	19	4	9	44	.139	.166	.168	.334	8	66
1892	27	35	117	109	15	13	0	0	0	2	0	7	35	.119	.179	.119	.299	2	33

1894	29	40	135	134	9	30	2	4	1	10	1	0	22	.224	.224	.321	.545	10	33
1895	30	37	99	95	10	17	4	2	0	9	2	2	16	.179	.204	.263	.467	5	30
6 Yrs		246	808	778	73	125	11	11	2	53	10	25	138	.161	.190	.211	.401	32	201
162 Game Avg.		162	532	512	48	82	7	7	1	35	7	16	91	.161	.190	.211	.401	21	201

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1891 AA 5.2 (7th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1891 AA 5.2 (7th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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