Bob Knepper
Robert Wesley Knepper
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 25, 1954 in Akron, OH
High School: Calistoga (Calistoga, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1976
Final Game: June 24, 1990
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 SFG NL 22 P 4 4 25.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.80 1.25 .940 1.87 0.72
1977 SFG NL 23 P 27 27 166.0 32 10 21 1 1 .969 1.68 1.15 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 SFG NL 24 P 36 35 260.0 37 4 33 0 3 1.000 1.28 1.03 .949 1.91 0.72
1979 SFG NL 25 P 34 34 207.1 39 8 26 5 1 .872 1.48 1.00 .954 1.80 0.66
1980 SFG NL 26 P 35 33 215.1 55 7 45 3 3 .945 2.17 1.49 .953 1.91 0.69
1981 HOU NL 27 P 22 22 156.2 35 6 26 3 1 .914 1.84 1.45 .960 1.97 0.68 AS
1982 HOU NL 28 P 33 29 180.0 41 8 32 1 3 .976 2.00 1.21 .951 1.96 0.70
1983 HOU NL 29 P 35 29 203.0 45 2 40 3 4 .933 1.86 1.20 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 HOU NL 30 P 35 34 233.2 41 7 32 2 2 .951 1.50 1.11 .954 1.88 0.67
1985 HOU NL 31 P 37 37 241.0 38 5 30 3 1 .921 1.31 0.95 .955 1.92 0.68
1986 HOU NL 32 P 40 38 258.0 73 23 47 3 6 .959 2.44 1.75 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 HOU NL 33 P 33 31 177.2 48 7 39 2 2 .958 2.33 1.39 .954 1.91 0.62
1988 HOU NL 34 P 27 27 175.0 47 6 39 2 3 .957 2.31 1.67 .955 1.96 0.69 AS
1989 TOT NL 35 P 35 26 165.0 39 8 29 2 1 .949 2.02 1.06 .946 1.87 0.63
1989 HOU NL 35 P 22 20 113.0 32 6 24 2 1 .938 2.39 1.36 .947 1.87 0.63
1989 SFG NL 35 P 13 6 52.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.54 .943 1.87 0.63
1990 SFG NL 36 P 12 7 44.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.75 .956 1.81 0.58
15 Seasons P 445 413 2708.0 584 103 451 30 32 .949 1.84 1.24 .953 1.91 0.67
15 Seasons TOT 445 413 2708.0 584 103 451 30 32 .949 1.84 1.24 .902 1.91 0.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 SFG NL 22 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 SFG NL 23 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 24 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 25 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 SFG NL 26 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 27 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 28 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HOU NL 29 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HOU NL 30 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 31 38 37 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 HOU NL 32 42 38 42 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1987 HOU NL 33 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 34 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 HOU NL 35 22 20 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 35 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 SFG NL 36 12 7 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 449 413 449 445 445 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1976 SFG NL 22 107 83% 22% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1977 SFG NL 23 744 76% 28% 27 89% 0 12 4 6 20 17 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1978 SFG NL 24 1094 78% 29% 35 97% 1 4 2 2 33 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 6 100%
1979 SFG NL 25 957 79% 28% 34 79% 1 8 1 7 27 23 3 5 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 0 9 78%
1980 SFG NL 26 991 83% 26% 51 90% 0 6 2 4 46 39 3 3 0 3 0 1 3 2 2 1 4 100%
1981 HOU NL 27 641 82% 31% 30 93% 0 7 3 3 27 20 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1982 HOU NL 28 819 79% 27% 39 85% 0 8 5 2 30 23 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 3 100%
1983 HOU NL 29 909 78% 26% 38 97% 1 3 0 2 37 27 7 3 0 0 3 1 3 3 3 0 3 100%
1984 HOU NL 30 985 80% 28% 39 95% 1 10 2 3 35 27 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 6 100%
1985 HOU NL 31 1041 82% 30% 35 94% 0 4 1 1 30 29 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 10 90%
1986 HOU NL 32 1087 81% 31% 62 90% 1 22 7 13 50 40 6 3 0 3 0 3 6 6 6 0 21 81%
1987 HOU NL 33 820 84% 34% 41 95% 0 6 1 4 39 33 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 80%
1988 HOU NL 34 751 77% 40% 40 88% 3 6 1 4 37 27 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 8 75%
1989 HOU NL 35 548 80% 39% 27 89% 0 7 2 2 24 21 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 80%
1989 SFG NL 35 231 85% 34% 7 71% 0 3 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1990 SFG NL 36 212 79% 33% 8 100% 0 1 0 0 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 11937 80% 30% 517 91% 8 108 31 57 453 369 39 30 0 17 13 15 30 24 24 6 101 87%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 87%

* 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.

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