You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > K Listing > Bob Knepper Statistics and History

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
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1976 22 SFG NL 1 2 .333 3.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.0 26 9 9 0 7 1 11 0 0 2 104 111 1.320 9.4 0.0 2.5 4.0 1.57
1977 23 SFG NL 11 9 .550 3.36 27 27 0 6 2 0 166.0 151 73 62 14 72 2 100 3 0 6 710 116 1.343 8.2 0.8 3.9 5.4 1.39
1978 24 SFG NL 17 11 .607 2.63 36 35 1 16 6 0 260.0 218 85 76 10 85 11 147 4 0 6 1062 131 1.165 7.5 0.3 2.9 5.1 1.73
1979 25 SFG NL 9 12 .429 4.64 34 34 0 6 2 0 207.1 241 117 107 30 77 8 123 3 1 6 926 76 1.534 10.5 1.3 3.3 5.3 1.60
1980 26 SFG NL 9 16 .360 4.10 35 33 1 8 1 0 215.1 242 114 98 15 61 10 103 8 1 2 943 86 1.407 10.1 0.6 2.5 4.3 1.69
1981 27 HOU NL 9 5 .643 2.18 22 22 0 6 5 0 156.2 128 41 38 5 38 1 75 4 0 0 617 150 1.060 7.4 0.3 2.2 4.3 1.97 AS
1982 28 HOU NL 5 15 .250 4.45 33 29 1 4 0 1 180.0 193 100 89 14 60 4 108 3 0 8 770 75 1.406 9.7 0.7 3.0 5.4 1.80
1983 29 HOU NL 6 13 .316 3.19 35 29 2 4 3 0 203.0 202 93 72 12 71 3 125 4 2 3 867 106 1.345 9.0 0.5 3.1 5.5 1.76
1984 30 HOU NL 15 10 .600 3.20 35 34 0 11 3 0 233.2 223 93 83 26 55 5 140 1 0 2 954 103 1.190 8.6 1.0 2.1 5.4 2.55
1985 31 HOU NL 15 13 .536 3.55 37 37 0 4 0 0 241.0 253 119 95 21 54 5 131 3 0 4 1016 97 1.274 9.4 0.8 2.0 4.9 2.43
1986 32 HOU NL 17 12 .586 3.14 40 38 1 8 5 0 258.0 232 100 90 19 62 13 143 4 0 5 1053 114 1.140 8.1 0.7 2.2 5.0 2.31
1987 33 HOU NL 8 17 .320 5.27 33 31 1 1 0 0 177.2 226 118 104 26 54 3 76 4 0 4 792 74 1.576 11.4 1.3 2.7 3.8 1.41
1988 34 HOU NL 14 5 .737 3.14 27 27 0 3 2 0 175.0 156 70 61 13 67 2 103 2 2 6 726 106 1.274 8.0 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.54 AS
1989 35 TOT NL 7 12 .368 5.13 35 26 2 1 1 0 165.0 190 98 94 16 75 6 64 3 4 5 746 66 1.606 10.4 0.9 4.1 3.5 0.85
1989 35 HOU NL 4 10 .286 5.89 22 20 0 0 0 0 113.0 135 78 74 12 60 4 45 2 3 4 520 58 1.726 10.8 1.0 4.8 3.6 0.75
1989 35 SFG NL 3 2 .600 3.46 13 6 2 1 1 0 52.0 55 20 20 4 15 2 19 1 1 1 226 97 1.346 9.5 0.7 2.6 3.3 1.27
1990 36 SFG NL 3 3 .500 5.68 12 7 1 0 0 0 44.1 56 28 28 7 19 4 24 1 3 1 202 64 1.692 11.4 1.4 3.9 4.9 1.26
15 Seasons 146 155 .485 3.68 445 413 10 78 30 1 2708.0 2737 1258 1106 228 857 78 1473 47 13 60 11488 95 1.327 9.1 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .485 3.68 35 33 1 6 2 0 215 217 100 88 18 68 6 117 4 1 5 910 95 1.327 9.1 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.72
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
HOU (9 yrs) 93 100 .482 3.66 284 267 5 41 18 1 1738.0 1748 812 706 148 521 40 946 27 7 36 7315 94 1.306 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.82
SFG (7 yrs) 53 55 .491 3.71 161 146 5 37 12 0 970.0 989 446 400 80 336 38 527 20 6 24 4173 96 1.366 9.2 0.7 3.1 4.9 1.57

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
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
1981 27 HOU NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 25 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 7.2 2.00
1986 32 HOU NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 3.52 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 7 6 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 60 0.913 7.6 0.6 0.6 5.3 9.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 3.98 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 19 10 9 2 3 1 13 0 0 1 85 1.082 8.4 0.9 1.3 5.8 4.33
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 25 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 7.2 2.00
1 NLCS 0 0 3.52 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 13 7 6 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 60 0.913 7.6 0.6 0.6 5.3 9.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 22 SFG NL 4 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1977 23 SFG NL 27 65 55 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 18 .182 .250 .200 .450 23 11 1 0 5 0 0 1
1978 24 SFG NL 36 95 79 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 6 35 .063 .126 .089 .215 -38 7 2 0 8 2 0 1
1979 25 SFG NL 35 78 66 6 12 4 0 1 9 0 0 1 24 .182 .203 .288 .491 37 19 0 1 9 1 0 1
1980 26 SFG NL 35 79 66 3 10 3 0 0 7 1 0 2 21 .152 .171 .197 .368 4 13 0 0 9 2 0 1
1981 27 HOU NL 22 53 47 3 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 15 .149 .167 .255 .422 21 12 0 1 5 0 0 1 AS
1982 28 HOU NL 33 62 52 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 25 .058 .125 .077 .202 -40 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1983 29 HOU NL 35 74 66 5 12 2 1 1 5 0 0 2 25 .182 .200 .288 .488 38 19 0 0 4 2 0 1
1984 30 HOU NL 35 89 76 6 13 2 0 1 8 1 0 7 28 .171 .241 .237 .478 40 18 1 0 6 0 0 1
1985 31 HOU NL 38 88 78 5 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 38 .141 .163 .192 .355 0 15 0 0 8 0 0 1
1986 32 HOU NL 42 95 91 2 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 44 .099 .099 .143 .242 -33 13 0 0 4 0 0 1
1987 33 HOU NL 33 62 51 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 .098 .113 .137 .250 -33 7 0 0 9 1 0 1
1988 34 HOU NL 27 65 48 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 17 .125 .157 .125 .282 -16 6 0 0 14 1 0 1 AS
1989 35 TOT NL 35 55 43 5 8 5 0 1 3 0 0 9 9 .186 .327 .372 .699 103 16 1 0 3 0 0 1
1989 35 HOU NL 22 39 31 3 7 4 0 1 3 0 0 6 6 .226 .351 .452 .803 132 14 1 0 2 0 0 1
1989 35 SFG NL 13 16 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .083 .267 .167 .433 29 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1990 36 SFG NL 12 13 13 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .231 .231 .308 .538 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 449 982 840 47 115 28 2 6 59 2 0 41 333 .137 .177 .196 .374 6 165 5 2 90 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 354 303 17 41 10 1 2 21 1 0 15 120 .137 .177 .196 .374 6 60 2 1 32 3 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
HOU (9 yrs) 287 627 540 29 73 16 2 5 29 1 0 24 222 .135 .172 .200 .372 6 108 2 1 58 4 0
SFG (7 yrs) 162 355 300 18 42 12 0 1 30 1 0 17 111 .140 .186 .190 .376 6 57 3 1 32 5 0

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 27 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 32 HOU NL NLCS NYM L 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1996 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1981 *
1988 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 NL  2.631 (4th)
1981 NL  2.183 (2nd)
1986 NL  3.140 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1978 NL  17 (7th)
1984 NL  15 (6th)
1986 NL  17 (5th)
Career  146 (250th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL  .607 (9th)
1988 NL  .737 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 NL  1.165 (9th)
1981 NL  1.060 (3rd)
1986 NL  1.140 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  7.546 (5th)
1981 NL  7.353 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL  2.183 (10th)
1984 NL  2.118 (5th)
1985 NL  2.017 (7th)
1986 NL  2.163 (6th)
1987 NL  2.736 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1978 NL  260.0 (5th)
1981 NL  156.7 (9th)
1984 NL  233.7 (6th)
1985 NL  241.0 (9th)
1986 NL  258.0 (3rd)
Career  2708.0 (184th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1473 (180th)

Games Started s c a p y
1978 NL  35 (9th)
1984 NL  34 (3rd)
1985 NL  37 (4th)
1986 NL  38 (3rd)
Career  413 (102nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 NL  16 (3rd)
1980 NL  8 (8th)
1981 NL  6 (6th)
1984 NL  11 (4th)
1986 NL  8 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 NL  2 (9th)
1978 NL  6 (1st)
1981 NL  5 (2nd)
1983 NL  3 (5th)
1984 NL  3 (4th)
1986 NL  5 (1st)
Career  30 (110th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  30 (2nd)
1984 NL  26 (2nd)
1985 NL  21 (7th)
1987 NL  26 (8th)
Career  228 (132nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL  85 (6th)
Career  857 (183rd)

Hits s c a p y
1979 NL  241 (5th)
1980 NL  242 (8th)
1984 NL  223 (6th)
1985 NL  253 (4th)
1986 NL  232 (4th)
1987 NL  226 (6th)
Career  2737 (166th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  2.546 (8th)
1985 NL  2.426 (9th)
1986 NL  2.307 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  .346 (3rd)
1981 NL  .287 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1980 NL  16 (2nd)
1982 NL  15 (2nd)
1983 NL  13 (8th)
1985 NL  13 (10th)
1986 NL  12 (10th)
1987 NL  17 (1st)
Career  155 (140th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  107 (4th)
1980 NL  98 (7th)
1982 NL  89 (10th)
1985 NL  95 (8th)
1987 NL  104 (7th)
1989 NL  94 (3rd)
Career  1106 (168th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  8 (1st)
1981 NL  4 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1978 NL  1062 (5th)
1984 NL  954 (8th)
1985 NL  1016 (9th)
1986 NL  1053 (4th)
Career  11488 (158th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 NL  131 (5th)
1981 NL  150 (2nd)
1986 NL  114 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1988 NL  14 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (609), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Tom Candiotti (956)
  2. Stan Bahnsen (933)
  3. Rudy May (931)
  4. Floyd Bannister (930)
  5. Tim Belcher (924)
  6. Jim Slaton (924)
  7. Burt Hooton (923)
  8. Rick Rhoden (923)
  9. Woodie Fryman (922)
  10. Ray Sadecki (919)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Dean Stone (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Magrane (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Herb Pennock (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rick Reuschel (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doc Medich (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Drago (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Denny Lemaster (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Denny Lemaster (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Denny Lemaster (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Singer (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Rudy May (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Stan Bahnsen (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Stan Bahnsen (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rudy May (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Andy Benes (980)
  2. Dave McNally (980)
  3. Jim Lonborg (979)
  4. Jimmy Ring (979)
  5. Danny MacFayden (975)
  6. George Blaeholder (974)
  7. Dazzy Vance (974) *
  8. Ken Raffensberger (973)
  9. Shane Reynolds (973)
  10. Don Cardwell (972)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Andy Benes (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Andy Benes (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Andy Benes (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Darryl Kile (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Lonborg (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Lonborg (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Lonborg (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.

December 8, 1980: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Chris Bourjos to the Houston Astros for Enos Cabell.

July 28, 1989: Released by the Houston Astros.

August 4, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

April 5, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

June 26, 1990: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Houston Astros$850,000
1986Houston Astros$1,000,000
1987Houston Astros$1,000,000
1988Houston Astros$1,000,000
1989Houston Astros$68,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,918,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Bob Knepper    

Viewed 43,000 times through December 17, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Robert Bob bobby robert Wesley Knepper

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.