Alan Knicely
Alan Lee Knicely
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: May 19, 1955 in Harrisonburg, VA
High School: Turner-Ashby (Bridgewater, VA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1979
Final Game: October 4, 1986
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Standard Batting

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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
1979 24 HOU NL 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 2 0 0 0 0 /25
1980 25 HOU NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 HOU NL 3 7 7 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 .571 .571 1.429 2.000 467 10 0 0 0 0 0 /27
1982 27 HOU NL 59 149 133 10 25 2 0 2 12 0 1 14 30 .188 .270 .248 .518 52 33 4 1 1 0 3 29/75
1983 28 CIN NL 59 115 98 11 22 3 0 2 10 0 2 16 28 .224 .333 .316 .650 79 31 5 0 1 0 3 2/973
1984 29 CIN NL 10 35 29 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 6 .138 .200 .138 .338 -5 4 1 0 0 3 0 /32
1985 30 TOT NL 55 185 165 17 40 9 0 5 26 0 0 16 38 .242 .310 .388 .698 91 64 6 1 1 2 2 2/3
1985 30 CIN NL 48 178 158 17 40 9 0 5 26 0 0 16 34 .253 .322 .405 .727 99 64 6 1 1 2 2 2
1985 30 PHI NL 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1986 31 STL NL 34 100 82 8 16 3 0 1 6 1 1 17 21 .195 .330 .268 .598 68 22 1 0 0 1 0 3/2
8 Seasons 228 600 521 48 111 17 0 12 61 1 4 68 128 .213 .303 .315 .618 73 164 19 2 3 6 8
162 Game Avg. 162 426 370 34 79 12 0 9 43 1 3 48 91 .213 .303 .315 .618 73 117 14 1 2 4 6
HOU (4 yrs) 70 165 147 12 29 2 0 4 14 0 1 16 35 .197 .280 .293 .573 67 43 6 1 1 0 3
CIN (3 yrs) 117 328 285 28 66 12 0 7 41 0 2 35 68 .232 .313 .347 .660 82 99 12 1 2 5 5
PHI (1 yr) 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 34 100 82 8 16 3 0 1 6 1 1 17 21 .195 .330 .268 .598 68 22 1 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1979 24 HOU NL 8 8 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .262 .250 .326 .000 .388 .250 .715 -23 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .250 .333 .000
1980 25 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 88 .000 .257 .000 .318 .000 .373 .000 .691 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1981 26 HOU NL 7 3 6 54.2 88 .500 .571 .257 .571 .321 1.429 .368 2.000 .689 467 .991 3.0 0.3 3.333 .857 .857 .0
1982 27 HOU NL 149 114 9 2.1 88 .228 .188 .256 .270 .318 .248 .372 .518 .690 52 .223 -8.2 -0.8 .416 .158 .060 .0
1983 28 CIN NL 115 84 9 2.9 99 .294 .224 .267 .333 .336 .316 .395 .650 .731 79 .330 -2.5 -0.2 .542 .235 .092 .0
1984 29 CIN NL 35 29 1 0.9 97 .154 .138 .268 .200 .334 .138 .390 .338 .723 -5 .060 -4.0 -0.4 .269 .103 .000
1985 30 TOT NL 185 134 20 4.0 98 .282 .242 .264 .310 .333 .388 .394 .698 .727 91 .480 -1.9 -0.2 .618 .242 .145 .0
1985 30 CIN NL 178 127 20 4.2 98 .289 .253 .264 .322 .333 .405 .394 .727 .727 99 .504 -0.0 0.0 .653 .253 .152 .0
1985 30 PHI NL 7 7 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .263 .000 .332 .000 .393 .000 .724 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1986 31 STL NL 100 69 9 3.5 97 .246 .195 .261 .330 .332 .268 .394 .598 .726 68 .409 -2.9 -0.3 .574 .280 .073 1.0
8 Seasons 600 442 54 3.3 95 .256 .213 .262 .303 .329 .315 .388 .618 .717 73 .387 -17.7 -1.8 .533 .226 .102 1.8
162 Game Avg. 426 314 38 3.3 95 .256 .213 .262 .303 .329 .315 .388 .618 .717 73 .387 -17.7 -1.8 .533 .226 .102 1
HOU (4 yrs) 165 126 15 3.2 88 .231 .197 .256 .280 .318 .293 .372 .573 .691 67 .378 -6.4 -0.7 .472 .197 .095 .0
CIN (3 yrs) 328 240 30 3.4 98 .274 .232 .266 .313 .334 .347 .394 .660 .728 82 .399 -6.4 -0.7 .571 .232 .116 .0
PHI (1 yr) 7 7 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .263 .000 .332 .000 .393 .000 .724 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
STL (1 yr) 100 69 9 3.5 97 .246 .195 .261 .330 .332 .268 .394 .598 .726 68 .408 -2.9 -0.3 .574 .280 .073 1.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 24 HOU NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 25.0% 0.0% 1.50 2.0 4.00 38%
1980 25 HOU NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1981 26 HOU NL 7 28.6% 14.3% 0.0% 28.6% 50% 7.0 3.5 3.5 57%
1982 27 HOU NL 149 1.3% 20.1% 9.4% 2.7% 16% 2.14 4.4 66.5 11.1 0.95 68%
1983 28 CIN NL 115 1.7% 24.4% 13.9% 4.4% 23% 1.75 3.5 49.0 9.8 1.70 59%
1984 29 CIN NL 35 0.0% 17.1% 8.6% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.8 5.8 0.77 74%
1985 30 TOT NL 185 2.7% 20.5% 8.7% 7.6% 35% 2.38 4.3 33.0 6.3 1.00 67%
1985 30 CIN NL 178 2.8% 19.1% 9.0% 7.9% 35% 2.13 4.6 31.6 6.1 0.98 68%
1985 30 PHI NL 7 0.0% 57.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8 2.00 43%
1986 31 STL NL 100 1.0% 21.0% 17.0% 4.0% 25% 1.24 3.9 82.0 13.7 1.14 61%
8 Seasons 600 2.0% 21.3% 11.3% 4.8% 26% 1.88 4.1 43.4 8.5 1.12 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 24 HOU NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 HOU NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 HOU NL 4 0 21% 37 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 44% 7 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
1983 28 CIN NL 0 0 25% 43 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 27% 7 7 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1984 29 CIN NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 30 TOT NL 2 0 23% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7% 9 7 1 1 1 0 5 4 0
1985 30 CIN NL 2 0 23% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7% 9 7 1 1 1 0 5 4 0
1985 30 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 31 STL NL 1 0 22% 46 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21% 8 7 1 2 2 0 4 2 2
8 Seasons 7 0 21% 199 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 8 24% 33 26 6 5 5 0 13 6 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1979 24 HOU NL 8 50% 0 3 0 0 0 1.28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 HOU NL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 HOU NL 7 14% 4 1 1 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 HOU NL 149 60% 25 17 1 0 0 2.08 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 23 4 17% 13 4 31% 95 10 11% 4 0 0% 12 4 33% 0
1983 28 CIN NL 115 50% 22 19 4 0 2 1.52 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100% 21 5 24% 5 1 20% 67 8 12% 3 0 0% 7 0 0% 0
1984 29 CIN NL 35 51% 4 0 0 0 1 2.47 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 5 3 60% 20 5 25% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
1985 30 TOT NL 185 31% 40 8 0 0 0 0.71 5 0 2 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 100% 31 6 19% 18 5 28% 118 22 19% 10 6 60% 11 3 27% 0
1985 30 CIN NL 178 30% 40 3 0 0 0 1.00 5 0 2 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 100% 31 6 19% 18 5 28% 116 22 19% 10 6 60% 11 3 27% 0
1985 30 PHI NL 7 43% 0 5 0 0 0 0.54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 31 STL NL 100 82% 16 5 1 0 0 2.58 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 8% 5 3 60% 55 5 9% 3 2 67% 7 1 14% 0
8 Seasons 600 52% 111 54 7 0 3 1.61 12 0 6 9 3 7 5 0 3 3 100% 95 19 20% 47 16 34% 365 50 14% 24 11 46% 39 9 23% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 2 0 0 0 0
1980 25 8 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .222 .000 .222 -32 0 2 0 0 0 0
1981 26 11 16 14 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 5 .286 .375 .714 1.089 205 10 2 0 0 0 0
1982 27 70 165 147 12 29 2 0 4 14 0 1 16 35 .197 .280 .293 .573 67 43 6 1 1 0 3
1983 28 129 280 245 23 51 5 0 6 24 0 3 32 63 .208 .302 .302 .604 72 74 11 1 2 0 6
1984 29 139 315 274 23 55 5 0 6 29 0 3 35 69 .201 .291 .285 .575 64 78 12 1 2 3 6
1985 30 194 500 439 40 95 14 0 11 55 0 3 51 107 .216 .298 .323 .621 74 142 18 2 3 5 8
1986 31 228 600 521 48 111 17 0 12 61 1 4 68 128 .213 .303 .315 .618 73 164 19 2 3 6 8

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 24 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 7
1980 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1981 26 5 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 11 3
1982 27 59 151 135 12 27 2 0 2 14 0 15 30 .200 .285 .259 .544 10 59
1983 28 59 114 98 12 22 3 0 2 11 0 16 28 .224 .333 .316 .650 10 59
1984 29 10 35 29 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 3 6 .138 .200 .138 .338 1 10
1985 30 55 185 166 18 41 9 0 5 27 0 16 38 .247 .314 .392 .705 21 55
1986 31 34 104 84 8 18 3 0 1 6 1 19 21 .214 .356 .286 .641 9 34
8 Seasons 230 609 530 54 112 17 0 10 67 1 71 129 .211 .304 .300 .604 62 228
162 Game Avg. 162 429 373 38 79 12 0 7 47 1 50 91 .211 .304 .300 .604 44 228

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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