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Alan Knicely

Alan Lee Knicely

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 19, 1955 in Harrisonburg, VA
High School: Turner-Ashby HS (Bridgewater, VA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1979
Teams (by GP): Reds/Astros/Cardinals/Phillies 1979-1986

Final Game: October 4, 1986
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1979 HOU NL 24 C 3 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.60 0.67 .985 6.12 6.10 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 24 3B 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 3.00 2.90
1981 HOU NL 26 C 2 1 1 13.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 6.50 .983 5.95 5.95 0 2 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 26 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1981 HOU NL 26 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1982 HOU NL 27 C 23 16 12 163.0 130 112 15 3 2 .977 0 0 7.01 5.52 .985 6.29 6.30 2 6 14 7 33% 32% 1
1982 HOU NL 27 OF 16 15 7 110.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -4 -44 1.31 1.00 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 HOU NL 27 RF 15 14 6 100.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -4 -49 1.26 0.93 .978 2.01 2.02
1982 HOU NL 27 LF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 1.80 1.00 .975 2.07 2.10
1982 HOU NL 27 3B 1 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -24 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1983 CIN NL 28 C 31 15 14 161.0 119 108 11 0 1 1.000 1 7 6.65 3.84 .984 6.57 6.54 3 3 20 9 31% 33% 0
1983 CIN NL 28 OF 8 8 3 58.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 1 19 2.33 1.88 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 CIN NL 28 RF 5 5 1 35.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -14 1.80 1.40 .979 2.01 2.00
1983 CIN NL 28 LF 3 3 2 23.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 68 2.74 2.33 .977 2.03 2.03
1983 CIN NL 28 1B 2 0 0 1.2 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -72 16.20 1.50 .993 10.26 9.90
1984 CIN NL 29 1B 8 8 4 71.0 64 58 5 1 5 .984 -1 -15 7.99 7.88 .992 9.86 9.82
1984 CIN NL 29 C 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 2.00 .985 6.50 6.50 0 0 2 0 0% 31% 0
1985 CIN NL 30 C 46 42 32 362.2 252 231 13 8 1 .968 -8 -26 6.06 5.30 .987 6.42 6.42 4 16 46 11 19% 30% 0
1985 PHI NL 30 1B 1 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0 120 12.00 4.00 .992 10.20 10.00
1986 STL NL 31 1B 29 23 13 194.1 202 185 16 1 20 .995 1 6 9.31 6.93 .992 9.94 9.95
1986 STL NL 31 C 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 1.00 .985 6.90 6.95 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons C 108 75 60 716.2 520 468 41 11 4 .979 -7 -12 6.39 4.71 .986 6.42 6.42 9 27 82 27 25% 31% 1
4 Seasons 1B 40 31 17 270.0 273 249 22 2 27 .993 0 1 9.03 6.78 .992 9.92 9.92
3 Seasons OF 25 23 10 169.0 32 30 1 1 1 .969 -3 -23 1.65 1.24 .979 2.26 2.26
2 Seasons RF 20 19 7 135.0 22 20 1 1 1 .955 -4 -40 1.40 1.05 .978 2.01 2.01
3 Seasons LF 6 4 3 34.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 46 2.38 1.50 .977 2.04 2.07
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.81 2.85
8 Seasons TOT 175 130 87 1163.2 825 747 64 14 32 .983 -10 -10 6.27 4.63 .988 6.60 6.59 9 27 82 27 25% 31% 1
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1979 HOU NL 24 C 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 24 3B -0 -40 -0 -0 0
1981 HOU NL 26 C 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 26 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1982 HOU NL 27 C 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 27 RF -4 -49 -3 -2 -2 -1
1982 HOU NL 27 LF 0 12 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 27 3B -0 -24 -0 -0 0 0
1983 CIN NL 28 C 1 7 1
1983 CIN NL 28 RF -0 -14 -1 -1 -0 1
1983 CIN NL 28 LF 1 68 1 0 1 0
1983 CIN NL 28 1B -0 -72 -0 -0 0
1984 CIN NL 29 1B -1 -15 -1 -0 -0 0
1984 CIN NL 29 C 0 0 0
1985 CIN NL 30 C -8 -26 -8
1985 PHI NL 30 1B 0 120 0 0 0 0
1986 STL NL 31 1B 1 6 1 2 -1 0
1986 STL NL 31 C 0 0 0
7 Seasons C -7 -12 -7
4 Seasons 1B 0 1 0 1 -1 0
2 Seasons RF -4 -40 -4 -3 -2 0
3 Seasons LF 1 46 1 0 1 0
2 Seasons 3B -0 -30 -0 -0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT -10 -10 -3 -2 -1 0 0 -7
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 HOU NL 24 7 0 7 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1980 HOU NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 HOU NL 26 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1982 HOU NL 27 59 32 59 41 0 23 0 0 1 0 2 0 15 17 0 22 0
1983 CIN NL 28 59 23 59 40 0 31 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 0 21 0
1984 CIN NL 29 10 9 10 9 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 CIN NL 30 48 42 48 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 PHI NL 30 7 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 STL NL 31 34 23 34 31 0 2 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
8 Seasons 228 130 228 175 0 108 40 0 2 0 6 0 20 26 0 67 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1979 HOU NL 24 21 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 26 57 4.85 4.85 1 100% 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 27 669 2.65 3.26 8 100% 1 0 112 5 2 1 104 15 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
1983 CIN NL 28 709 3.97 4.53 6 83% 0 0 109 5 0 7 97 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1984 CIN NL 29 43 5.00 5.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CIN NL 30 1555 3.95 4.54 18 94% 0 0 234 12 3 6 213 12 3 0 0 0 8 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 STL NL 31 13 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3067 3.68 4.24 33 94% 1 0 472 22 5 14 431 39 8 0 0 2 11 1 4 6 1 4 0 1 2 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.86 4.32 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1979 HOU NL 24 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 26 0 2 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1982 HOU NL 27 2 6 239 14 7 6 33% 14 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 10 1.13 1.15
1983 CIN NL 28 3 3 278 20 9 8 31% 20 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 34 11 1.48 1.82
1984 CIN NL 29 0 0 21 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.50
1985 CIN NL 30 4 16 580 46 11 7 19% 41 9 4 1 1 1 0 0 79 12 1.07 1.38
1986 STL NL 31 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 9 27 1147 82 27 21 25% 77 22 4 2 1 3 1 0 144 33 1.17 1.47
MLB Averages 33% 1.30 1.29

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 CIN NL 28 5 40% 80% 60% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CIN NL 29 289 62% 83% 21% 13 92% 0 57 3 52 2 4 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1985 PHI NL 30 10 80% 90% 50% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 STL NL 31 843 67% 83% 29% 39 95% 0 184 7 174 3 17 17 8 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20 1 1 0 19 2 1 0 1 3 67%
4 Seasons 1147 66% 83% 28% 53 94% 0 248 10 233 5 22 22 13 5 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 27 1 1 0 25 2 2 0 2 5 80%
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 HOU NL 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 430 50% 84% 21% 36 39%
1983 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 12 5 41.7% 6 1 8.3% 0 162 56% 78% 24% 18 33%
2 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 5 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 3 2 0 23 9 39.1% 13 1 4.3% 0 592 51% 83% 22% 54 37%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 59% 82% 27% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 HOU NL 26 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 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 67% 0% 0
1982 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 44 66% 91% 23% 4 50%
1983 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 92 74% 78% 38% 11 64%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 139 71% 82% 32% 15 60%
MLB Averages 59.8% 2.9% 59% 82% 27% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 HOU NL 24 12 58% 75% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 27 18 22% 61% 28% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 30 37% 67% 23% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 90% 75%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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