Jack Knight

Elmer Russell Knight

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 12, 1895 in Pittsboro, MS
School: Millsaps College (Jackson, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1922
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves/Cardinals 1922-1927

Final Game: April 25, 1927
Died: July 30, 1976 in San Antonio, TX
Buried: Victor Cemetery, Victor, TX
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1917	22	LRK	A	0	4	.000		11						44.0	45	35			19							1.455	9.2		3.9			LRK · SOUA
1921	26	GAL	A	17	16	.515	3.25	37						296.0	303	129	107		71							1.264	9.2		2.2			GAL · TL
1922	27	GAL	A	18	14	.563	3.10	42						302.0	308	139	104		73							1.262	9.2		2.2			GAL · TL
1922	27	STL	NL	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	23	47	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33

1923	28	STL-min	A	21	16	.568	3.75	38						314.0	326	155	131		70							1.261	9.3		2.0			HSN · TL
1924	29	STL-min	A	21	12	.636	2.35	35						303.0	303	128	79		71							1.234	9.0		2.1			HSN · TL
1925	30	DYE	D	3	6	.333		12						89.0	96	49			34							1.461	9.7		3.4			DYE · TRIS
1925	30	PHI	NL	7	6	.538	6.84	33	11	14	4	0	3	105.1	161	100	80	14	36	19	1	0	3	507	70	1.870	13.8	1.2	3.1	1.6	0.53
1926	31	PHI	NL	3	12	.200	6.62	35	15	12	5	0	2	142.2	206	122	105	13	48	29	0	0	1	668	64	1.780	13.0	0.8	3.0	1.8	0.60
1927	32	SLE	AA	12	12	.500	4.17	30						205.0	256	128	95		48							1.483	11.2		2.1			SLE · PCL
1927	32	BSN	NL	0	0		15.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	16	28	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
1928	33	SLE,POR	AA	17	17	.500	3.34	42						331.0	356	154	123		69							1.284	9.7		1.9			SLE,POR · PCL
1929	34	POR,SFR	AA	15	21	.417	4.95	42						313.0	414	193	172		79							1.575	11.9		2.3			POR,SFR · PCL
1930	35	ATA,CNG,SFR	A,AA	10	12	.455	5.36	40	1					199.2	280	147	119		59							1.698	12.6		2.7			ATA,CNG,SFR · SOUA,PCL
1931	36	DMO	A	17	7	.708	3.30	26						210.0	232	99	77		39							1.290	9.9		1.7			DMO · WL
1932	37	PBO,DMO	A	4	9	.308		24						138.0	187	104			35							1.609	12.2		2.3			PBO,DMO · WL
1933	38	LGV	C	2	6	.250	6.55	9						55.0	87	56	40		11							1.782	14.2		1.8			LGV · DIXL
1934	39	CLE-min	D	4	1	.800		16						71.0	78	32			8							1.211	9.9		1.0			FMH · NORL
4 Yrs				10	18	.357	6.85	72	27	26	9	0	5	255.0	382	231	194	27	89	49	1	0	4	1214	65	1.847	13.5	1.0	3.1	1.7	0.55
162 Game Avg.				7	12	.357	6.85	49	19	18	6	0	3	175	262	159	133	19	61	34	1	0	3	834	65	1.847	13.5	1.0	3.1	1.7	0.55

PHI (2 yrs)				10	18	.357	6.71	68	26	26	9	0	5	248.0	367	222	185	27	84	48	1	0	4	1175	67	1.819	13.3	1.0	3.0	1.7	0.57
BSN (1 yr)				0	0		15.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	16	28	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
STL (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	23	47	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1922	27	STL	NL	4.0	1	1	4	9.00	4.84	-0.53	0.00	100.0	5.37	-2	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.361	.499	$

1925	30	PHI	NL	105.1	33	11	100	8.54	5.14	-0.46	0.00	111.6	6.26	-27	-2.4	1.0	-0.1	-1.6	-15	.427	.485	$
1926	31	PHI	NL	143.2	35	15	122	7.64	4.70	-0.58	0.00	110.1	5.81	-29	-2.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.7	-15	.420	.483	$
1927	32	BSN	NL	3.0	3	0	5	15.00	5.31	-0.50	0.00	97.5	5.66	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.403	.498	$
4 Seasons				256.0	72	27	231	8.12	4.89	-0.53	0.00	110.4	5.99	-61	-5.6	1.0	-0.1	-3.7	-35	.422	.491	$

PHI (2 yrs)				249.0	68	26	222	8.02	4.89	-0.53	0.00	110.7	6.00	-56	-5.2	1.0	-0.1	-3.3	-31	.424	.484	$
BSN (1 yr)				3.0	3	0	5	15.00	5.31	-0.50	0.00	97.5	5.66	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.403	.498	$
STL (1 yr)				4.0	1	1	4	9.00	4.84	-0.53	0.00	100.0	5.37	-2	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.361	.499	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1922	27	STL	NL	23	0.0%	4.4%	13.0%			78%

1925	30	PHI	NL	507	2.8%	3.8%	7.1%	4.7%	15%	83%
1926	31	PHI	NL	668	2.0%	4.3%	7.2%	3.1%	10%	82%
1927	32	BSN	NL	16	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%			88%
4 Yrs				1214	2.2%	4.0%	7.3%	3.7%	12%	83%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.1%	7.8%	2.9%	12%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1922	27	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	23	47	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33	47
1923	28	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	23	47	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33	47
1924	29	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	23	47	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33	47
1925	30	7	6	.538	6.91	34	12	14	4	3	109.1	170	104	84	14	39	20	1	3	530	69	1.912	14.0	1.2	3.2	1.6	0.51	69
1926	31	10	18	.357	6.75	69	27	26	9	5	252.0	376	226	189	27	87	49	1	4	1198	66	1.837	13.4	1.0	3.1	1.8	0.56	66
1927	32	10	18	.357	6.85	72	27	26	9	5	255.0	382	231	194	27	89	49	1	4	1214	65	1.847	13.5	1.0	3.1	1.7	0.55	65

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1922	27	0	0		9.00	4.0	10	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.250	22.5	6.8	2.3	0.33	0.0	1

1925	30	5	8	.385	5.08	117.0	150	73	66	13	34	21	1	1.573	11.5	2.6	1.6	0.62	1.0	33
1926	31	5	11	.313	5.76	150.0	202	107	96	13	47	30	0	1.660	12.1	2.8	1.8	0.64	0.8	35
1927	32	0	0		18.00	3.0	7	7	6	0	2	0	0	3.000	21.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	3
4 Yrs		10	19	.345	5.65	274.0	369	191	172	26	86	52	1	1.661	12.1		1.7	0.60	0.9	72

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1925 NL 3 (3rd) 1926 NL 2 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1926 NL 13 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1926 NL 105 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1925 NL 14 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1925 NL 3 (3rd)
1926 NL 2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL 13 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1926 NL 105 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1925 NL 14 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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