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John Knight
John Wesley Knight (Schoolboy)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 6, 1885 in Philadelphia, PA
Schools: University of Pennsylvania (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1905
Final Game: October 4, 1913
Died: December 19, 1965 in Walnut Creek, CA
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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
1905 19 PHA AL 88 346 325 28 66 12 1 3 29 4 9 .203 .227 .274 .501 57 89 1 11 6/5
1906 20 PHA AL 74 277 253 29 49 7 2 3 20 6 19 .194 .250 .273 .523 61 69 0 5 5/4
1907 21 TOT AL 138 535 499 37 107 16 4 2 41 9 29 .214 .260 .275 .535 71 137 2 5 *5/4
1907 21 PHA AL 40 153 139 6 29 7 1 0 12 1 10 .209 .272 .273 .545 72 38 2 2 5
1907 21 BOS AL 98 382 360 31 78 9 3 2 29 8 19 .217 .256 .275 .531 70 99 0 3 5/4
1909 23 NYY AL 116 416 360 46 85 8 5 0 40 15 37 .236 .311 .286 .597 88 103 2 17 634/5
1910 24 NYY AL 117 473 414 58 129 25 4 3 45 23 34 .312 .372 .413 .785 140 171 6 19 63/45O
1911 25 NYY AL 132 542 470 69 126 16 7 3 62 18 42 .268 .342 .351 .693 89 165 11 19 634/5 MVP-14
1912 26 WSH AL 32 116 93 10 15 2 1 0 9 4 16 .161 .284 .204 .489 40 19 0 7 4/3
1913 27 NYY AL 70 283 250 24 59 10 0 0 24 7 25 27 .236 .310 .276 .586 72 69 2 6 34
8 Seasons 767 2988 2664 301 636 96 24 14 270 86 211 27 .239 .300 .309 .609 84 822 24 89
162 Game Avg. 162 631 563 64 134 20 5 3 57 18 45 .239 .300 .309 .609 84 174 5 19
NYY (4 yrs) 435 1714 1494 197 399 59 16 6 171 63 138 27 .267 .338 .340 .678 99 508 21 61
PHA (3 yrs) 202 776 717 63 144 26 4 6 61 11 38 .201 .244 .273 .517 62 196 3 18
WSH (1 yr) 32 116 93 10 15 2 1 0 9 4 16 .161 .284 .204 .489 40 19 0 7
BOS (1 yr) 98 382 360 31 78 9 3 2 29 8 19 .217 .256 .275 .531 70 99 0 3

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1905 PHA AL 19 SS 79 362 139 185 38 9 .895 4.10 .934 5.20
1905 PHA AL 19 3B 4 12 6 4 2 0 .833 2.50 .933 3.10
1906 PHA AL 20 3B 67 218 71 130 17 6 .922 3.00 .920 3.15
1906 PHA AL 20 2B 7 32 11 19 2 0 .938 4.29 .956 5.19
1907 TOT AL 21 3B 132 520 178 293 49 18 .906 3.57 .914 3.10
1907 PHA AL 21 3B 40 152 49 82 21 5 .862 3.28 .918 3.10
1907 BOS AL 21 3B 92 368 129 211 28 13 .924 3.70 .912 3.10
1907 BOS AL 21 2B 4 26 11 11 4 3 .846 5.50 .958 5.30
1909 NYY AL 23 SS 76 383 141 204 38 19 .901 4.54 .927 5.15
1909 NYY AL 23 1B 19 210 190 17 3 11 .986 10.89 .985 10.80
1909 NYY AL 23 2B 17 91 38 46 7 4 .923 4.94 .955 4.83
1909 NYY AL 23 3B 3 11 5 5 1 0 .909 3.33 .936 3.33
1910 NYY AL 24 SS 79 448 169 247 32 39 .929 5.27 .928 5.20
1910 NYY AL 24 1B 23 258 247 8 3 9 .988 11.09 .983 10.73
1910 NYY AL 24 2B 7 32 13 17 2 0 .938 4.29 .947 4.91
1910 NYY AL 24 3B 4 17 8 9 0 0 1.000 4.25 .924 3.38
1910 NYY AL 24 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.80 0-0-1
1911 NYY AL 25 SS 82 493 200 247 46 30 .907 5.45 .928 5.42 MVP-14
1911 NYY AL 25 1B 27 267 236 26 5 14 .981 9.70 .978 9.97 MVP-14
1911 NYY AL 25 2B 21 151 54 80 17 8 .887 6.38 .952 4.94 MVP-14
1911 NYY AL 25 3B 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .900 3.30 MVP-14
1912 WSH AL 26 2B 27 108 55 45 8 8 .926 3.70 .946 4.75
1912 WSH AL 26 1B 5 44 40 4 0 2 1.000 8.80 .982 10.16
1913 NYY AL 27 1B 50 550 494 45 11 26 .980 10.78 .986 10.48
1913 NYY AL 27 2B 21 126 50 70 6 6 .952 5.71 .954 4.82
4 Seasons SS 316 1686 649 883 154 97 .909 4.85 .929 5.24
6 Seasons 3B 211 780 269 442 69 25 .912 3.37 .916 3.13
5 Seasons 1B 124 1329 1207 100 22 62 .983 10.54 .983 10.45
7 Seasons 2B 104 566 232 288 46 29 .919 5.00 .952 4.88
1 Season OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.80 0-0-1
8 Seasons TOT 756 4363 2359 1713 291 213 .933 5.39 .880 5.45 0-0-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-AL-14-6%
0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1910 AL--.312--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1910 AL--.372--7th

Slugging % s c a p y
1910 AL--.413--10th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1910 AL--.785--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1910 AL--25--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1906 AL--3--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1910 AL--140--7th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1910 AL--20--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1910 AL--2.3--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1910 AL--.729--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 AL--11--6th

Youngest s c a p y
1905 AL--born 1885-10-06--4th
1906 AL--born 1885-10-06--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 13 (1240), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1893), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 7, 1907: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Boston Americans for Jimmy Collins.

December 28, 1907: Sent by the Boston Americans to Baltimore (International) to complete an earlier deal made on August 10, 1907. The Boston Americans sent a player to be named later and cash to Baltimore (International) for a player to be named later and Fred Burchell. The Boston Americans sent John Knight (December 28, 1907) to Baltimore (International) to complete the trade.

August 20, 1908: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from Baltimore (International).

February 17, 1912: Traded by the New York Highlanders with a player to be named later to the Washington Senators for a player to be named later and Gabby Street. The New York Highlanders sent Rip Williams (February 22, 1912) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

June 28, 1912: Purchased by Jersey City (International) from the Washington Senators. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 7, 1913: Traded by Jersey City (International) to the New York Yankees for Babe Borton and cash.

December 8, 1913: Purchased by Toledo (American Association) from the New York Yankees.

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