Lon Knight

Alonzo P. Knight

Positions: Rightfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 16, 1853 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Girard Preparatory (Philadelphia, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1875
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Wolverines/RubyLegs/Grays 1875-1885

Final Game: October 10, 1885
Died: April 23, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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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
1875	22	ATH	NA	6	5	.545	2.27	13	13	0	12	0	0	107.0	114	73	27	0	12	15		0	7	453	106	1.178	9.6	*0.0*	1.0	1.3	1.25
1876	23	ATH	NL	10	22	.313	2.62	34	32	1	27	0	0	282.0	383	288	82	0	34	12			23	1324	90	1.479	12.2	*0.0*	1.1	0.4	0.35

1884	31	PHA	AA	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	24	19	14	0	4	2	1	0	4	74	39	2.000	15.4	0.0	2.6	1.3	0.50
1885	32	TOT	MLB	0	0		4.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	8	5	4	1	6	2	0	0	2	42	87	1.556	8.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	0.33
1885	32	PHA	AA	0	0		1.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	21	210	1.200	7.2	0.0	3.6	1.8	0.50
1885	32	PRO	NL	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	3	1	4	1		0	1	21	46	2.000	9.0	2.3	9.0	2.3	0.25
4 Yrs				16	28	.364	2.77	51	46	4	40	0	0	412.0	529	385	127	1	56	31	1	0	36	1893	88	1.420	11.6	0.0	1.2	0.7	0.55
162 Game Avg.				11	20	.364	2.77	36	32	3	28	0	0	289	371	270	89	1	39	22		0	25	1327	88	1.420	11.6	0.0	1.2	0.7	0.55

PHA (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	7.11	3	1	2	1	0	0	19.0	28	20	15	0	6	3	1	0	5	95	50	1.789	13.3	0.0	2.8	1.4	0.50
PRO (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	3	1	4	1		0	1	21	46	2.000	9.0	2.3	9.0	2.3	0.25
ATH (1 yr)				6	5	.545	2.27	13	13	0	12	0	0	107.0	114	73	27	0	12	15		0	7	453	106	1.178	9.6	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.25
ATH (1 yr)				10	22	.313	2.62	34	32	1	27	0	0	282.0	383	288	82	0	34	12			23	1324	90	1.479	12.2	0.0	1.1	0.4	0.35

AA (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	7.11	3	1	2	1	0	0	19.0	28	20	15	0	6	3	1	0	5	95	50	1.789	13.3	0.0	2.8	1.4	0.50
NL (2 yrs)				10	22	.313	2.67	35	32	2	27	0	0	286.0	387	292	85	1	38	13		0	24	1345	89	1.486	12.2	0.0	1.2	0.4	0.34
NA (1 yr)				6	5	.545	2.27	13	13	0	12	0	0	107.0	114	73	27	0	12	15		0	7	453	106	1.178	9.6	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.25

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
1875	22	ATH	NA	107.0	13	13	73	6.14	5.77	0.30	0.00	107.0	5.85	-2	-0.2		-0.2	1.0	4	.485	.499	$
1876	23	ATH	NL	282.0	34	32	288	9.19	5.84	-0.95	0.00	102.0	6.93	-73	-5.5	1.0	-0.5	-3.5	-55	.338	.466	$

1884	31	PHA	AA	14.0	2	1	19	12.21	5.11	0.23	0.00	104.0	5.08	-11	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-10	.177	.496	$
1885	32	PHA	AA	5.0	1	0	1	1.80	5.30	-0.20	0.00	107.0	5.89	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.734	.501	$
1885	32	PRO	NL	4.0	1	0	4	9.00	5.08	0.16	0.00	96.0	4.72	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-2	.349	.499	$
4 Seasons				412.0	51	46	385	8.41	5.78	-0.56	0.00	103.4	6.55	-85	-6.2	1.0	-0.7	-2.9	-60	.378	.492	$

PHA (2 yrs)				19.0	3	1	20	9.47	5.16	0.12	0.00	104.8	5.29	-8	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-8	.363	.499	$
PRO (1 yr)				4.0	1	0	4	9.00	5.08	0.16	0.00	96.0	4.72	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-2	.349	.499	$
ATH (1 yr)				107.0	13	13	73	6.14	5.77	0.30	0.00	107.0	5.85	-2	-0.2		-0.2	1.0	4	.485	.499	$
ATH (1 yr)				282.0	34	32	288	9.19	5.84	-0.95	0.00	102.0	6.93	-73	-5.5	1.0	-0.5	-3.5	-55	.338	.466	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1875	22	6	5	.545	2.27	13	13	0	12	107.0	114	73	27	0	12	15		7	453	106	1.178	9.6	1.0	1.3	1.25	106
1876	23	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1877	24	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1878	25	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1879	26	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1880	27	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1881	28	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1882	29	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1883	30	16	27	.372	2.52	47	45	1	39	389.0	497	361	109	0	46	27		30	1777	94	1.396	11.5	1.1	0.6	0.59	94
1884	31	16	28	.364	2.75	49	46	2	40	403.0	521	380	123	0	50	29	1	34	1851	88	1.417	11.6	1.1	0.6	0.58	88
1885	32	16	28	.364	2.77	51	46	4	40	412.0	529	385	127	1	56	31	1	36	1893	88	1.420	11.6	1.2	0.7	0.55	88

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
1875	22	35	4	.897	1.42	356.0	287	62	56	0	30	50	0	0.890	7.3	0.8	1.3	1.67	0.0	13
1876	23	75	14	.843	1.68	803.0	818	167	150	0	73	34	0	1.110	9.2	0.8	0.4	0.47	0.0	34

1884	31	1	1	.500	6.58	26.0	35	21	19	0	6	4	1	1.577	12.1	2.1	1.4	0.67	0.0	2
1885	32	1	0	1.000	3.21	14.0	11	6	5	1	8	3	0	1.357	7.1	5.1	1.9	0.38	0.6	2
4 Yrs		112	19	.855	1.73	1199.0	1151	256	230	1	117	91	1	1.058	8.6		0.7	0.78	0.0	51

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1876 NL 2.62 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1876 NL 10 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1875 NA .545 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 1.262 (6th)
Games Played s c a p y 1876 NL 34 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1876 NL 282.0 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1876 NL 32 (6th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1876 NL 27 (6th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1875 NA 12 (8th) 1876 NL 34 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1876 NL 383 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 0.000 (1st) 1876 NL 0.000 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1876 NL 22 (4th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1876 NL 82 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1876 NL 23 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1876 NL 1,324 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1876 NL 1 (8th) 1885 NL 1 (6th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1875 NA 105 (10th) 1876 NL 92 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 18 (1146), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Bob Shawkey (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Blong (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Butch Wensloff (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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