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Ray Knight

Charles Ray Knight

All-Star Player

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 28, 1952 in Albany, GA
High School: Dougherty (Albany, GA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1974
Final Game: October 2, 1988
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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
1974 21 CIN NL 14 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .273 .523 47 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
1977 24 CIN NL 80 103 92 8 24 5 1 1 13 1 1 9 16 .261 .324 .370 .693 85 34 0 0 1 1 1 54/76
1978 25 CIN NL 83 68 65 7 13 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 13 .200 .235 .292 .528 47 19 4 0 0 0 0 5/47396
1979 26 CIN NL 150 604 551 64 175 37 4 10 79 4 4 38 57 .318 .360 .454 .814 120 250 20 3 4 8 4 *5 MVP-5
1980 27 CIN NL 162 667 618 71 163 39 7 14 78 1 2 36 62 .264 .307 .417 .724 100 258 24 4 5 4 9 *5 AS
1981 28 CIN NL 106 429 386 43 100 23 1 6 34 2 4 33 51 .259 .322 .370 .692 95 143 18 4 3 3 3 *5
1982 29 HOU NL 158 676 609 72 179 36 6 6 70 2 5 48 58 .294 .344 .402 .746 116 245 16 5 1 13 9 35 AS,MVP-25
1983 30 HOU NL 145 567 507 43 154 36 4 9 70 0 3 42 62 .304 .355 .444 .798 128 225 17 4 3 11 9 *3
1984 31 TOT NL 115 398 371 28 88 14 0 3 35 0 3 21 43 .237 .279 .299 .578 68 111 5 2 0 4 2 53
1984 31 HOU NL 88 297 278 15 62 10 0 2 29 0 3 14 30 .223 .259 .281 .540 58 78 4 1 0 4 1 53
1984 31 NYM NL 27 101 93 13 26 4 0 1 6 0 0 7 13 .280 .337 .355 .691 96 33 1 1 0 0 1 5/3
1985 32 NYM NL 90 290 271 22 59 12 0 6 36 1 1 13 32 .218 .252 .328 .580 62 89 17 1 0 5 1 5/43
1986 33 NYM NL 137 541 486 51 145 24 2 11 76 2 1 40 63 .298 .351 .424 .775 115 206 19 4 3 8 2 *5/3 MVP-14
1987 34 BAL AL 150 609 563 46 144 24 0 14 65 0 0 39 90 .256 .310 .373 .683 83 210 16 6 0 1 3 *5D/3
1988 35 DET AL 105 327 299 34 65 12 2 3 33 1 1 20 30 .217 .271 .301 .572 63 90 12 3 2 3 0 3D5/7
13 Seasons 1495 5291 4829 490 1311 266 27 84 595 14 25 343 579 .271 .321 .390 .711 98 1883 169 36 22 61 43
162 Game Avg. 162 573 523 53 142 29 3 9 64 2 3 37 63 .271 .321 .390 .711 98 204 18 4 2 7 5
CIN (6 yrs) 595 1883 1723 194 477 108 13 32 210 8 11 120 201 .277 .325 .410 .735 103 707 67 11 13 16 17
NYM (3 yrs) 254 932 850 86 230 40 2 18 118 3 2 60 108 .271 .319 .386 .705 97 328 37 6 3 13 4
HOU (3 yrs) 391 1540 1394 130 395 82 10 17 169 2 11 104 150 .283 .331 .393 .724 109 548 37 10 4 28 19
DET (1 yr) 105 327 299 34 65 12 2 3 33 1 1 20 30 .217 .271 .301 .572 63 90 12 3 2 3 0
BAL (1 yr) 150 609 563 46 144 24 0 14 65 0 0 39 90 .256 .310 .373 .683 83 210 16 6 0 1 3
NL (11 yrs) 1240 4355 3967 410 1102 230 25 67 497 13 24 284 459 .278 .326 .399 .725 103 1583 141 27 20 57 40
AL (2 yrs) 255 936 862 80 209 36 2 17 98 1 1 59 120 .242 .297 .348 .645 76 300 28 9 2 4 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 3 14 14 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286 .286 .357 .643 5 1 0 0 0 0
1986 33 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 6 26 24 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .167 .192 .167 .359 4 0 0 0 1 1
1986 33 NYM NL WS BOS W 6 25 23 4 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .565 1.005 13 2 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 15 65 61 5 17 2 0 1 7 1 0 3 9 .279 .308 .361 .668 22 3 0 0 1 1
2 NLCS 9 40 38 1 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 .211 .225 .237 .462 9 1 0 0 1 1
1 WS 6 25 23 4 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 .391 .440 .565 1.005 13 2 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CIN NL 21 3B 14 1 40.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.9 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 2.21 0.71 .950 3.03 2.64
1977 CIN NL 24 3B 37 1 91.1 34 11 21 2 2 .941 -0.5 -6.6 -0.5 -1.2 0.7 0 3.15 0.86 .956 2.98 2.54
1977 CIN NL 24 2B 17 8 87.2 53 28 23 2 5 .962 -2.1 -28.7 -1.1 -2.0 0.9 -1 5.24 3.00 .977 5.25 4.47
1977 CIN NL 24 LF 5 2 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 38.2 0.7 -0.3 0.9 0 2.86 1.40 .971 1.92 1.52
1977 CIN NL 24 OF 5 2 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 38.2 0.7 -0.3 0.9 0 2.45 1.20 .983 2.25 1.92
1977 CIN NL 24 SS 3 1 8.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.25 0.67 .950 5.06 4.30
1978 CIN NL 25 3B 60 7 145.0 53 8 38 7 1 .868 -1.3 -10.8 -1.3 1.0 -2.4 0 2.86 0.77 .957 3.00 2.53
1978 CIN NL 25 2B 4 0 8.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 3.38 0.75 .967 5.29 4.35
1978 CIN NL 25 OF 3 1 10.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -12.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 2.70 1.00 .967 2.34 1.93
1978 CIN NL 25 LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.55
1978 CIN NL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1978 CIN NL 25 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
1978 CIN NL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.20
1979 CIN NL 26 3B 149 149 1294.1 397 120 262 15 26 .962 -5.1 -4.7 -5.1 -2.8 -2.3 0 2.66 2.56 .950 2.89 2.50 MVP-5
1980 CIN NL 27 3B 162 161 1416.1 424 120 291 13 19 .969 2.0 1.7 2.0 -1.1 3.0 0 2.61 2.54 .947 2.87 2.39 AS
1981 CIN NL 28 3B 105 104 923.0 256 69 176 11 18 .957 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.8 -0.7 1 2.39 2.33 .948 2.84 2.47
1982 HOU NL 29 1B 96 93 829.2 1010 945 55 10 76 .990 -1.8 -2.6 -1.8 -0.8 -1.0 0 10.85 10.42 .992 10.23 8.89 AS,MVP-25
1982 HOU NL 29 3B 67 65 564.1 195 57 131 7 18 .964 1.2 2.6 1.2 -1.9 3.1 0 3.00 2.81 .950 2.77 2.43 AS,MVP-25
1983 HOU NL 30 1B 143 141 1182.2 1367 1285 73 9 131 .993 7.1 7.2 6.1 1.8 4.3 1 10.33 9.50 .992 7.61 6.99
1984 TOT NL 31 3B 81 75 662.0 182 51 122 9 10 .951 -3.2 -5.8 -3.2 -3.7 0.5 0 2.35 2.14 .943 2.79 2.36
1984 TOT NL 31 1B 27 21 202.0 215 205 10 0 17 1.000 -2.3 -13.7 -2.3 -1.5 -0.7 0 9.58 7.96 .992 9.86 8.15
1984 HOU NL 31 3B 54 48 433.0 130 37 86 7 6 .946 -3.3 -9.1 -3.3 -2.9 -0.4 0 2.56 2.28 .943 2.79 2.36
1984 HOU NL 31 1B 24 21 196.0 208 199 9 0 16 1.000 -2.1 -12.9 -2.1 -1.1 -0.9 0 9.55 8.67 .992 9.86 8.15
1984 NYM NL 31 3B 27 27 229.0 52 14 36 2 4 .962 0.1 0.5 0.1 -0.8 0.9 0 1.97 1.85 .942 2.79 2.36
1984 NYM NL 31 1B 3 0 6.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 10.50 2.33 .986 9.90 8.17
1985 NYM NL 32 3B 73 67 592.0 168 52 109 7 5 .958 -1.2 -2.4 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 -1 2.45 2.21 .948 2.88 2.47
1985 NYM NL 32 2B 2 1 7.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -16.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 6.14 2.50 .980 5.40 4.80
1985 NYM NL 32 1B 1 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
1986 NYM NL 33 3B 132 130 1139.2 308 88 204 16 17 .948 -4.5 -4.7 -4.5 0.1 -4.6 0 2.31 2.21 .946 2.72 2.20 MVP-14
1986 NYM NL 33 1B 1 0 4.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 13.50 6.00 1.000 9.90 8.30 MVP-14
1987 BAL AL 34 3B 130 128 1123.1 410 110 282 18 28 .956 2.1 2.2 2.1 -1.1 3.1 0 3.14 3.02 .952 2.77 2.31
1987 BAL AL 34 DH 14
1987 BAL AL 34 1B 6 5 45.0 62 59 2 1 7 .984 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 0 12.20 10.17 .992 9.58 8.50
1988 DET AL 35 1B 64 53 466.0 469 432 33 4 40 .991 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 0 8.98 7.27 .992 9.57 8.41
1988 DET AL 35 DH 25
1988 DET AL 35 3B 11 6 55.0 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.1 24.0 1.1 0.5 0.6 0 2.45 1.36 .953 2.72 2.36
1988 DET AL 35 LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 1.85
1988 DET AL 35 OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.15
12 Seasons 3B 1021 894 8047.0 2452 694 1653 105 144 .957 -8.0 -1.2 -8.0 -8.1 -0.3 0 2.62 2.30 .949 2.82 2.40
8 Seasons 1B 339 313 2733.1 3134 2936 174 24 271 .992 2.6 1.1 1.6 1.2 0.6 1 10.24 9.17 .992 8.94 7.93
2 Seasons DH 39
3 Seasons 2B 23 9 103.0 61 31 28 2 5 .967 -2.2 -25.6 -1.2 -2.2 1.0 -1 5.16 2.57 .977 5.26 4.48
3 Seasons OF 10 3 35.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 17.1 0.5 -0.7 1.1 0 2.31 0.90 .978 2.29 1.97
3 Seasons LF 9 2 27.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 8.9 0.2 -0.7 0.8 0 2.67 0.89 .975 1.97 1.60
2 Seasons SS 4 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.00 0.50 .950 5.00 4.28
1 Season RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
13 Seasons TOT 1397 1220 10927.1 5658 3669 1858 131 421 .977 -6.8 -0.7 -6.8 -9.8 2.7 0 0 4.55 3.96 .950 4.38 3.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1980 *
1982 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 ML Hutch Award
1986 NL Babe Ruth Award
1986 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 NL (5, 24%)
1982 NL (25, 0%)
1986 NL (14, 3%)
0.27 Career Shares (628th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1979 NL  .318 (3rd)
1983 NL  .304 (5th)
1986 NL  .298 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1980 NL  162 (2nd)
1981 NL  106 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1980 NL  618 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  179 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1979 NL  37 (7th)
1980 NL  39 (4th)
1981 NL  23 (7th)
1982 NL  36 (4th)
1983 NL  36 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1982 NL  131 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1980 NL  60 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  4 (5th)
1982 NL  5 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 NL  8 (4th)
1982 NL  13 (2nd)
1983 NL  11 (2nd)
1986 NL  8 (8th)
Career  61 (197th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 NL  20 (4th)
1980 NL  24 (1st)
1981 NL  18 (1st)
1982 NL  16 (7th)
1983 NL  17 (6th)
1986 NL  19 (5th)
Career  169 (168th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1980 NL  490 (5th)
1981 NL  314 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 28 (821), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (770), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1792), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

December 18, 1981: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Houston Astros for Cesar Cedeno.

August 28, 1984: Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Mets for players to be named later. The New York Mets sent Gerald Young (August 31, 1984), Manuel Lee (August 31, 1984) and Mitch Cook (minors) (September 10, 1984) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

February 12, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

February 27, 1988: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Detroit Tigers for Mark Thurmond.

November 16, 1988: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Mets$560,000
1986New York Mets$645,000
1987Baltimore Orioles$600,000
1988Detroit Tigers$525,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,330,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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