Chuck Knoblauch
Edward Charles Knoblauch
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: July 7, 1968 in Houston, TX
High School: Bellaire (Bellaire, TX)
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1991
Final Game: September 27, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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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
1991 MIN AL 22 2B 148 141 1240.1 727 249 460 18 94 .975 -1.3 -1.3 -1.3 -1.9 0.6 0 5.14 4.79 .981 5.19 4.44 RoY-1
1991 MIN AL 22 SS 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.73 3.95 RoY-1
1992 MIN AL 23 2B 154 150 1339.2 727 306 415 6 104 .992 8.0 7.2 5.0 2.3 2.7 3 4.84 4.68 .983 5.25 4.60 AS
1992 MIN AL 23 DH 1 AS
1992 MIN AL 23 SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.10 AS
1993 MIN AL 24 2B 148 147 1273.0 732 298 425 9 98 .988 10.9 10.3 9.9 3.4 6.5 1 5.11 4.89 .981 5.15 4.54
1993 MIN AL 24 SS 6 1 15.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 -1.5 -120.0 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 4.80 1.33 .975 4.68 4.13
1993 MIN AL 24 CF 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -240.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1993 MIN AL 24 OF 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -240.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 2.34 2.10
1994 MIN AL 25 2B 109 108 928.0 478 191 284 3 61 .994 4.3 5.6 5.3 2.0 3.3 -1 4.61 4.36 .981 5.10 4.48 AS,MVP-20
1994 MIN AL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 480.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.20 AS,MVP-20
1995 MIN AL 26 2B 136 136 1160.2 663 253 400 10 88 .985 9.0 9.3 7.0 2.8 4.2 2 5.06 4.80 .981 5.11 4.34 MVP-17,SS
1995 MIN AL 26 SS 2 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.38 0.50 1.000 4.72 4.15 MVP-17,SS
1996 MIN AL 27 2B 151 150 1267.2 669 271 390 8 93 .988 11.0 10.4 10.0 6.0 4.0 1 4.69 4.38 .980 5.05 4.33 AS,MVP-16
1996 MIN AL 27 DH 2 AS,MVP-16
1997 MIN AL 28 2B 154 154 1316.2 718 283 424 11 101 .985 16.8 15.3 13.8 1.3 12.5 3 4.83 4.59 .980 4.93 4.33 AS,GG,SS
1997 MIN AL 28 DH 1 AS,GG,SS
1997 MIN AL 28 SS 1 1 9.0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .983 4.60 4.00 AS,GG,SS
1998 NYY AL 29 2B 149 149 1293.0 696 275 408 13 86 .981 -4.4 -4.1 -3.4 0.8 -4.2 -1 4.75 4.58 .978 4.85 4.14
1998 NYY AL 29 DH 1
1999 NYY AL 30 2B 150 150 1316.2 705 254 425 26 67 .963 -14.9 -13.6 -11.9 0.6 -12.5 -3 4.64 4.53 .981 5.13 4.44
2000 NYY AL 31 2B 82 82 666.0 355 150 190 15 43 .958 -9.8 -17.7 -7.8 -2.9 -4.9 -2 4.59 4.15 .981 5.03 4.32
2000 NYY AL 31 DH 20
2001 NYY AL 32 LF 108 104 890.0 181 171 8 2 4 .989 -2.3 -3.1 -3.3 -1.9 -1.4 1 1.81 1.66 .981 2.14 1.72
2001 NYY AL 32 OF 108 104 890.0 181 171 8 2 4 .989 -2.3 -3.1 -3.3 -1.9 -1.4 1 1.81 1.66 .984 2.30 2.01
2001 NYY AL 32 DH 24
2002 KCR AL 33 LF 74 73 618.1 153 145 5 3 0 .980 1.2 2.3 2.2 -0.4 2.7 -1 2.18 2.03 .983 2.14 1.74
2002 KCR AL 33 OF 74 73 618.1 155 147 5 3 0 .981 1.2 2.3 2.2 -0.4 2.7 -1 2.21 2.05 .985 2.35 2.05
2002 KCR AL 33 DH 2
10 Seasons 2B 1381 1367 11801.2 6470 2530 3821 119 835 .982 29.6 3.0 26.6 14.4 12.2 3 4.84 4.60 .981 5.08 4.40
3 Seasons OF 183 177 1513.1 338 320 13 5 4 .985 -2.1 -1.7 -2.1 -2.3 0.3 0 1.98 1.82 .985 2.32 2.03
2 Seasons LF 182 177 1508.1 334 316 13 5 4 .985 -1.1 -0.9 -1.1 -2.3 1.3 0 1.96 1.81 .982 2.14 1.73
7 Seasons DH 51
6 Seasons SS 13 2 32.0 16 5 10 1 2 .938 -1.5 -56.2 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 4.22 1.15 .981 4.67 4.10
1 Season CF 1 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -240.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
12 Seasons TOT 1577 1546 13347.0 6822 2853 3844 125 841 .982 26.0 2.3 23.0 12.1 11.0 0 3 4.52 4.25 .962 4.75 4.09
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

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1991 MIN AL 22 151 141 151 149 0 0 0 148 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1992 MIN AL 23 155 151 155 154 0 0 0 154 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1993 MIN AL 24 153 148 153 150 0 0 0 148 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 1
1994 MIN AL 25 109 108 109 109 0 0 0 109 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIN AL 26 136 136 136 136 0 0 0 136 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 MIN AL 27 153 151 153 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1997 MIN AL 28 156 156 156 155 0 0 0 154 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1998 NYY AL 29 150 150 150 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1999 NYY AL 30 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NYY AL 31 102 101 102 82 0 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1
2001 NYY AL 32 137 126 137 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 108 22 8 1
2002 KCR AL 33 80 75 80 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 74 2 2 3
12 Seasons 1632 1593 1632 1567 0 0 0 1381 0 13 182 1 0 183 47 18 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1991 MIN AL 22 5421 55% 78% 32% 560 86% 0 246 88 131 29 458 392 54 0 3 18 3 8 7 9 93 24 29 30 2 86 33 53 4 3 1
1992 MIN AL 23 5874 60% 77% 31% 551 82% 0 307 103 163 41 416 352 55 1 3 6 1 3 2 2 104 39 16 35 2 94 37 57 7 5 1
1993 MIN AL 24 5814 52% 78% 31% 498 94% 2 290 114 137 40 424 367 48 0 4 9 1 6 2 6 96 43 17 27 3 91 30 61 5 3 2
1994 MIN AL 25 4323 58% 78% 30% 326 94% 2 191 69 91 31 281 235 35 0 3 3 0 1 2 3 61 19 12 18 5 56 23 32 3 2 1
1995 MIN AL 26 5385 46% 77% 31% 450 95% 7 254 89 123 42 398 341 47 0 6 10 0 5 5 8 88 29 24 25 2 81 27 54 5 3 1
1996 MIN AL 27 5763 55% 76% 27% 459 93% 2 270 103 128 38 390 328 47 0 14 8 0 5 3 8 93 31 16 28 2 78 30 47 11 1 6
1997 MIN AL 28 5936 58% 78% 31% 494 93% 0 283 103 138 42 427 366 52 1 8 11 1 4 6 7 101 36 20 33 4 96 37 58 5 4 1
1998 NYY AL 29 5607 56% 74% 31% 542 83% 5 271 98 134 40 410 358 44 1 9 13 1 7 5 7 86 25 25 23 4 79 27 50 7 2 4
1999 NYY AL 30 5932 52% 73% 30% 521 93% 0 255 100 118 38 424 370 52 0 6 26 1 25 0 19 67 17 18 25 2 63 27 36 4 0 3
2000 NYY AL 31 3061 57% 74% 26% 236 94% 2 151 57 71 24 189 158 28 2 1 15 0 5 10 12 43 10 11 14 1 39 15 23 3 1 2
10 Seasons 53116 55% 76% 30% 4637 90% 20 2518 924 1234 365 3817 3267 462 5 57 119 8 69 42 81 832 273 188 258 27 763 286 471 54 24 22
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
2001 NYY AL 32 2 0 2 0 1 8 0 5 1 1 36 30 0 40 15 0 19 16 0 9 1 1 10 6 2 114 68 59.6% 43 3 2.6% 5 3900 59% 71% 37% 403 43%
2002 KCR AL 33 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 25 19 1 22 8 0 15 11 3 8 0 0 10 8 0 80 46 57.5% 30 4 5.0% 1 2786 51% 76% 40% 303 50%
2 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 13 0 6 1 3 61 49 1 62 23 0 34 27 3 17 1 1 20 14 2 194 114 58.8% 73 7 3.6% 6 6686 56% 73% 38% 706 46%
MLB Averages 60.8% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1991 MIN AL 22 16 69% 63% 25% 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
1992 MIN AL 23 1 100% 100% 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
1993 MIN AL 24 75 83% 79% 29% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1994 MIN AL 25 3 67% 100% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIN AL 26 9 33% 78% 44% 1 100% 0 1 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
1997 MIN AL 28 32 44% 81% 38% 4 75% 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 136 68% 78% 32% 12 92% 0 5 3 2 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1993 MIN AL 24 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 21 62% 67% 24% 5 40%
1 Season 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 21 62% 67% 24% 5 40%
MLB Averages 41.8% 2.0% 56% 75% 38% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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