Bobby Knoop
Robert Frank Knoop
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 18, 1938 in Sioux City, IA
High School: Montebello (Montebello, CA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1964
Final Game: September 20, 1972
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Standard Batting

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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
1964 25 LAA AL 162 547 486 42 105 8 1 7 38 3 2 46 109 .216 .289 .280 .569 67 136 17 5 7 3 6 *4
1965 26 CAL AL 142 504 465 47 125 24 4 7 43 3 2 31 101 .269 .313 .383 .696 100 178 6 0 6 2 5 *4 MVP-24
1966 27 CAL AL 161 650 590 54 137 18 11 17 72 1 5 43 144 .232 .282 .386 .669 93 228 14 1 9 7 8 *4 AS,MVP-18,GG
1967 28 CAL AL 159 564 511 51 125 18 5 9 38 2 2 44 136 .245 .305 .352 .657 98 180 10 1 6 2 13 *4 GG
1968 29 CAL AL 152 536 494 48 123 20 4 3 39 3 2 35 128 .249 .301 .324 .625 94 160 13 3 2 2 6 *4 GG
1969 30 TOT AL 131 473 416 39 93 15 1 7 47 3 3 48 84 .224 .304 .315 .619 71 131 13 2 3 4 4 *4
1969 30 CAL AL 27 85 71 5 14 1 0 1 6 1 3 13 16 .197 .318 .254 .571 66 18 2 0 0 1 1 4
1969 30 CHW AL 104 388 345 34 79 14 1 6 41 2 0 35 68 .229 .301 .328 .629 72 113 11 2 3 3 3 4
1970 31 CHW AL 130 443 402 34 92 13 2 5 36 0 1 34 79 .229 .290 .308 .598 65 124 7 2 1 4 4 *4
1971 32 KCR AL 72 180 161 14 33 8 1 1 11 1 0 15 36 .205 .270 .286 .555 59 46 6 0 2 2 1 4/5
1972 33 KCR AL 44 107 97 8 23 5 0 0 7 0 0 9 16 .237 .299 .289 .588 77 28 5 0 0 1 1 4/5
9 Seasons 1153 4004 3622 337 856 129 29 56 331 16 17 305 833 .236 .296 .334 .630 83 1211 91 14 36 27 48
162 Game Avg. 162 563 509 47 120 18 4 8 47 2 2 43 117 .236 .296 .334 .630 83 170 13 2 5 4 7
CAL (6 yrs) 803 2886 2617 247 629 89 25 44 236 13 16 212 634 .240 .298 .344 .642 90 900 62 10 30 17 39
KCR (2 yrs) 116 287 258 22 56 13 1 1 18 1 0 24 52 .217 .281 .287 .568 65 74 11 0 2 3 2
CHW (2 yrs) 234 831 747 68 171 27 3 11 77 2 1 69 147 .229 .295 .317 .612 68 237 18 4 4 7 7

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1964 25 LAA AL 547 410 39 2.6 87 .263 .216 .244 .289 .310 .280 .379 .569 .690 67 .284 -19.6 -2.0 .470 .160 .064 4.2
1965 26 CAL AL 504 356 56 4.2 89 .329 .269 .247 .313 .317 .383 .379 .696 .696 100 .522 -0.7 -0.1 .603 .183 .114 4.2
1966 27 CAL AL 650 488 61 3.4 87 .275 .232 .245 .282 .311 .386 .378 .669 .689 93 .432 -7.0 -0.8 .568 .220 .154 1.9
1967 28 CAL AL 564 406 54 3.6 80 .315 .245 .238 .305 .306 .352 .356 .657 .662 98 .483 -1.4 -0.2 .565 .194 .108 3.3
1968 29 CAL AL 536 390 47 3.2 76 .329 .249 .232 .301 .301 .324 .344 .625 .645 94 .463 -3.6 -0.4 .516 .148 .075 3.0
1969 30 TOT AL 473 346 40 3.1 98 .261 .224 .259 .304 .336 .315 .390 .619 .726 71 .365 -15.9 -1.7 .534 .207 .091 4.2
1969 30 CAL AL 85 63 6 2.6 90 .236 .197 .247 .318 .323 .254 .373 .571 .696 66 .288 -2.6 -0.3 .468 .211 .056 1.0
1969 30 CHW AL 388 283 34 3.2 100 .266 .229 .261 .301 .339 .328 .394 .629 .733 72 .381 -13.4 -1.4 .549 .206 .099 3.0
1970 31 CHW AL 443 323 37 3.1 98 .270 .229 .259 .290 .334 .308 .395 .598 .729 65 .352 -19.7 -2.0 .500 .162 .080 .0
1971 32 KCR AL 180 138 12 2.3 91 .254 .205 .254 .270 .326 .286 .377 .555 .703 59 .269 -8.7 -0.9 .463 .180 .081 1.0
1972 33 KCR AL 107 80 8 2.7 82 .280 .237 .245 .299 .314 .289 .354 .588 .668 77 .366 -2.5 -0.3 .468 .144 .052
9 Seasons 4004 2937 354 3.2 88 .290 .236 .246 .296 .316 .334 .373 .630 .689 83 .409 -79.2 -8.4 .532 .182 .098 24.9
162 Game Avg. 563 413 50 3.2 88 .290 .236 .246 .296 .316 .334 .373 .630 .689 83 .409 -79.2 -8.4 .532 .182 .098 3
CAL (6 yrs) 2886 2113 263 3.4 84 .299 .240 .241 .298 .309 .344 .368 .642 .677 90 .432 -34.9 -3.8 .542 .183 .104 20.1
KCR (2 yrs) 287 218 20 2.5 88 .264 .217 .251 .281 .321 .287 .368 .568 .690 65 .304 -11.2 -1.2 .465 .167 .070 1.0
CHW (2 yrs) 831 606 71 3.2 99 .268 .229 .260 .295 .336 .317 .395 .612 .731 68 .366 -33.1 -3.4 .523 .182 .088 3.4

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 CAL AL 27 as 2B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 25 LAA AL 547 1.3% 19.9% 8.4% 2.9% 15% 2.37 4.5 69.4 12.8 1.17 68%
1965 26 CAL AL 504 1.4% 20.0% 6.2% 6.9% 28% 3.26 4.6 66.4 10.8 1.31 71%
1966 27 CAL AL 650 2.6% 22.2% 6.6% 7.1% 34% 3.35 4.1 34.7 8.2 1.33 67%
1967 28 CAL AL 564 1.6% 24.1% 7.8% 5.7% 26% 3.09 3.8 56.8 13.4 1.05 65%
1968 29 CAL AL 536 0.6% 23.9% 6.5% 5.0% 22% 3.66 3.9 164.7 12.7 1.25 68%
1969 30 TOT AL 473 1.5% 17.8% 10.2% 4.9% 25% 1.75 5.0 59.4 8.9 1.21 70%
1969 30 CAL AL 85 1.2% 18.8% 15.3% 2.4% 14% 1.23 4.4 71.0 11.8 1.05 65%
1969 30 CHW AL 388 1.6% 17.5% 9.0% 5.4% 27% 1.94 5.1 57.5 8.4 1.25 71%
1970 31 CHW AL 443 1.1% 17.8% 7.7% 4.5% 22% 2.32 5.1 80.4 11.2 0.88 73%
1971 32 KCR AL 180 0.6% 20.0% 8.3% 5.6% 30% 2.40 4.5 161.0 14.6 1.08 70%
1972 33 KCR AL 107 0.0% 15.0% 8.4% 4.7% 22% 1.78 6.1 13.9 1.71 77%
9 Seasons 4004 1.4% 20.8% 7.6% 5.3% 25% 2.73 4.4 64.7 10.9 1.18 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 25 LAA AL 4 0 24% 202 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 10 50% 20 16 4 2 1 1 20 4 16
1965 26 CAL AL 6 0 27% 216 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 14 53% 24 16 8 3 0 3 20 5 14
1966 27 CAL AL 5 0 23% 231 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 47% 23 15 8 5 1 4 10 3 6
1967 28 CAL AL 10 0 26% 211 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 8 64% 20 10 9 3 1 2 21 2 17
1968 29 CAL AL 9 0 29% 225 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 10 57% 17 9 8 4 3 1 16 4 12
1969 30 TOT AL 4 0 24% 158 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 49% 21 12 8 4 2 2 14 4 9
1969 30 CAL AL 1 0 15% 24 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 30 CHW AL 3 0 26% 134 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 51% 18 10 8 4 2 2 13 4 8
1970 31 CHW AL 5 0 24% 160 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 29% 23 19 3 6 4 2 16 6 8
1971 32 KCR AL 2 0 28% 55 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 39% 9 4 5 2 2 0 7 4 2
1972 33 KCR AL 0 0 25% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9% 7 7 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
9 Seasons 45 0 25% 1497 16 17 48% 13 14 3 0 0 3 5 0 45 66 48% 164 108 53 30 15 15 127 34 85
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 25 LAA AL 547 31% 105 1 0 0 0 1.72 7 1 7 4 3 1 6 0 7 7 100% 107 17 16% 45 14 31% 322 34 11% 22 16 73% 25 6 24% 0
1965 26 CAL AL 503 32% 125 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 5 2 2 5 0 6 6 100% 89 6 7% 38 11 29% 281 37 13% 19 8 42% 23 12 52% 1
1966 27 CAL AL 650 27% 137 0 0 0 0 17 0 15 12 5 9 8 0 9 9 100% 118 14 12% 68 24 35% 343 58 17% 34 19 56% 32 10 31% 0
1967 28 CAL AL 564 33% 125 1 1 0 1 3.34 9 0 11 6 3 5 4 0 6 6 100% 100 10 10% 44 15 34% 351 34 10% 24 10 42% 24 7 29% 0
1968 29 CAL AL 536 32% 123 1 1 0 1 3.40 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 100 13 13% 30 10 33% 316 42 13% 18 12 67% 23 7 30% 0
1969 30 TOT AL 473 28% 93 1 0 0 0 0.56 7 0 15 6 1 2 5 1 4 3 75% 92 13 14% 50 14 28% 290 41 14% 25 10 40% 25 14 56% 0
1969 30 CAL AL 85 39% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 2 12% 7 3 43% 48 5 10% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 0
1969 30 CHW AL 388 25% 79 1 0 0 0 0.56 6 0 13 5 1 1 5 1 4 3 75% 75 11 15% 43 11 26% 242 36 15% 23 9 39% 21 13 62% 0
1970 31 CHW AL 443 36% 92 3 1 0 0 1.40 5 0 11 4 1 4 1 0 2 1 50% 92 7 8% 38 13 34% 277 37 13% 24 11 46% 17 5 29% 0
1971 32 KCR AL 180 35% 33 16 3 0 2 1.76 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 29 6 21% 13 6 46% 95 10 11% 8 5 63% 6 2 33% 0
1972 33 KCR AL 107 42% 23 8 1 0 0 1.56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 5 22% 14 6 43% 75 7 9% 5 2 40% 10 4 40% 0
9 Seasons 4003 32% 856 31 7 0 4 1.74 56 1 78 39 17 24 32 1 38 36 95% 750 91 12% 340 113 33% 2350 300 13% 179 93 52% 185 67 36% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 25 162 547 486 42 105 8 1 7 38 3 2 46 109 .216 .289 .280 .569 67 136 17 5 7 3 6
1965 26 304 1051 951 89 230 32 5 14 81 6 4 77 210 .242 .301 .330 .631 83 314 23 5 13 5 11
1966 27 465 1701 1541 143 367 50 16 31 153 7 9 120 354 .238 .294 .352 .645 87 542 37 6 22 12 19
1967 28 624 2265 2052 194 492 68 21 40 191 9 11 164 490 .240 .296 .352 .648 90 722 47 7 28 14 32
1968 29 776 2801 2546 242 615 88 25 43 230 12 13 199 618 .242 .297 .346 .644 91 882 60 10 30 16 38
1969 30 907 3274 2962 281 708 103 26 50 277 15 16 247 702 .239 .298 .342 .640 88 1013 73 12 33 20 42
1970 31 1037 3717 3364 315 800 116 28 55 313 15 17 281 781 .238 .297 .338 .635 85 1137 80 14 34 24 46
1971 32 1109 3897 3525 329 833 124 29 56 324 16 17 296 817 .236 .296 .336 .632 84 1183 86 14 36 26 47
1972 33 1153 4004 3622 337 856 129 29 56 331 16 17 305 833 .236 .296 .334 .630 83 1211 91 14 36 27 48

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 25 161 556 496 51 117 9 1 8 46 3 51 108 .236 .313 .306 .619 47 162
1965 26 142 513 477 55 137 26 4 8 50 3 34 101 .287 .333 .409 .742 65 142
1966 27 162 657 603 64 147 19 12 18 85 1 46 145 .244 .295 .405 .700 72 161
1967 28 159 581 528 64 142 20 6 10 48 2 50 136 .269 .332 .386 .719 68 159
1968 29 152 565 517 66 146 24 5 4 53 4 42 128 .282 .340 .371 .711 64 152
1969 30 131 473 418 40 95 15 1 7 48 3 49 84 .227 .309 .318 .627 41 131
1970 31 130 446 405 35 95 13 2 5 37 0 35 79 .235 .296 .314 .610 38 130
1971 32 72 182 164 16 35 8 1 1 13 1 16 36 .213 .280 .293 .573 14 72
1972 33 46 116 104 11 27 6 0 0 9 0 11 17 .260 .328 .317 .645 10 44
9 Seasons 1155 4089 3712 402 941 140 32 61 389 17 334 834 .254 .316 .358 .673 419 1153
162 Game Avg. 162 574 521 56 132 20 4 9 55 2 47 117 .254 .316 .358 .673 59 1153

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1966 (2B)

Gold Gloves
1966-AL-2B
1967-AL-2B
1968-AL-2B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1965-AL-24-1%
1966-AL-18-2%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Games Played s c a p y
1964 AL--162--3rd
1966 AL--161--5th
1967 AL--159--6th

Triples s c a p y
1966 AL--11--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL--101--10th
1966 AL--144--2nd
1967 AL--136--2nd
1968 AL--128--4th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1966 AL--9--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 AL--7--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 AL--13--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1964 AL--17--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1966 AL--488--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1135), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1618), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Joe DeMaestri (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe DeMaestri (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Matheny (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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