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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 LAA AL 25 2B 161 156 1358.2 899 357 522 20 123 .978 26.6 23.5 24.6 7.3 17.2 2 5.82 5.46 .980 5.17 4.54
1965 CAL AL 26 2B 142 131 1159.2 755 331 402 22 89 .971 2.7 2.8 2.7 -2.0 4.6 0 5.69 5.16 .978 5.07 4.38 MVP-24
1966 CAL AL 27 2B 161 160 1422.2 886 381 488 17 135 .981 15.6 13.2 8.6 8.2 0.4 7 5.50 5.40 .975 5.09 4.38 AS,MVP-18,GG
1967 CAL AL 28 2B 159 153 1346.1 789 386 392 11 91 .986 1.4 1.2 1.4 -6.3 7.7 0 5.20 4.89 .979 4.95 4.19 GG
1968 CAL AL 29 2B 151 146 1268.0 790 350 425 15 94 .981 13.2 12.5 11.2 2.2 9.0 2 5.50 5.13 .977 5.11 4.34 GG
1969 TOT AL 30 2B 131 124 1083.1 733 335 386 12 90 .984 10.9 12.1 9.9 5.9 4.0 1 5.99 5.50 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 CAL AL 30 2B 27 24 210.1 133 64 66 3 14 .977 2.2 12.6 2.2 0.5 1.7 0 5.56 4.81 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 CHW AL 30 2B 104 100 873.0 600 271 320 9 76 .985 8.7 12.0 7.7 5.4 2.3 1 6.09 5.68 .976 5.21 4.58
1970 CHW AL 31 2B 126 117 1030.0 690 276 403 11 102 .984 0.3 0.3 1.3 -0.3 1.6 -1 5.93 5.39 .979 5.35 4.64
1971 KCR AL 32 2B 52 41 398.0 216 89 120 7 31 .968 -2.0 -6.0 -3.0 -2.7 -0.3 1 4.73 4.02 .980 5.31 4.76
1971 KCR AL 32 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1972 KCR AL 33 2B 33 22 228.0 145 61 80 4 24 .972 -2.4 -12.6 -3.4 -0.8 -2.6 1 5.57 4.27 .977 5.17 4.42
1972 KCR AL 33 3B 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -120.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.96 2.70
9 Seasons 2B 1116 1050 9294.2 5903 2566 3218 119 779 .980 66.3 8.6 53.3 11.5 41.6 13 5.60 5.18 .978 5.14 4.44
2 Seasons 3B 5 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.70
9 Seasons TOT 1121 1050 9302.2 5903 2566 3218 119 779 .980 65.6 8.5 52.6 10.8 41.6 13 5.60 5.16 .958 5.13 4.43

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
1964 LAA AL 25 162 156 162 162 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1965 CAL AL 26 142 131 142 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CAL AL 27 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 28 159 153 159 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 CAL AL 29 152 146 152 152 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 CHW AL 30 104 100 104 104 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1969 CAL AL 30 27 24 27 27 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHW AL 31 130 117 130 130 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 KCR AL 32 72 41 72 72 0 0 0 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1972 KCR AL 33 44 22 44 44 0 0 0 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
9 Seasons 1153 1050 1153 1153 0 0 0 1116 5 0 0 0 0 0 37 3
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
1964 LAA AL 25 5787 56% 75% 30% 629 95% 0 359 119 195 47 536 455 69 2 7 20 2 16 2 13 126 37 15 42 13 117 56 61 6 2 3
1965 CAL AL 26 5007 60% 77% 27% 480 94% 0 321 120 146 55 400 339 46 3 8 22 0 20 2 14 90 37 15 22 6 82 28 54 7 5 2
1966 CAL AL 27 6164 63% 78% 27% 606 94% 0 387 164 169 55 490 407 71 0 3 17 2 13 2 10 135 47 20 44 10 125 54 70 8 4 4
1967 CAL AL 28 5766 61% 76% 26% 531 94% 2 379 167 132 81 400 346 43 2 4 11 2 8 1 6 93 31 21 20 3 81 23 56 8 6 2
1968 CAL AL 29 5463 59% 77% 26% 531 92% 0 343 129 138 76 417 355 55 0 6 15 1 13 1 11 93 23 20 26 8 83 35 47 6 2 4
1969 CHW AL 30 3936 65% 78% 29% 369 93% 1 275 85 146 44 320 276 33 3 1 9 0 9 0 4 77 26 25 10 8 71 18 51 5 3 2
1969 CAL AL 30 915 63% 77% 28% 89 92% 0 60 24 30 6 66 57 8 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 13 5 3 3 0 12 3 8 1 0 1
1970 CHW AL 31 4635 62% 79% 31% 441 94% 1 269 87 136 46 396 327 53 4 9 11 0 11 0 7 103 35 17 27 4 90 34 55 8 5 3
1971 KCR AL 32 1718 59% 80% 29% 145 94% 1 91 29 39 25 123 96 23 0 2 7 2 4 1 5 31 10 3 13 3 30 16 13 1 1 0
1972 KCR AL 33 1013 61% 80% 28% 94 97% 0 62 25 30 6 84 76 6 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 24 8 6 5 3 23 8 15 1 0 1
9 Seasons 40404 61% 77% 28% 3915 94% 5 2546 949 1161 441 3232 2734 407 14 42 119 11 96 12 72 785 259 145 212 58 714 275 430 51 28 22
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 KCR AL 32 5 40% 100% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KCR AL 33 31 55% 84% 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 36 53% 86% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

* 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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