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Bobby Knoop

Robert Frank Knoop

Position: Second Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox/Royals 1964-1972

Final Game: September 20, 1972
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1454. Jose Oquendo… #1455. Denard Span… #1456. Harry Bay… #1457. BOBBY KNOOP… #1458. Billy Myers… #1459. Paul Radford… #1460. John Clapp… 

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 25 LAA AL 547 -20 1 -2 -2 27 4 15 23 2.1 -4 -0.4 2.5 $ *4
1965 26 CAL AL 504 -4 0 -2 2 3 3 14 16 1.6 13 1.4 0.2 $ *4 MVP-24
1966 27 CAL AL 650 -7 0 -2 0 16 4 18 29 2.8 13 1.4 1.4 $ *4 AS,MVP-18,GG
1967 28 CAL AL 564 -5 -1 2 -1 1 4 16 16 1.5 15 1.6 -0.1 $ *4 GG
1968 29 CAL AL 536 -8 0 1 -1 13 4 15 24 2.2 11 1.2 1.0 $35,000 *4 GG
1969 30 CAL AL 85 -2 -1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ 4
1969 30 CHW AL 388 -14 2 -1 -2 9 3 11 8 0.6 -1 -0.1 0.7 $37,500 4
1970 31 CHW AL 443 -18 -3 -1 0 0 3 15 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $35,000 *4
1971 32 KCR AL 180 -9 0 0 -1 -2 1 6 -5 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ 4/5
1972 33 KCR AL 107 -3 0 -1 -1 -3 1 4 -3 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $26,000 4/5
9 Seasons 4004 -90 -2 -6 -6 66 28 116 106 9.2 40 4.4 4.8 $133,500
CAL (6 yrs) 2886 -46 -1 -3 -2 62 20 80 110 10.4 48 5.2 5.2 $35,000
KCR (2 yrs) 287 -12 0 -1 -2 -5 2 10 -8 -1.2 -3 -0.3 -0.9 $26,000
CHW (2 yrs) 831 -32 -1 -2 -2 9 6 26 4 0.0 -5 -0.5 0.5 $72,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 LAA AL 25 2B 161 899 357 522 20 123 .978 27 5.46 .980 5.16
1965 CAL AL 26 2B 142 755 331 402 22 89 .971 3 5.16 .978 5.06 MVP-24
1966 CAL AL 27 2B 161 886 381 488 17 135 .981 16 5.40 .975 5.09 AS,MVP-18,GG
1967 CAL AL 28 2B 159 789 386 392 11 91 .986 1 4.89 .979 4.96 GG
1968 CAL AL 29 2B 151 790 350 425 15 94 .981 13 5.13 .977 5.08 GG
1969 TOT AL 30 2B 131 124 108 1083.1 733 335 386 12 90 .984 11 12 5.99 5.50 .976 25.29 5.21
1969 CAL AL 30 2B 27 24 19 210.1 133 64 66 3 14 .977 2 13 5.56 4.81 .976 25.28 5.21
1969 CHW AL 30 2B 104 100 89 873.0 600 271 320 9 76 .985 9 12 6.09 5.68 .976 25.29 5.21
1970 CHW AL 31 2B 126 690 276 403 11 102 .984 0 5.39 .979 5.32
1971 KCR AL 32 2B 52 216 89 120 7 31 .968 -2 4.02 .980 5.28
1971 KCR AL 32 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1972 KCR AL 33 2B 33 145 61 80 4 24 .972 -2 4.27 .977 5.14
1972 KCR AL 33 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 2.95
9 Seasons 2B 1116 124 108 1083.1 5903 2566 3218 119 779 .980 66 73 5.99 5.18 .978 25.29 5.13
2 Seasons 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 2.96
9 Seasons TOT 1121 124 108 1083.1 5903 2566 3218 119 779 .980 66 73 5.99 5.16 .978 25.29 5.12
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1966 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1965 AL (24, 1%)
1966 AL (18, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Gold Gloves
1966 AL (2B)
1967 AL (2B)
1968 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1964 AL  2.5 (2nd)
1966 AL  1.4 (7th)
1968 AL  1.0 (9th)

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)

Assists† s c a p y
1964 AL  522 (1st)
1966 AL  488 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1964 AL  27 (2nd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  161 (1st)
1965 AL  142 (3rd)
1966 AL  161 (1st)
1967 AL  159 (1st)
1968 AL  151 (1st)
1969 AL  131 (4th)
Career  1,116 (95th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  357 (3rd)
1965 AL  331 (3rd)
1966 AL  381 (1st)
1967 AL  386 (1st)
1968 AL  350 (2nd)
1969 AL  335 (4th)
Career  2,566 (89th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  522 (1st)
1965 AL  402 (3rd)
1966 AL  488 (1st)
1967 AL  392 (2nd)
1968 AL  425 (2nd)
1969 AL  386 (3rd)
1970 AL  403 (3rd)
Career  3,218 (87th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  20 (1st)
1965 AL  22 (1st)
1966 AL  17 (2nd)
1967 AL  11 (5th)
1968 AL  15 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  27 (1st)
1966 AL  16 (1st)
1968 AL  13 (1st)
1969 AL  11 (1st)
Career  66 (10th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1964 AL  5.82 (1st)
1965 AL  5.69 (1st)
1966 AL  5.50 (2nd)
1967 AL  5.20 (2nd)
1968 AL  5.50 (3rd)
1969 AL  5.99 (1st)
1970 AL  5.93 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  5.46 (1st)
1965 AL  5.16 (2nd)
1966 AL  5.40 (1st)
1967 AL  4.89 (2nd)
1968 AL  5.13 (2nd)
1969 AL  5.50 (1st)
1970 AL  5.39 (3rd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1966 AL  .981 (4th)
1967 AL  .986 (2nd)
1968 AL  .981 (4th)
1969 AL  .984 (4th)
1970 AL  .984 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1176), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Wayne Causey (944)
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  5. Mark Lemke (939)
  6. Mike Gallego (938)
  7. Alex Cora (938)
  8. Larry Brown (936)
  9. Don Zimmer (934)
  10. Joe DeMaestri (932)
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  1. Brent Abernathy (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dave Roberts (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bernie Allen (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bernie Allen (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bernie Allen (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick Green (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bernie Allen (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bernie Allen (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196829California Angels$35,0002/10/68 TSN
29New York Yankees$12,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196930Chicago White Sox$37,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197031Chicago White Sox$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197132Milwaukee Brewers$28,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197233Kansas City Royals$26,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$173,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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