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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
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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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
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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 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 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 4 (1812), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1129), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1565), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Clay Dalrymple (950)
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  8. Jose Pagan (948)
  9. Clyde McCullough (946)
  10. Wayne Causey (945)
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  1. Mike Heath (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dave Roberts (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Clay Dalrymple (978)  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. Larry Brown (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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

Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1963 rule 5 draft.

May 14, 1969: Traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Sandy Alomar and Bob Priddy.

March 24, 1971: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals for cash. The Kansas City Royals sent Luis Alcaraz (March 30, 1971) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

October 5, 1972: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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