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Jimmy Knowles

James Knowles (Darby)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 5, 1856 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1884
Teams (by GP): Broncos/Nationals/PittsburghAlleghenys/Atlantics/Metropolitans/... 1884-1892

Final Game: October 12, 1892
Died: February 11, 1912 in Jersey City, NJ
Buried: Bay View-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1884 TOT AA 27 1B 76 879 809 33 37 38 .958 11.08 .958 10.64
1884 PIT AA 27 1B 46 535 499 15 21 20 .961 11.17 .958 10.64
1884 BRO AA 27 1B 30 344 310 18 16 18 .953 10.93 .958 10.64
1884 BRO AA 27 3B 11 35 9 18 8 0 .771 2.45 .848 2.98
1886 WHS NL 29 2B 62 467 196 224 47 32 .899 6.77 .908 5.54
1886 WHS NL 29 3B 53 224 68 122 34 9 .848 3.58 .865 3.27
1887 NYP AA 30 2B 16 91 49 36 6 4 .934 5.31 .906 6.04
1887 NYP AA 30 3B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .850 3.30
1890 ROC AA 33 3B 123 528 162 303 63 19 .881 3.78 .864 3.68
1892 NYG NL 35 3B 15 48 13 25 10 2 .792 2.53 .879 3.58
1892 NYG NL 35 SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .895 5.40
5 Seasons 3B 203 837 252 469 116 30 .861 3.55 .864 3.53
2 Seasons 2B 78 558 245 260 53 36 .905 6.47 .908 5.64
1 Season 1B 76 879 809 33 37 38 .958 11.08 .958 10.64
1 Season SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .895 5.40
5 Seasons TOT 358 2276 1307 763 206 104 .909 5.78 .911 5.50
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1884 PIT AA 27 46 46 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1884 BRO AA 27 41 41 0 0 30 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1886 WHS NL 29 115 115 0 0 0 62 53 0 0 0 0 0 0
1887 NYP AA 30 16 16 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1890 ROC AA 33 123 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0
1892 NYG NL 35 16 16 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 357 357 0 0 76 78 203 1 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1886 NL  81 (1st)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1884 AA  33 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1886 NL  196 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1886 NL  47 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1890 AA  123 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1890 AA  162 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1890 AA  303 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1890 AA  63 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1884 AA  11.08 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1886 NL  6.77 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1890 AA  3.78 (4th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1890 AA  .881 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1890 AA  born 1856-09-05 (9th)
1892 NL  born 1856-09-05 (7th)

                                         

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