John Knox
John Clinton Knox
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 26, 1948 in Newark, NJ
School: Bowling Green State University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1972
Final Game: September 26, 1975
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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
1972 23 DET AL 14 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .077 .143 .154 .297 -13 2 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1973 24 DET AL 12 37 32 1 9 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 3 .281 .343 .313 .655 82 10 0 0 2 0 0 /4
1974 25 DET AL 55 95 88 11 27 1 1 0 6 5 4 6 13 .307 .351 .341 .692 99 30 4 0 1 0 0 4/D5
1975 26 DET AL 43 96 86 8 23 1 0 0 2 1 2 10 9 .267 .344 .279 .623 76 24 4 0 0 0 0 4/5D
4 Seasons 124 242 219 21 60 4 1 0 11 7 7 20 27 .274 .335 .301 .636 81 66 8 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 316 286 27 78 5 1 0 14 9 9 26 35 .274 .335 .301 .636 81 86 10 0 4 0 0

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
1972 23 DET AL 14 12 0 0.0 85 .091 .077 .250 .143 .319 .154 .361 .297 .680 -13 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .250 .154 .077
1973 24 DET AL 37 26 4 4.1 98 .310 .281 .266 .343 .336 .313 .391 .655 .727 82 .477 -0.8 -0.1 .542 .125 .031 .0
1974 25 DET AL 95 70 9 3.5 91 .360 .307 .261 .351 .325 .341 .375 .692 .700 99 .420 -0.4 -0.0 .536 .114 .034 .0
1975 26 DET AL 96 69 8 3.1 96 .299 .267 .262 .344 .333 .279 .386 .623 .719 76 .356 -2.6 -0.3 .478 .116 .012 .0
4 Seasons 242 177 21 3.2 94 .313 .274 .262 .335 .330 .301 .381 .636 .710 81 .377 -5.6 -0.6 .494 .119 .027 .0
162 Game Avg. 316 231 27 3.2 94 .313 .274 .262 .335 .330 .301 .381 .636 .710 81 .377 -5.6 -0.6 .494 .119 .027

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 23 DET AL ALCS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1972 23 DET AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 7.1% 100% 2.00 6.5 1.00 79%
1973 24 DET AL 37 0.0% 8.1% 8.1% 2.7% 11% 1.00 10.7 10.7 1.11 78%
1974 25 DET AL 95 0.0% 13.7% 6.3% 2.1% 7% 2.17 6.8 14.7 2.06 79%
1975 26 DET AL 96 0.0% 9.4% 10.4% 1.0% 4% 0.90 9.6 43.0 0.97 80%
4 Seasons 242 0.0% 11.2% 8.3% 2.1% 8% 1.35 8.1 19.9 1.28 79%
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
1972 23 DET AL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1973 24 DET AL 3 0 8% 27 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
1974 25 DET AL 4 0 33% 75 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 46% 10 5 5 1 0 1 2 2 0
1975 26 DET AL 0 0 24% 66 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 20% 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 1
4 Seasons 7 0 26% 173 7 7 50% 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 30% 19 13 6 3 1 2 8 5 1
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
1972 23 DET AL 14 100% 1 9 1 0 0 0.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1973 24 DET AL 37 92% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 21 3 14% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1974 25 DET AL 95 89% 27 4 1 0 0 3.34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 20 4 20% 9 3 33% 54 7 13% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1975 26 DET AL 96 90% 23 5 2 0 0 1.23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 21% 6 1 17% 47 2 4% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
4 Seasons 242 91% 60 18 4 0 0 1.55 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 45 8 18% 18 5 28% 127 12 9% 9 4 44% 9 4 44% 0
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
1972 23 14 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .077 .143 .154 .297 -13 2 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 26 51 45 2 10 2 0 0 3 1 1 4 5 .222 .286 .267 .552 56 12 0 0 2 0 0
1974 25 81 146 133 13 37 3 1 0 9 6 5 10 18 .278 .329 .316 .644 84 42 4 0 3 0 0
1975 26 124 242 219 21 60 4 1 0 11 7 7 20 27 .274 .335 .301 .636 81 66 8 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1972 23 15 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 14
1973 24 12 36 33 1 10 1 0 0 3 1 3 3 .303 .361 .333 .694 4 12
1974 25 55 93 87 12 26 1 1 0 7 5 6 13 .299 .344 .333 .677 10 55
1975 26 43 96 86 8 23 1 0 0 2 1 10 9 .267 .344 .279 .623 8 43
4 Seasons 125 240 220 21 59 3 1 0 12 7 20 27 .268 .329 .291 .620 22 124
162 Game Avg. 162 311 285 27 76 4 1 0 16 9 26 35 .268 .329 .291 .620 29 124

* 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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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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