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 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
1972 DET AL 23 2B 4 0 15.0 13 3 10 0 3 1.000 1.7 136.0 1.7 0.0 1.7 0 7.80 3.25 .977 5.16 4.42
1973 DET AL 24 2B 9 8 73.0 34 17 17 0 3 1.000 -1.4 -23.0 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 -1 4.19 3.78 .979 5.44 4.67
1974 DET AL 25 2B 33 17 192.2 113 54 54 5 20 .956 -0.7 -4.4 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 5.04 3.27 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 DET AL 25 DH 2
1974 DET AL 25 3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 3.15 2.80
1975 DET AL 26 2B 23 19 180.0 101 38 61 2 10 .980 -3.1 -20.7 -2.1 -0.5 -1.6 -1 4.95 4.30 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 DET AL 26 3B 3 1 10.0 4 0 1 3 0 .250 -1.5 -180.0 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 0 0.90 0.33 1.000 3.15 2.80
1975 DET AL 26 DH 3
4 Seasons 2B 69 44 460.2 261 112 142 7 36 .973 -3.5 -9.1 -1.5 -0.3 -1.2 -2 4.96 3.68 .976 5.39 4.62
2 Seasons DH 5
2 Seasons 3B 4 1 12.0 5 1 1 3 0 .400 -1.6 -160.0 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 0 1.50 0.50 1.000 3.15 2.80
4 Seasons TOT 73 45 472.2 266 113 143 10 36 .962 -5.1 -12.9 -3.1 -1.9 -1.2 -2 4.87 3.51 .939 5.33 4.52

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
1972 DET AL 23 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1973 DET AL 24 12 8 12 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1974 DET AL 25 55 17 55 34 0 0 0 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22
1975 DET AL 26 43 20 43 26 0 0 0 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15
4 Seasons 124 45 124 83 0 0 0 68 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 41
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
1972 DET AL 23 60 70% 82% 33% 10 100% 0 3 0 3 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 24 333 59% 73% 21% 21 90% 1 17 3 9 5 18 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 25 832 66% 76% 25% 65 95% 0 54 20 23 11 55 42 10 0 1 5 1 3 1 2 20 4 5 6 2 18 8 10 1 0 1
1975 DET AL 26 839 49% 77% 26% 72 93% 0 41 12 21 8 61 52 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 3 3 3 0 9 3 6 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2064 58% 76% 25% 168 94% 1 115 35 56 24 145 117 24 0 2 7 1 5 1 4 36 8 10 11 3 33 14 19 1 0 1
MLB Averages 61% 78% 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%
1974 DET AL 25 10 90% 60% 0% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 26 52 52% 85% 35% 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 62 58% 81% 29% 4 25% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 68%

* 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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