Kurt Knudsen

Kurt David Knudsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 20, 1967 in Arlington Heights, IL
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1992
Team: Tigers 1992-1994

Final Game: June 4, 1994
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1988	21	DET-min	A,Rk	3	1	.750	1.14	21	0	11	1	31.2	19	9	4	1	17	1	28	1	1	4			1.137	5.4	0.3	4.8	8.0	1.65	FAY,LAK,BRS · SALL,FLOR,APPY
1989	22	DET-min	A	3	2	.600	2.15	45	0	26	10	54.1	43	16	13	1	22	7	68	1	3	2			1.196	7.1	0.2	3.6	11.3	3.09	LAK · FLOR
1990	23	DET-min	A+,AA	7	1	.875	2.23	29	8	13	4	93.0	57	24	23	3	33	0	96	2	3	7			0.968	5.5	0.3	3.2	9.3	2.91	LAK,LON · FLOR,EL
1991	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	3	5	.375	2.96	46	0	21	6	70.0	55	40	23	2	40	3	84	1	1	6	305		1.357	7.1	0.3	5.1	10.8	2.10	LON,TOL · EL,IL
1992	25	DET-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.08	12	0	8	1	21.2	11	5	5	1	6	0	19	1	0	1	82		0.785	4.6	0.4	2.5	7.9	3.17	TOL · IL
1992	25	DET	AL	2	3	.400	4.58	48	1	14	5	70.2	70	39	36	9	41	9	51	1	0	5	313	87	1.571	8.9	1.1	5.2	6.5	1.24
1993	26	DET-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.78	23	0	15	6	33.1	24	15	14	3	11	1	39	1	0	2	136		1.050	6.5	0.8	3.0	10.5	3.55	TOL · IL
1993	26	DET	AL	3	2	.600	4.78	30	0	7	2	37.2	41	22	20	9	16	2	29	4	0	2	171	91	1.513	9.8	2.2	3.8	6.9	1.81
1994	27	DET-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.01	37	7	22	4	67.1	56	38	30	8	42	1	64	3	1	0	299		1.455	7.5	1.1	5.6	8.6	1.52	TOL · IL
1994	27	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	13.50	4	0	0	0	5.1	7	8	8	2	11	1	1	0	0	0	34	38	3.375	11.8	3.4	18.6	1.7	0.09
1995	28	SFG-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.03	11	1	4	1	19.2	18	13	11	2	11	0	20	0	0	0	86		1.475	8.2	0.9	5.0	9.2	1.82	PHX · PCL
1997	30	ANA-min	AA,A+	1	6	.143	8.42	42	4	15	3	67.1	101	72	63	10	29	1	45	7	0	16	330		1.931	13.5	1.3	3.9	6.0	1.55	MDL,LEL · TL,CALL
3 Yrs				6	5	.545	5.07	82	1	21	7	113.2	118	69	64	20	68	12	81	5	0	7	518	82	1.636	9.3	1.6	5.4	6.4	1.19
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.545	5.07	67	1	17	6	93	97	57	52	16	56	10	66	4	0	6	424	82	1.636	9.3	1.6	5.4	6.4	1.19

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1992	25	DET	AL	70.2	48	1	39	4.97	4.31	0.14	-0.32	100.9	3.88	-8	-0.9	1.4	-0.4	-0.6	-1	.481	.495	$
1993	26	DET	AL	37.2	30	0	22	5.26	4.69	-0.19	-0.36	100.3	4.53	-3	-0.3	1.6	-0.1	0.0	2	.491	.498	$
1994	27	DET	AL	5.1	4	0	8	13.50	5.36	-0.39	-0.41	107.3	5.73	-5	-0.4	2.0	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.401	.498	$
3 Seasons				113.2	82	1	69	5.46	4.49	0.01	-0.34	101.0	4.18	-16	-1.6	1.5	-0.7	-1.2	-3	.481	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1992	25	DET	AL	48	313	265	39	70	13	1	9	6	5	41	51	.264	.362	.423	.785	.295	112	4	1	4	2	9	1
1993	26	DET	AL	30	171	146	22	41	5	0	9	2	3	16	29	.281	.361	.500	.861	.288	73	2	4	2	3	2	2
1994	27	DET	AL	4	34	23	8	7	0	0	2	0	0	11	1	.304	.529	.565	1.095	.250	13	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				82	518	434	69	118	18	1	20	8	8	68	81	.272	.373	.456	.829	.290	198	6	5	6	5	12	3
162 Game Avg.				67	424	356	57	97	15	1	16	7	7	56	66	.272	.373	.456	.829	.290	162	5	4	5	4	10	2
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.400	.730	.292

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1992	25	DET	AL	-4.6	-0.5	329	-0.5	5.5	-6.0	1.10	-0.6	0.1	-4.6	-0.5	1.10	-6.6	18	14	15
1993	26	DET	AL	-1.9	-0.2	178	0.1	2.8	-2.6	.97	-0.3	0.5	-8.9	-0.9	0.97	-4.7	10	8	11
1994	27	DET	AL	-4.6	-0.4	34	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.06	-0.4	-0.2	-7.0	-0.6	1.06	-5.1	2	2	0
3 Yrs				-11.1	-1.0	541	-1.0	8.8	-9.7	1.06	-1.3	0.4	-20.5	-1.9	1.06	-16.4	30	24	26

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1992	25	DET	AL	48	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	25	25	21	5	1	0	3.0	4.5	2.0	63	1	0	0	0	63
1 Yr				48	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25	25	25	21	5	1	0	3.0	4.5	2.0	63	1	0	0	0	63
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-14					4.5	4.5	6.1	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1992	25	DET	AL	48	47	14	2	2	7	5	2	71%	16	8	42	13	31%	7	1.102	18	14	15	22	4	21	26	21	23	12	26	7	4.4	25
1993	26	DET	AL	30	30	7	3	2	4	2	2	50%	11	6	27	11	41%	8	.969	10	8	11	15	4	11	15	15	14	8	16	8	3.8	22
1994	27	DET	AL	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	2	2	100%	2	1.063	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	4.0	34
3 Yrs				82	81	21	6	4	12	7	5	58%	29	15	71	26	37%		1.056	30	24	26	39	8	34	42	39	38	22	43	16	4.1	25

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1992	25	DET	AL	313	59%	2.9%	16.3%	13.1%	7.4%	33%	0.30	0.39	66%	27%	6.8%	19%	71	4	6%
1993	26	DET	AL	171	65%	5.3%	17.0%	9.4%	8.2%	34%	0.57	0.69	65%	25%	13.4%	12%	38	2	5%
1994	27	DET	AL	34	74%	5.9%	2.9%	32.4%	5.9%	29%	0.38	0.25	59%	9%	15.4%	19%	12	0	0%
3 Yrs				518	62%	3.9%	15.6%	13.1%	7.5%	33%	0.39	0.47	65%	26%	9.4%	17%	121	6	5%
MLB Averages					42%	2.3%	15.2%	8.7%	7.1%	30%	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.6%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1992	25	DET	AL	316	1252	3.96	736	59%	23%	16%	31%	30%	77%	6%	45%	79%	50%	6%	19	5	22%	69	33	6	25%	4	7	-3	0	0
1993	26	DET	AL	173	662	3.83	415	63%	25%	15%	31%	29%	75%	3%	47%	80%	60%	5%	8	3	17%	30	14	4	21%	4	3	-2	0	0
1994	27	DET	AL	34	137	4.03	67	49%	28%	15%	24%	33%	72%	6%	35%	79%	47%	12%	4	1	6%	2	1	1	100%	0	2	0	0	0
3 Yrs				523	2051	3.92	1218	59%	24%	16%	30%	30%	76%	5%	45%	79%	53%	6%	31	9	19%	101	48	11	25%	8	12	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.66		61%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1992	25	DET	AL	313	70	15	0	9	0	14	5	4	4	5	18	7	5	39%	1	5	2	141	6	5	55%	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	0
1993	26	DET	AL	171	41	5	1	9	1	6	4	5	3	6	10	5	1	50%	2	2	0	69	2	3	40%	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0
1994	27	DET	AL	34	7	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				518	118	20	1	20	1	22	10	10	7	13	30	14	6	47%	3	7	2	227	8	8	50%	7	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	21	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1992	25	2	3	.400	4.58	48	1	14	5	70.2	70	39	36	9	41	9	51	1	5	313	87	1.571	8.9	1.1	5.2	6.5	1.24	87
1993	26	5	5	.500	4.65	78	1	21	7	108.1	111	61	56	18	57	11	80	5	7	484	88	1.551	9.2	1.5	4.7	6.6	1.40	88
1994	27	6	5	.545	5.07	82	1	21	7	113.2	118	69	64	20	68	12	81	5	7	518	82	1.636	9.3	1.6	5.4	6.4	1.19	82

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1992	25	3	4	.429	5.40	65.0	73	43	39	9	43	47	1	1.785	10.1	6.0	6.5	1.09	1.2	48
1993	26	2	2	.500	4.86	37.0	41	22	20	9	16	28	4	1.541	10.0	3.9	6.8	1.75	2.2	30
1994	27	0	0		14.14	7.0	10	12	11	3	16	1	0	3.714	12.9	20.6	1.3	0.06	3.9	4
3 Yrs		5	6	.455	5.78	109.0	124	77	70	21	75	76	5	1.826	10.2		6.3	1.01	1.7	82

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