Mark Knudson
Mark Richard Knudson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 28, 1960 in Denver, CO
High School: Northglenn (Northglenn, CO)
School: Colorado State University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1985
Final Game: May 14, 1993
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO 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
1985 24 HOU NL 0 2 .000 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 21 11 11 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 53 38 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 3.3 1.33
1986 25 TOT MLB 1 6 .143 5.22 13 8 2 0 0 0 60.1 70 38 35 12 20 6 29 1 0 2 273 73 1.492 10.4 1.8 3.0 4.3 1.45
1986 25 HOU NL 1 5 .167 4.22 9 7 1 0 0 0 42.2 48 23 20 5 15 5 20 1 0 1 191 85 1.477 10.1 1.1 3.2 4.2 1.33
1986 25 MIL AL 0 1 .000 7.64 4 1 1 0 0 0 17.2 22 15 15 7 5 1 9 0 0 1 82 57 1.528 11.2 3.6 2.5 4.6 1.80
1987 26 MIL AL 4 4 .500 5.37 15 8 3 1 0 0 62.0 88 46 37 7 14 1 26 0 0 1 288 86 1.645 12.8 1.0 2.0 3.8 1.86
1988 27 MIL AL 0 0 1.12 5 0 3 0 0 0 16.0 17 3 2 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 63 353 1.188 9.6 0.6 1.1 3.9 3.50
1989 28 MIL AL 8 5 .615 3.35 40 7 16 1 0 0 123.2 110 50 46 15 29 2 47 3 0 2 499 115 1.124 8.0 1.1 2.1 3.4 1.62
1990 29 MIL AL 10 9 .526 4.12 30 27 0 4 2 0 168.1 187 84 77 14 40 1 56 3 0 6 719 94 1.349 10.0 0.7 2.1 3.0 1.40
1991 30 MIL AL 1 3 .250 7.97 12 7 3 0 0 0 35.0 54 33 31 8 15 0 23 1 0 1 174 50 1.971 13.9 2.1 3.9 5.9 1.53
1993 32 COL NL 0 0 22.24 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 16 14 14 4 5 0 3 0 0 2 39 21 3.706 25.4 6.4 7.9 4.8 0.60
8 Seasons 24 29 .453 4.72 121 59 29 6 2 0 482.0 563 279 253 61 128 10 195 8 0 15 2108 84 1.434 10.5 1.1 2.4 3.6 1.52
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .453 4.72 46 22 11 2 1 0 182 213 105 96 23 48 4 74 3 0 6 796 84 1.434 10.5 1.1 2.4 3.6 1.52
MIL (6 yrs) 23 22 .511 4.43 106 50 26 6 2 0 422.2 478 231 208 52 105 5 168 7 0 12 1825 91 1.379 10.2 1.1 2.2 3.6 1.60
HOU (2 yrs) 1 7 .125 5.20 11 9 1 0 0 0 53.2 69 34 31 5 18 5 24 1 0 1 244 68 1.621 11.6 0.8 3.0 4.0 1.33
COL (1 yr) 0 0 22.24 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 16 14 14 4 5 0 3 0 0 2 39 21 3.706 25.4 6.4 7.9 4.8 0.60
AL (6 yrs) 23 22 .511 4.43 106 50 26 6 2 0 422.2 478 231 208 52 105 5 168 7 0 12 1825 91 1.379 10.2 1.1 2.2 3.6 1.60
NL (3 yrs) 1 7 .125 6.83 15 9 3 0 0 0 59.1 85 48 45 9 23 5 27 1 0 3 283 54 1.820 12.9 1.4 3.5 4.1 1.17

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1985 24 HOU NL 2 53 49 11 21 3 1 0 2 3 3 4 .429 .462 .531 .992 .467 26 1 0 1 0 0
1986 25 MIL AL 4 82 77 15 22 5 0 7 0 0 5 9 .286 .329 .623 .953 .246 48 0 0 0 0 1
1986 25 HOU NL 9 191 172 23 48 6 1 5 10 3 15 20 .279 .340 .413 .753 .293 71 0 1 3 0 5
1986 25 TOT MLB 13 273 249 38 70 11 1 12 10 3 20 29 .281 .337 .478 .815 .279 119 0 1 3 0 6
1987 26 MIL AL 15 288 266 46 88 9 0 7 3 1 14 26 .331 .358 .444 .802 .340 118 4 0 3 5 1
1988 27 MIL AL 5 63 61 3 17 3 1 1 0 0 2 7 .279 .302 .410 .711 .302 25 3 0 0 0 0
1989 28 MIL AL 40 499 464 50 110 14 3 15 5 6 29 47 .237 .286 .377 .663 .236 175 13 3 2 1 2
1990 29 MIL AL 30 718 663 84 187 39 5 14 8 9 40 56 .282 .322 .419 .741 .287 278 16 3 3 9 1
1991 30 MIL AL 12 174 152 33 54 12 1 8 4 1 15 23 .355 .409 .605 1.015 .371 92 0 1 3 3 0
1993 32 COL NL 4 39 34 14 16 1 1 4 0 0 5 3 .471 .538 .912 1.450 .444 31 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 121 2107 1938 279 563 92 13 61 32 23 128 195 .291 .334 .446 .780 .295 864 37 8 15 18 10
162 Game Avg. 46 796 732 105 213 35 5 23 12 9 48 74 .291 .334 .446 .780 .295 326 14 3 6 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1985 24 HOU NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 33 21 1 1 0 1 2.5 0.9 5.5
1986 25 TOT MLB 13 8 1 6 1 0 2 2 6 .250 1 0 0 0 3 38% 47 54 41 3 1 1 5 4.0 3.3 5.6
1986 25 HOU NL 9 7 1 5 1 0 2 2 5 .286 1 0 0 0 3 43% 47 54 41 3 1 1 4 4.4 3.9 5.5
1986 25 MIL AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 46 0 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 6.0
1987 26 MIL AL 15 8 2 3 3 0 0 4 4 .500 1 1 1 0 4 50% 41 63 16 13 9 2 3 5.1 4.6 6.0
1989 28 MIL AL 40 7 6 1 0 2 0 6 1 .857 0 0 1 0 4 57% 59 79 32 18 6 1 2 6.9 7.8 6.3 82 3 1 1 0 100
1990 29 MIL AL 30 27 9 9 9 0 2 14 13 .519 1 5 4 2 14 52% 48 79 18 26 11 6 9 4.2 4.0 6.0 87 10 8 7 2 140
1991 30 MIL AL 12 7 1 3 3 1 0 4 3 .571 0 2 0 0 0 0% 32 49 24 13 2 1 5 4.4 4.5 3.9 77 4 3 0 0 97
6 Seasons 112 59 19 24 16 3 4 30 29 .508 3 8 6 2 25 42% 46 79 16 74 30 11 25 4.6 4.5 5.7 85 17 12 8 2 140
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 25 TOT MLB 13 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0.648 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 9.4
1986 25 HOU NL 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.800 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0
1986 25 MIL AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0.295 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 11.7
1987 26 MIL AL 15 7 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 5 3 60% 4 0.938 2 4 1 2 1 4 2 5 5 0 5 0 5.9
1988 27 MIL AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 2 0.198 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 1 5 0 5 0 9.6 44
1989 28 MIL AL 40 33 16 2 4 2 0 2 0% 4 2 23 11 48% 7 0.730 7 9 15 9 3 21 13 20 21 0 21 3 7.2 34
1990 29 MIL AL 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0.998 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 7.7 37
1991 30 MIL AL 12 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 8 0.846 0 1 4 2 0 3 2 3 1 2 1 0 4.6 27
1993 32 COL NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 3 0.113 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 3 0 4.3 33
7 Seasons 119 62 29 5 5 3 0 3 0% 7 3 45 19 42% 0.824 9 15 36 16 4 42 26 36 39 3 40 3 7.0 34

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1985 24 HOU NL 53 43% 0.0% 7.6% 5.7% 7.6% 19% 0.73 85% 12 1 8%
1986 25 TOT MLB 273 49% 4.4% 10.6% 7.3% 8.8% 34% 0.71 76% 44 0 0%
1986 25 HOU NL 191 52% 2.6% 10.5% 7.9% 6.3% 25% 0.69 77% 28 0 0%
1986 25 MIL AL 82 40% 8.5% 11.0% 6.1% 14.6% 55% 0.76 74% 16 0 0%
1987 26 MIL AL 288 53% 2.4% 9.0% 4.9% 5.6% 18% 0.85 83% 70 4 6%
1988 27 MIL AL 63 56% 1.6% 11.1% 3.2% 7.9% 29% 0.79 0.95 84% 26% 7.1% 52% 10 3 30%
1989 28 MIL AL 499 43% 3.0% 9.4% 5.8% 6.4% 29% 0.90 1.06 81% 15% 9.5% 27% 86 13 15%
1990 29 MIL AL 719 52% 2.0% 7.8% 5.6% 8.1% 31% 0.70 0.96 84% 21% 4.7% 17% 121 16 13%
1991 30 MIL AL 174 53% 4.6% 13.2% 8.6% 12.1% 39% 0.64 0.69 71% 23% 12.3% 19% 26 0 0%
1993 32 COL NL 39 36% 10.3% 7.7% 12.8% 15.4% 38% 1.00 2.00 69% 29% 26.7% 0% 9 0 0%
8 Seasons 2108 49% 2.9% 9.3% 6.1% 7.9% 30% 0.77 0.92 81% 20% 7.6% 21% 378 37 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1988 27 MIL AL 63 223 3.54 144 65% 22% 15% 26% 38% 78% 0% 51% 81% 59% 3% 2 1 19% 12 3 0 29% 1 1 0 1 0
1989 28 MIL AL 447 1529 3.42 947 62% 22% 11% 28% 40% 78% 1% 48% 86% 55% 3% 15 11 13% 59 25 1 26% 9 3 52 0 2
1990 29 MIL AL 719 2478 3.45 1524 62% 24% 9% 27% 41% 76% 0% 47% 88% 58% 4% 26 15 17% 119 50 5 33% 9 8 0 7 7
1991 30 MIL AL 174 672 3.86 397 59% 30% 11% 25% 34% 70% 0% 41% 84% 55% 6% 10 7 14% 25 6 1 43% 1 3 0 0 0
1993 32 COL NL 39 132 3.38 72 55% 19% 14% 24% 43% 81% 0% 44% 83% 46% 8% 3 0 10% 4 1 0 33% 1 3 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1442 5034 3.49 3084 61% 24% 10% 27% 39% 76% 1% 47% 87% 56% 4% 56 34 15% 219 85 7 32% 21 18 52 8 9
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1985 24 HOU NL 53 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 27 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 25 TOT MLB 273 70 12 0 3 9 3 4 8 11 5 1 45% 4 2 0 100 10 3 77% 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 25 HOU NL 191 48 5 0 2 3 2 0 5 7 3 0 43% 2 1 0 72 10 3 77% 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 25 MIL AL 82 22 7 0 1 6 1 4 3 4 2 1 50% 2 1 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 26 MIL AL 288 88 7 1 5 3 4 3 4 24 15 2 63% 7 1 1 125 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1988 27 MIL AL 63 17 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 28 MIL AL 499 110 21 3 15 0 5 10 5 3 12 11 8 1 73% 5 2 0 174 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1990 29 MIL AL 719 187 14 3 14 0 14 8 6 7 7 35 24 5 69% 11 6 1 260 8 9 47% 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 0
1991 30 MIL AL 174 54 12 1 8 0 5 4 4 5 3 11 7 1 64% 3 1 0 58 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1993 32 COL NL 39 16 3 0 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 100% 0 2 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Seasons 2108 563 56 7 61 1 35 38 23 25 36 96 62 10 65% 30 15 2 784 32 23 58% 29 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 43 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO 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 ERA+
1985 24 0 2 .000 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 21 11 11 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 53 38 2.182 17.2 0.0 2.5 3.3 1.33 38
1986 25 1 8 .111 5.80 15 10 2 0 0 0 71.1 91 49 46 12 23 6 33 1 0 2 326 65 1.598 11.5 1.5 2.9 4.2 1.43 65
1987 26 5 12 .294 5.60 30 18 5 1 0 0 133.1 179 95 83 19 37 7 59 1 0 3 614 74 1.620 12.1 1.3 2.5 4.0 1.59 74
1988 27 5 12 .294 5.12 35 18 8 1 0 0 149.1 196 98 85 20 39 7 66 1 0 4 677 81 1.574 11.8 1.2 2.4 4.0 1.69 81
1989 28 13 17 .433 4.32 75 25 24 2 0 0 273.0 306 148 131 35 68 9 113 4 0 6 1176 93 1.370 10.1 1.2 2.2 3.7 1.66 93
1990 29 23 26 .469 4.24 105 52 24 6 2 0 441.1 493 232 208 49 108 10 169 7 0 12 1895 93 1.362 10.1 1.0 2.2 3.4 1.56 93
1991 30 24 29 .453 4.52 117 59 27 6 2 0 476.1 547 265 239 57 123 10 192 8 0 13 2069 88 1.407 10.3 1.1 2.3 3.6 1.56 88
1992 31 24 29 .453 4.52 117 59 27 6 2 0 476.1 547 265 239 57 123 10 192 8 0 13 2069 88 1.407 10.3 1.1 2.3 3.6 1.56 88
1993 32 24 29 .453 4.72 121 59 29 6 2 0 482.0 563 279 253 61 128 10 195 8 0 15 2108 84 1.434 10.5 1.1 2.4 3.6 1.52 84

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
1985 24 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 21 13 12 0 3 4 0 2.400 18.9 2.7 3.6 1.33 0.0 2
1986 25 2 4 .333 5.64 59.0 74 41 37 13 21 28 1 1.610 11.3 3.2 4.3 1.33 2.0 13
1987 26 2 4 .333 4.86 63.0 86 38 34 7 14 26 0 1.587 12.3 2.0 3.7 1.86 1.0 15
1988 27 1 0 1.000 1.29 14.0 18 2 2 1 2 6 0 1.429 11.6 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.6 5
1989 28 6 6 .500 3.96 116.0 117 57 51 16 31 44 3 1.276 9.1 2.4 3.4 1.42 1.2 40
1990 29 7 10 .412 4.81 159.0 197 94 85 15 42 53 3 1.503 11.2 2.4 3.0 1.26 0.8 30
1991 30 0 3 .000 9.00 33.0 57 37 33 8 16 22 1 2.212 15.5 4.4 6.0 1.38 2.2 12
1993 32 0 0 18.00 6.0 16 13 12 4 5 3 0 3.500 24.0 7.5 4.5 0.60 6.0 4
8 Seasons 18 28 .391 5.20 460.0 586 295 266 64 134 186 8 1.565 11.5 3.6 1.39 1.3 121

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL--2.139--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1990 AL--2--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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