Jeff McKnight

Jefferson Alan McKnight

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 18, 1963 in Conway, AR
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1989
Teams (by GP): Mets/Orioles 1989-1994

Final Game: August 11, 1994
Relatives: Son of Jim McKnight
About biographical information

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Standard Batting

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
1983	20	NYM-min	A-	39	131	115	10	25	3	1	0	9	1	1	15	18	.217	.308	.261	.569		30		0	1	0	1		LFA · NYPL
1984	21	NYM-min	A	95	280	251	31	64	10	1	1	27	9	1	26	17	.255	.326	.315	.641		79		1	1	1	2		CLM · SALL
1985	22	NYM-min	A	116	369	309	45	75	12	2	1	45	6	2	50	37	.243	.345	.304	.649		94		1	4	5	2		CLM,LBG · SALL,CARL
1986	23	NYM-min	AA	132	562	469	71	118	24	3	4	55	5	2	76	58	.252	.354	.341	.695		160		3	5	9	3		JAC · TL
1987	24	NYM-min	AAA,AA	103	278	243	26	59	10	3	4	33	1	2	28	34	.243	.321	.358	.679		87		2	1	4	1		TID,JAC · IL,TL
1988	25	NYM-min	AAA	113	385	345	36	88	14	0	2	25	0	4	36	32	.255	.323	.313	.636		108		0	1	3	5		TID · IL
1989	26	NYM-min	AAA	116	509	425	84	106	19	2	9	48	3	0	79	56	.249	.368	.367	.735		156		1	3	1	1		TID · IL
1989	26	NYM	NL	6	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	81	3	1	0	0	0	0	/4356
1990	27	BAL-min	AAA	100	390	339	56	95	21	3	7	45	7	5	41	59	.280	.352	.422	.774		143		0	4	6	3		ROC · IL
1990	27	BAL	AL	29	84	75	11	15	2	0	1	4	0	0	5	17	.200	.259	.267	.526	50	20	0	1	3	0	0	3/479D6
1991	28	BAL-min	AAA	22	96	81	19	31	7	2	1	18	1	2	14	10	.383	.469	.556	1.024		45	3	0	0	1	0		ROC · IL
1991	28	BAL	AL	16	43	41	2	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	7	.171	.209	.195	.404	15	8	2	0	0	0	0	/7D39
1992	29	NYM-min	AAA	102	406	352	43	108	21	1	4	43	3	3	51	52	.307	.395	.406	.801		143	14	1	1	1	3		TID · IL
1992	29	NYM	NL	31	87	85	10	23	3	1	2	13	0	1	2	8	.271	.287	.400	.687	94	34	2	0	0	0	0	4/3569
1993	30	NYM	NL	105	183	164	19	42	3	1	2	13	0	0	13	31	.256	.311	.323	.634	72	53	3	1	3	2	0	643/52
1994	31	NYM-min	AAA	8	30	26	5	9	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	.346	.400	.385	.785		10	0	0	0	1	0		NFK · IL
1994	31	NYM	NL	31	32	27	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	12	.148	.250	.185	.435	17	5	0	0	0	1	0	/3
6 Yrs				218	443	404	45	94	10	2	5	34	1	1	28	76	.233	.284	.304	.588	63	123	8	2	6	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	329	300	33	70	7	1	4	25	1	1	21	56	.233	.284	.304	.588	63	91	6	1	4	2	0

NYM (4 yrs)				173	316	288	32	72	7	2	4	28	0	1	21	52	.250	.300	.330	.630	73	95	6	1	3	3	0
BAL (2 yrs)				45	127	116	13	22	3	0	1	6	1	0	7	24	.190	.242	.241	.483	38	28	2	1	3	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				173	316	288	32	72	7	2	4	28	0	1	21	52	.250	.300	.330	.630	73	95	6	1	3	3	0
AL (2 yrs)				45	127	116	13	22	3	0	1	6	1	0	7	24	.190	.242	.241	.483	38	28	2	1	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1989	26	NYM	NL	6	14	-0	1	-0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.517	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/4356
1990	27	BAL	AL	29	84	-6	1	0	1	-1	-4	-0.4	3	-2	-0.2	.484	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	3/479D6
1991	28	BAL	AL	16	43	-5	0	0	-1	-1	-7	-0.7	1	-5	-0.5	.456	.496	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	/7D39
1992	29	NYM	NL	31	87	-1	-0	0	-5	-0	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.478	.496	0.1	-0.5	1	$	4/3569
1993	30	NYM	NL	105	183	-6	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.496	.497	0.1	0.2	1	$146,000	643/52
1994	31	NYM	NL	31	32	-4	0	0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$180,000	/3
6 Seasons				218	443	-21	2	1	-5	-1	-24	-2.5	13	-11	-1.1	.488	.497	-0.6	-0.5	-6	$326,000

NYM (4 yrs)				173	316	-11	1	1	-5	1	-13	-1.3	9	-4	-0.4	.492	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	$326,000
BAL (2 yrs)				45	127	-10	1	0	-0	-2	-11	-1.1	4	-7	-0.7	.474	.496	-0.7	-0.2	-7	$

Advanced Batting

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
1989	26	NYM	NL	14	10	1	2.7	86	.273	.250	.248	.357	.315	.250	.370	.607	.684	81	.322	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.167	.000
1990	27	BAL	AL	84	63	6	2.5	92	.246	.200	.256	.259	.324	.267	.382	.526	.706	50	.270	-5.1	-0.5	.433	.133	.067	.0
1991	28	BAL	AL	43	36	1	0.8	93	.206	.171	.256	.209	.323	.195	.388	.404	.711	15	.036	-4.8	-0.5	.306	.098	.024	.0
1992	29	NYM	NL	87	65	9	3.7	91	.280	.271	.258	.287	.323	.400	.380	.687	.703	94	.455	-1.3	-0.1	.538	.141	.129	.0
1993	30	NYM	NL	183	130	17	3.5	102	.301	.256	.269	.311	.334	.323	.409	.634	.743	72	.375	-6.5	-0.6	.536	.146	.067	.0
1994	31	NYM	NL	32	24	2	2.2	108	.250	.148	.273	.250	.340	.185	.427	.435	.768	17	.190	-3.2	-0.3	.391	.185	.037
6 Yrs				443	328	36	3.0	97	.273	.233	.262	.284	.329	.304	.396	.588	.724	63	.318	-21.0	-2.1	.480	.141	.072	1.7
162 Game Avg.				329	244	27	3.0	97	.273	.233	.262	.284	.329	.304	.396	.588	.724	63	.318	-21.0	-2.1	.480	.141	.072	1

NYM (4 yrs)				316	229	29	3.4	99	.289	.250	.265	.300	.331	.330	.401	.630	.731	73	.375	-11.1	-1.1	.520	.149	.080	.0
BAL (2 yrs)				127	99	7	1.9	93	.231	.190	.256	.242	.324	.241	.384	.483	.708	38	.174	-9.9	-1.0	.385	.121	.052	1.0

NL (4 yrs)				316	229	29	3.4	99	.289	.250	.265	.300	.331	.330	.401	.630	.731	73	.375	-11.1	-1.1	.520	.149	.080	.0
AL (2 yrs)				127	99	7	1.9	93	.231	.190	.256	.242	.324	.241	.384	.483	.708	38	.174	-9.9	-1.0	.385	.121	.052	1.0

Ratio Batting*

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
1989	26	NYM	NL	14	0.0%	7.1%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.50	12.0			1.75	2.00	79%	9%	0.0%	25%
1990	27	BAL	AL	84	1.2%	20.2%	6.0%	3.6%	20%	3.40	4.4	75.0	18.8	0.43	0.59	68%	28%	3.0%	18%
1991	28	BAL	AL	43	0.0%	16.3%	4.7%	2.3%	14%	3.50	5.9		20.5	1.00	1.42	79%	18%	0.0%	18%
1992	29	NYM	NL	87	2.3%	9.2%	2.3%	6.9%	26%	4.00	10.6	42.5	6.5	0.77	0.93	86%	17%	5.4%	14%
1993	30	NYM	NL	183	1.1%	16.9%	7.1%	3.3%	14%	2.38	5.3	82.0	12.6	0.94	1.23	73%	22%	3.1%	6%
1994	31	NYM	NL	32	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	3.1%	25%	3.00	2.3		13.5	1.00	1.17	50%	19%	0.0%	13%
6 Yrs				443	1.1%	17.2%	6.3%	3.8%	18%	2.71	5.3	80.8	11.9	0.81	1.04	74%	21%	3.1%	12%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.74	5.9	41.5	8.3	0.81	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	26	NYM	NL	-0.2	-0.0	16	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.35	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.88	-0.2	1.93	3
1990	27	BAL	AL	-5.1	-0.5	84	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	1.06	-0.6	0.5	-4.9	-0.5	0.98	-5.9	0.18	2
1991	28	BAL	AL	-4.8	-0.5	45	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	1.07	-0.4	-0.4	-5.5	-0.6	1.05	-5.5	3.03	4
1992	29	NYM	NL	-1.3	-0.1	89	-0.2	1.7	-1.9	1.23	0.0	-0.2	0.5	0.1	1.00	0.1	1.51	13
1993	30	NYM	NL	-6.7	-0.7	185	-0.5	3.1	-3.6	1.18	-0.4	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.91	-4.8	1.18	59
1994	31	NYM	NL	-3.2	-0.3	32	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.33	-0.4	0.1	-3.6	-0.3	1.00	-3.8	1.33	26
6 Yrs				-21.2	-2.1	451	-2.1	7.0	-9.1	1.17	-1.9	0.1	-17.6	-1.8	0.96	-20.1	1.33	107

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1989	26	NYM	NL	0	40%	3	0	0		0	0	0	2	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
1990	27	BAL	AL	0	50%	37	0	0		0	0	1	3	54%	6	5	1	3	0	3	4	3
1991	28	BAL	AL	0	22%	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	2	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
1992	29	NYM	NL	0	35%	31	0	1	0%	0	1	0	3	50%	4	4	0	1	1	0	5	5
1993	30	NYM	NL	2	32%	85	0	0		0	0	0	3	56%	13	7	6	1	1	0	4	4
1994	31	NYM	NL	0	13%	9	0	0		0	0	1	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2	34%	178	1	1	50%	1	1	2	13	52%	30	21	9	6	2	4	14	13

Situational Hitting*

						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
1989	26	NYM	NL	14	100%	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	27	BAL	AL	84	100%	15	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.18	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	75%	17	0	0%	10	4	40%	55	3	5%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1991	28	BAL	AL	43	100%	7	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	2	17%	4	1	25%	33	2	6%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1992	29	NYM	NL	87	100%	23	10	1	13	3	0	0	1.51	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0%	20	2	10%	10	2	20%	59	12	20%	6	4	67%	1	1	100%	0
1993	30	NYM	NL	183	100%	42	2	0	59	19	1	4	1.18	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	100%	32	3	9%	22	9	41%	105	12	11%	11	6	55%	5	2	40%	0
1994	31	NYM	NL	32	100%	4	1	0	26	4	0	2	1.33	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	0	0%	1	1	100%	29	2	7%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				443	100%	94	14	1	107	28	1	6	1.33	5	0	9	5	0	4	1	0	8	6	75%	94	8	9%	48	17	35%	288	31	11%	22	11	50%	10	5	50%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			72%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	26	NYM	NL	14	52	3.71	26	50%	38%	19%	0%	42%	62%	0%	31%	69%	7%	14%	2	0	50%	7	3	7%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1990	27	BAL	AL	86	343	3.99	209	61%	31%	10%	30%	29%	69%	0%	42%	85%	16%	8%	7	0	17%	15	6	13%	11	8	24%	-2	0	1
1991	28	BAL	AL	43	168	3.91	106	63%	34%	12%	22%	32%	66%	0%	42%	81%	21%	5%	2	0	12%	5	1	12%	5	1	0%	0	0	0
1992	29	NYM	NL	87	306	3.52	195	64%	27%	8%	26%	39%	73%	0%	47%	89%	26%	6%	5	0	18%	16	8	7%	6	2	13%	0	0	0
1993	30	NYM	NL	176	670	3.81	415	62%	25%	16%	27%	32%	75%	0%	47%	79%	31%	5%	8	2	13%	22	9	12%	21	15	20%	7	0	0
1994	31	NYM	NL	32	139	4.34	86	62%	30%	21%	30%	19%	70%	0%	43%	70%	13%	3%	1	0	16%	5	3	6%	2	0	17%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				438	1678	3.83	1037	62%	28%	13%	27%	32%	72%	0%	44%	81%	24%	6%	25	2	16%	70	30	11%	46	26	17%	5	0	1
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

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
1989	26	6	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	81	3	1	0	0	0
1990	27	35	98	87	13	18	2	0	1	4	0	0	7	18	.207	.274	.264	.538	54	23	1	1	3	0
1991	28	51	141	128	15	25	3	0	1	6	1	0	9	25	.195	.254	.242	.496	42	31	3	1	3	0
1992	29	82	228	213	25	48	6	1	3	19	1	1	11	33	.225	.267	.305	.572	63	65	5	1	3	0
1993	30	187	411	377	44	90	9	2	5	32	1	1	24	64	.239	.286	.313	.599	67	118	8	2	6	2
1994	31	218	443	404	45	94	10	2	5	34	1	1	28	76	.233	.284	.304	.588	63	123	8	2	6	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1989	26	6	14	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	6
1990	27	29	87	77	13	17	2	0	1	5	0	6	17	.221	.286	.286	.571	6	29
1991	28	16	44	42	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	2	7	.190	.227	.214	.442	2	16
1992	29	31	89	87	11	25	3	1	2	15	0	2	8	.287	.303	.414	.717	11	31
1993	30	105	184	165	20	43	3	1	2	13	0	13	31	.261	.315	.327	.642	17	105
1994	31	44	43	37	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	5	17	.135	.233	.162	.395	1	31
6 Yrs		231	461	420	49	101	10	2	5	37	1	30	81	.240	.292	.310	.602	38	218
162 Game Avg.		162	323	295	34	71	7	1	4	26	1	21	57	.240	.292	.310	.602	27	218

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