Jim McKnight

James Arthur McKnight

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 1, 1936 in Bee Branch, AR
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1960
Team: Cubs 1960-1962

Final Game: September 9, 1962
Died: February 24, 1994 in Van Buren County, AR
Buried: Blackwell Cemetery, Bee Branch, AR
Relatives: Father of Jeff McKnight
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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
1955	19	STL-min	D	86	284	284		57	4	2	4						.201	.201	.271	.472		77							PAD · KITL
1956	20	STL-min	D	137	524	524		144	16	3	7						.275	.275	.357	.632		187							GAI · FLOR
1957	21	STL-min	D	122	471	471		160	37	3	17						.340	.340	.539	.879		254							ARD · SOSL
1958	22	STL-min	AA	149	598	569	67	162	34	7	7	77	8	6	21	39	.285	.312	.406	.718		231		3	2	3			HSN · TL
1959	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	125	502	460	65	144	21	3	8	79	21	10	34	22	.313	.363	.424	.786		195		4	0	4	0		TUL,ROC · TL,IL
1960	24	CHC-NYY-STL-min	AAA,AA	110	370	347	34	88	16	0	8	31	4	0	22	34	.254	.300	.369	.669		128		1	0	0			HSN,RMD,MEM · AA,IL,SOUA
1960	24	CHC	NL	3	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	2	0	0	0	0	0	/49

1961	25	CHC-min	AAA	152	623	562	97	159	36	4	24	102	1		61	45	.283	.353	.489	.842		275							HSN · AA
1962	26	CHC	NL	60	87	85	6	19	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	13	.224	.241	.247	.488	30	21	5	0	0	0	0	/594
1963	27	TEX-ATL-min	AAA	142	570	538	84	164	22	4	19	75	4	5	32	59	.305	.344	.467	.810		251							TTO,DEN · IL,PCL
1964	28	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	135	549	511	69	131	18	4	24	89	3	3	27	75	.256	.291	.448	.739		229		1	3	7			TTO · IL
1965	29	ATL-SFG-min	AAA	142	541	493	61	118	16	3	6	44	3	3	41	63	.239	.299	.320	.619		158		2	2	3			ATA,TAC · IL,PCL
1966	30	PHI-SFG-min	AAA	117	441	393	48	111	19	4	13	49	5	2	32	56	.282	.343	.450	.793		177		6	6	4			SDG,PHX · PCL
1967	31	SFG-min	AAA	123	474	437	62	126	22	5	7	65	2	4	27	61	.288	.330	.410	.739		179		3	1	6			PHX · PCL
1968	32	SFG-min	AAA	136	529	489	62	133	20	6	14	75	2	0	28	72	.272	.318	.423	.741		207		7	1	4			PHX · PCL
1969	33	SFG-min	AAA	51	155	141	18	36	5	0	5	19	0	0	13	20	.255	.316	.397	.713		56		0	0	1			PHX · PCL
1970	34	SFG-min	AAA	130	521	481	59	133	29	3	9	76	1	2	25	61	.277	.317	.405	.722		195		7	0	8			PHX · PCL
1971	35	SFG-min	AAA	90	337	319	49	92	16	4	12	49	1	1	13	34	.288	.320	.476	.797		152		3	0	2			PHX · PCL
1972	36	SFG-min	A	7	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250		3							DEC · MIDW
2 Yrs				63	93	91	6	21	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	14	.231	.247	.253	.500	33	23	5	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	239	234	15	54	0	3	0	15	0	0	5	36	.231	.247	.253	.500	33	59	13	0	0	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
1960	24	CHC	NL	3	6	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.482	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/49

1962	26	CHC	NL	60	87	-8	0	-1	-3	0	-11	-1.1	3	-8	-0.8	.481	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-5	$	/594
2 Seasons				63	93	-8	0	-1	-3	0	-12	-1.2	3	-8	-0.8	.481	.496	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$

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
1960	24	CHC	NL	6	4	1	6.7	97	.400	.333	.261	.333	.326	.333	.400	.667	.727	85	.688	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

1962	26	CHC	NL	87	71	4	1.5	107	.264	.224	.275	.241	.343	.247	.417	.488	.760	30	.117	-9.0	-0.9	.324	.047	.024
2 Yrs				93	75	5	1.8	106	.273	.231	.274	.247	.342	.253	.416	.500	.757	33	.154	-9.1	-0.9	.333	.044	.022
162 Game Avg.				239	193	13	1.8	106	.273	.231	.274	.247	.342	.253	.416	.500	.757	33	.154	-9.1	-0.9	.333	.044	.022

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	24	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0		6.0	0.50	83%

1962	26	CHC	NL	87	0.0%	14.9%	2.3%	1.2%	5%	6.50	6.5		17.0	1.55	83%
2 Yrs				93	0.0%	15.1%	2.2%	1.1%	5%	7.00	6.5		15.2	1.46	83%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.8%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.55	6.4	37.1	8.2	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	24	CHC	NL	-0.2	-0.0	6	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.13	-0.0	0.1	1.2	0.1	0.95	-0.2	0.23	1

1962	26	CHC	NL	-9.0	-0.9	86	-1.8	1.0	-2.8	1.37	-0.7	-0.6	-9.3	-0.9	0.98	-8.9	1.49	48
2 Yrs				-9.1	-0.9	92	-1.7	1.2	-2.9	1.35	-0.7	-0.6	-8.1	-0.8	0.98	-9.1	1.47	49

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	24	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	26	CHC	NL	2	0	29%	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	67%	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
2 Yrs				2	0	26%	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	67%	3	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	2

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
1960	24	CHC	NL	6	67%	2			1	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	26	CHC	NL	87	59%	19			48	10	0	2	1.49	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	5	29%	11	3	27%	56	6	11%	6	2	33%	5	3	60%	0
2 Yrs				93	60%	21			49	10	0	2	1.47	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	5	28%	11	3	27%	60	7	12%	6	2	33%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1960	24	3	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	2	0
1961	25	3	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	85	2	0
1962	26	63	93	91	6	21	1	6	2	14	.231	.247	.253	.500	33	23	5

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
1960	24	3	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	3

1962	26	60	87	85	6	19	0	1	0	5	0	2	13	.224	.241	.247	.488	5	60
2 Yrs		63	94	92	6	22	0	1	0	7	0	2	14	.239	.255	.261	.516	6	63
162 Game Avg.		162	242	237	15	57	0	3	0	18	0	5	36	.239	.255	.261	.516	15	63

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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