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Tony McKnight

Tony Mark McKnight

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 29, 1977 in Texarkana, AR
High School: Texarkana HS (Texarkana, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 2000
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Astros 2000-2001

Final Game: October 6, 2001
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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
2000 23 HOU NL 6 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2001 24 TOT NL 15 30 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .000 .077 .000 .077 -78 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
2001 24 HOU NL 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2001 24 PIT NL 12 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .000 .105 .000 .105 -69 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
2 Yrs 21 44 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .051 .000 .051 -85 0 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 339 285 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 123 .000 .051 .000 .051 -85 0 0 0 39 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 9 21 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 12 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .000 .105 .000 .105 -69 0 0 0 4 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 Awards
2000 23 HOU NL 6 14 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .464 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /1
2001 24 HOU NL 3 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .462 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
2001 24 PIT NL 12 23 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
2 Seasons 21 44 -11 0 0 0 6 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .479 .499 -0.4 0.0 -3 $
HOU (2 yrs) 9 21 -7 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .463 .499 -0.3 0.0 -3 $
PIT (1 yr) 12 23 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $

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
2000 23 HOU NL 14 14 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .281 .000 .360 .000 .460 .000 .820 -100 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
2001 24 TOT NL 30 28 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .273 .077 .345 .000 .447 .077 .792 -78 .000 -6.7 -0.6 .083 .083 .000
2001 24 HOU NL 7 7 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .275 .000 .348 .000 .451 .000 .799 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2001 24 PIT NL 23 21 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .272 .105 .344 .000 .446 .105 .789 -69 .000 -4.5 -0.4 .118 .118 .000
2 Yrs 44 42 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .276 .051 .350 .000 .452 .051 .802 -85 .000 -10.9 -1.0 .054 .054 .000
162 Game Avg. 339 324 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .276 .051 .350 .000 .452 .051 .802 -85 .000 -10.9 -1.0 .054 .054 .000
HOU (2 yrs) 21 21 0 0.0 120 .000 .000 .279 .000 .356 .000 .457 .000 .813 -100 .000 -6.3 -0.6 .000 .000 .000
PIT (1 yr) 23 21 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .272 .105 .344 .000 .446 .105 .789 -69 .000 -4.5 -0.4 .118 .118 .000

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
2000 23 HOU NL 14 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2 50% 0%
2001 24 TOT NL 30 0.0% 33.3% 6.7% 0.0% 5.00 2.4 3.67 4.33 47% 0% 0.0% 33%
2001 24 HOU NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 1.00 1.00 86% 0% 0.0% 33%
2001 24 PIT NL 23 0.0% 39.1% 8.7% 0.0% 4.50 1.9 35% 0%
2 Yrs 44 0.0% 36.4% 4.6% 0.0% 8.00 2.3 6.00 7.00 48% 0% 0.0% 33%
MLB Averages 3.0% 16.9% 9.0% 8.2% 35% 1.87 5.2 29.9 7.3 0.74 1.06 69% 25% 8.7% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2000 23 HOU NL -4.2 -0.4 14 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .52 -0.4 0.0 -3.7 -0.3 0.78 -4.6 0
2001 24 TOT NL -6.7 -0.6 30 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 1.00 -0.5 0.0 -5.7 -0.5 0.93 -6.1 0
2001 24 HOU NL -2.2 -0.2 7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.09 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.25 -2.2 0
2001 24 PIT NL -4.5 -0.4 23 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .98 -0.3 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.83 -3.9 0
2 Yrs -10.9 -1.0 44 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 .85 -0.9 0.1 -9.4 -0.9 0.88 -10.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2000 23 HOU NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 TOT NL 1 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 PIT NL 1 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 1 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2000 23 HOU NL 14 79% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2001 24 TOT NL 30 53% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 3 0 0% 5 2 40% 18 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
2001 24 HOU NL 7 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 PIT NL 23 65% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 10 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
2 Yrs 44 61% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 6 0 0% 8 4 50% 26 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
MLB Averages 53% 78% 11% 34% 15% 53% 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
2000 23 HOU NL 14 47 3.36 32 68% 31% 22% 22% 25% 69% 0% 47% 68% 43% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 7% 1 1 67% 0 0 0
2001 24 TOT NL 30 103 3.43 66 64% 29% 21% 23% 27% 71% 0% 46% 70% 53% 7% 2 0 17% 5 2 13% 4 1 30% 0 0 0
2001 24 HOU NL 7 20 2.86 15 75% 27% 13% 20% 40% 73% 0% 55% 82% 57% 0% 0 0 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2001 24 PIT NL 23 83 3.61 51 61% 29% 24% 24% 24% 71% 0% 43% 67% 52% 9% 2 0 17% 4 2 17% 4 1 22% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 44 150 3.41 98 65% 30% 21% 22% 27% 70% 0% 46% 70% 50% 5% 2 0 11% 5 2 11% 5 2 44% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 30% 5% 15% 9% 28%

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 IBB
2000 23 6 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2001 24 21 44 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .051 .000 .051 -85 0 0 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2000 23 6 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2001 24 15 30 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 15
2 Yrs 21 44 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .051 .000 .051 0 21
162 Game Avg. 162 339 285 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 123 .000 .051 .000 .051 0 21

* 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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