Tony McKnight
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 29, 1977 in Texarkana, AR
High School: Texarkana (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
Final Game: October 6, 2001
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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
2000 23 HOU NL 4 1 .800 3.86 6 6 0 1 0 0 35.0 35 19 15 4 9 0 23 2 0 2 156 129 1.257 9.0 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.56
2001 24 TOT NL 3 6 .333 4.95 15 15 0 0 0 0 87.1 109 52 48 19 24 4 46 5 0 5 396 93 1.523 11.2 2.0 2.5 4.7 1.92
2001 24 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 4.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 21 8 8 4 3 0 10 2 0 1 80 116 1.333 10.5 2.0 1.5 5.0 3.33
2001 24 PIT NL 2 6 .250 5.19 12 12 0 0 0 0 69.1 88 44 40 15 21 4 36 3 0 4 316 88 1.572 11.4 1.9 2.7 4.7 1.71
2 Seasons 7 7 .500 4.63 21 21 0 1 0 0 122.1 144 71 63 23 33 4 69 7 0 7 552 101 1.447 10.6 1.7 2.4 5.1 2.09
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 4.63 34 34 0 2 0 0 198 233 115 102 37 53 6 112 11 0 11 894 101 1.447 10.6 1.7 2.4 5.1 2.09
HOU (2 yrs) 5 1 .833 3.91 9 9 0 1 0 0 53.0 56 27 23 8 12 0 33 4 0 3 236 124 1.283 9.5 1.4 2.0 5.6 2.75
PIT (1 yr) 2 6 .250 5.19 12 12 0 0 0 0 69.1 88 44 40 15 21 4 36 3 0 4 316 88 1.572 11.4 1.9 2.7 4.7 1.71

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
2000 23 HOU NL 6 156 143 19 35 7 0 4 6 0 9 23 .245 .297 .378 .674 .265 54 3 2 1 1 0
2001 24 HOU NL 3 80 73 8 21 3 0 4 3 0 3 10 .288 .329 .493 .822 .283 36 2 2 1 1 0
2001 24 PIT NL 12 316 287 44 88 11 3 15 8 2 21 36 .307 .358 .523 .880 .307 150 5 3 3 2 4
2001 24 TOT NL 15 396 360 52 109 14 3 19 11 2 24 46 .303 .352 .517 .869 .302 186 7 5 4 3 4
2 Seasons 21 552 503 71 144 21 3 23 17 2 33 69 .286 .336 .477 .814 .292 240 10 7 5 4 4
162 Game Avg. 34 894 814 115 233 34 5 37 28 3 53 112 .286 .336 .477 .814 .292 389 16 11 8 6 6
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
2000 23 HOU NL 6 6 4 1 1 1 1 5 1 .833 0 1 1 0 4 67% 51 81 27 2 0 0 4 9.0 9.0 5.8 90 1 1 4 0 113
2001 24 TOT NL 15 15 3 6 6 0 2 7 8 .467 1 3 0 0 6 40% 44 66 30 8 3 0 6 4.6 3.8 5.8 89 2 10 3 0 109
2001 24 HOU NL 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 2 67% 50 62 32 0 0 0 2 6.8 7.9 6.0 96 0 3 0 0 97
2001 24 PIT NL 12 12 2 6 4 0 2 5 7 .417 1 3 0 0 4 33% 43 66 30 8 3 0 4 4.1 2.8 5.8 88 2 7 3 0 109
2 Seasons 21 21 7 7 7 1 3 12 9 .571 1 4 1 0 10 48% 46 81 27 10 3 0 10 5.9 5.3 5.8 90 3 11 7 0 113
MLB Averages

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%
2000 23 HOU NL 156 42% 2.6% 14.7% 5.8% 7.1% 31% 0.81 1.08 75% 21% 7.1% 13% 32 3 9%
2001 24 TOT NL 396 44% 4.8% 11.6% 6.1% 9.1% 33% 0.77 1.09 75% 24% 13.1% 13% 77 7 9%
2001 24 HOU NL 80 49% 5.0% 12.5% 3.8% 8.8% 33% 1.14 1.75 75% 22% 14.8% 4% 17 2 12%
2001 24 PIT NL 316 42% 4.8% 11.4% 6.7% 9.2% 33% 0.70 0.97 75% 25% 12.7% 15% 60 5 8%
2 Seasons 552 43% 4.2% 12.5% 6.0% 8.5% 33% 0.78 1.08 75% 23% 11.4% 13% 109 10 9%
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
2000 23 HOU NL 156 541 3.47 349 65% 21% 14% 30% 35% 79% 0% 51% 82% 58% 6% 9 5 19% 30 18 2 17% 5 4 0 0 0
2001 24 TOT NL 396 1342 3.39 841 63% 21% 13% 28% 38% 79% 3% 49% 84% 59% 5% 21 11 16% 65 32 2 24% 10 6 0 0 0
2001 24 HOU NL 80 287 3.59 176 61% 28% 11% 24% 37% 72% 0% 44% 85% 49% 4% 3 2 21% 17 6 0 50% 2 1 0 0 0
2001 24 PIT NL 316 1055 3.34 665 63% 19% 14% 29% 38% 81% 4% 51% 83% 61% 6% 18 9 15% 48 26 2 17% 8 5 0 0 0
2 Seasons 552 1883 3.41 1190 63% 21% 13% 28% 37% 79% 2% 50% 83% 59% 5% 30 16 17% 95 50 4 22% 15 10 0 0 0
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
2000 23 HOU NL 156 35 6 1 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 9 4 2 44% 6 2 0 59 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 24 TOT NL 396 109 11 1 19 0 10 11 8 9 10 20 12 4 60% 5 5 0 148 11 2 85% 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 11 0
2001 24 HOU NL 80 21 2 0 4 0 1 1 3 3 1 7 2 2 29% 2 1 0 28 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2001 24 PIT NL 316 88 9 1 15 0 9 10 5 6 9 13 10 2 77% 3 4 0 120 8 2 80% 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 0
2 Seasons 552 144 17 2 23 0 12 13 10 11 12 29 16 6 55% 11 7 0 207 17 2 89% 16 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 13 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+
2000 23 4 1 .800 3.86 6 6 0 1 0 0 35.0 35 19 15 4 9 0 23 2 0 2 156 129 1.257 9.0 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.56 129
2001 24 7 7 .500 4.63 21 21 0 1 0 0 122.1 144 71 63 23 33 4 69 7 0 7 552 101 1.447 10.6 1.7 2.4 5.1 2.09 101

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
2000 23 3 1 .750 3.08 38.0 33 14 13 4 8 25 2 1.079 7.8 1.9 5.9 3.13 0.9 6
2001 24 4 5 .444 4.40 88.0 105 48 43 18 23 46 5 1.455 10.7 2.4 4.7 2.00 1.8 15
2 Seasons 7 6 .538 4.00 126.0 138 62 56 22 31 71 7 1.341 9.9 5.1 2.29 1.6 21

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Similarity Scores

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