John Knight

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: October 6, 1885 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: December 19, 1965 in Walnut Creek, CA

Buried: Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA

High School: Central HS (Philadelphia, PA)

School: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1905 (Age 19-190d, 2,682nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1913 (Age 27-363d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1905 season

Full Name: John Wesley Knight

Nicknames: Schoolboy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

2664

636

.239

301

RBI

270

OBP

.300

SLG

.309

OPS

.609

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
3	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
8	8	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,17-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
11	11	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	2	0	3	5	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	3	2	3	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 3	NYY		PHA	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	4	10	1
14	14	May 4	NYY		PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	15	May 5	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
16	16	May 6	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
17	17	May 7	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	3	5	1	9	0
18	18	May 8	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
19	19	May 11	NYY	@	DET	L,5-16	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
20	20	May 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-11	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
21	23 (2)	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	0		0	2	0	2	0
22	24	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	6.0	1	3	0	4	1
23	26 (1)	May 20	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
24	31 (4)	May 27	NYY	@	CHW	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
25	32	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	33	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	34	Jun 1 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	35	Jun 1 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	37 (1)	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
30	39 (1)	Jun 8	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
31	40	Jun 10	NYY		DET	L,1-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
32	42 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
33	43	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
34	44	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	45	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	46	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	47	Jun 18	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	GS	0		1	3	0	4	0
38	48	Jun 19 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
39	49	Jun 19 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
40	50	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	51	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
42	52	Jun 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	53	Jun 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-14	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
44	54	Jun 24	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	2	7	1
45	55	Jun 25	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
46	56	Jun 26 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
47	57	Jun 26 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
48	58	Jun 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	59	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
50	60	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
51	61	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	62	Jul 1	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	GS	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
53	63	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
54	64	Jul 3 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
55	65	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
56	66	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	2	8	1
57	71 (4)	Jul 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	GF	0		1	0	0	1	1
58	75 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
59	76	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	77	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	84 (6)	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	GF	0		2	3	0	5	0
62	85	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
63	86	Jul 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
64	87	Jul 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	92 (4)	Jul 30	NYY		DET	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	97 (4)	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
67	98	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
68	99	Aug 6	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
69	100	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	GS	0		5	4	0	9	1
70	101	Aug 9	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
71	102	Aug 10	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
72	103	Aug 11	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
73	104	Aug 12	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
74	105	Aug 13	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
75	106	Aug 14	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
76	107	Aug 18 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
77	108	Aug 18 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
78	109	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
79	110	Aug 19 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	11	2	0	13	3
80	111	Aug 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	0		12	1	1	14	0
81	112	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	4	0	13	1
82	113	Aug 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
83	114	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
84	115	Aug 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	8	1	1	10	1
85	116	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
86	117	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	L,6-17	CG	0	8.0	3	4	2	9	0
87	118	Aug 28	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
88	119	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
89	120	Aug 31 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
90	121	Aug 31 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	122	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
92	123	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	2	3	0	5	0
93	124	Sep 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
94	125	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	0	9.1	2	1	1	4	0
95	126	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
96	127	Sep 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
97	128	Sep 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	2	7	2	11	1
98	129	Sep 9	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
99	130	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
100	131	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
101	132	Sep 13	NYY		PHA	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
102	137 (4)	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	GF	0		2	2	0	4	0
103	139 (1)	Sep 20	NYY		CLE	W,9-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
104	140	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
105	141	Sep 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
106	142	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	8	1	12	0
107	143	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	144	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-10	CG	0	7.0	2	1	2	5	0
109	145	Sep 27	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
110	146	Sep 28	NYY		DET	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
111	147	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
112	148	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-0	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
113	149	Sep 30	NYY		SLB	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
114	150	Oct 1 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
115	151	Oct 1 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-4	CG	0	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
							115gm		951.0	374	272	49	695	34