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Elmer
Knetzer		  
Nickname: Baron
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 22, 1885 in Usa, PA, CARRICK
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1909 23 CHN NL   9 2 3 3 7 8 7 8 9 9
1910 24 CHN NL   9 2 3 3 7 8 7 8 9 9
1911 25 CHN NL $ 300,000 9 2 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 9
1912 26 CHN NL $ 300,000 9 2 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 9
1913 27 CHN NL $ 300,000 9 2 3 3 6 7 6 8 9 9
1914 28 CHN NL $ 300,000 9 2 3 3 6 7 7 8 9 8
1915 29 CHN NL $ 350,000 8 2 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 7
1916 30 CHN NL $ 350,000 8 2 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 7
1917 31 CHN NL $ 350,000 8 2 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 8
1918 32 WAS AL   8 2 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 8
1919 33 WAS AL   8 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 9 2 3 3 7 8 7 9 10 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1909 23 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 24 CHN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 27 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 28 CHN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 29 CHN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 30 CHN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 31 CHN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 32 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 33 WAS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1909 23 AAA   13 10 .565 28 28 14 3 0 231.7 197 53 10 67 200 2.06 .226 .281 .295 .577  
1910 24 AAA   7 4 .636 14 12 9 1 0 102.7 77 18 2 22 103 1.58 .207 .251 .269 .520  
1911 25 CHN NL 6 10 .375 19 19 14 1 0 157.0 183 76 9 60 54 4.36 .294 .355 .405 .760 5.6
    AAA   2 4 .333 7 5 2 0 0 42.0 41 13 1 16 39 2.79 .248 .315 .291 .606  
1912 26 CHN NL 1 1 .500 12 2 2 0 0 40.0 39 14 0 12 16 3.15 .252 .314 .329 .643 3.0
1913 27 CHN NL 1 1 .500 26 0 0 0 0 39.0 52 18 1 12 15 4.15 .308 .352 .414 .766 1.0
1914 28 CHN NL 10 6 .625 44 1 0 0 1 75.3 101 51 5 44 22 6.09 .330 .412 .480 .893 0.0
1915 29 CHN NL 2 5 .286 31 0 0 0 3 39.7 46 20 1 23 10 4.54 .288 .373 .363 .735 0.8
1916 30 CHN NL 4 1 .800 29 0 0 0 1 48.3 46 21 5 31 14 3.91 .267 .383 .390 .773 2.7
1917 31 CHN NL 2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 18.3 15 6 1 8 3 2.95 .234 .315 .344 .659 1.3
1918 32 AAA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 14.7 23 10 0 13 10 6.14 .348 .456 .424 .880  
1919 33 AA   11 7 .611 20 20 8 2 0 159.0 166 53 4 37 131 3.00 .264 .305 .339 .643  
7 Years Sim 26 24 .520 170 22 16 1 5 417.7 482 206 22 190 134 4.44 .292 .365 .405 .770 14.4
4 Years AAA 22 18 .550 59 45 25 4 0 391.0 338 94 13 118 352 2.16 .229 .286 .294 .580  
1 Years AA 11 7 .611 20 20 8 2 0 159.0 166 53 4 37 131 3.00 .264 .305 .339 .643  
5 Years Minors 33 25 .569 79 65 33 6 0 550.0 504 147 17 155 483 2.41 .240 .292 .307 .599  
Season Average 3 3 .500 24 3 2 0 0 59.7 68 29 3 27 19 4.44 .292 .365 .405 .770  
Career Highs 10 10 1.000 44 19 14 1 3 157.0 183 76 9 60 54 6.09 .330 .412 .480 .893  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   209 89 5 63 81   .263 .317 .346 .664
vs LH   273 117 17 127 53   .320 .408 .459 .867
Home 7 13 .350 83 12 9 1 1 220.3 239 102 13 106 65 4.17 .280 .359 .405 .765
Away 19 11 .633 87 10 7 0 4 197.3 243 104 9 84 69 4.74 .306 .372 .404 .777
Mar/Apr 2 4 .333 28 3 2 0 0 54.6 57 28 3 38 17 4.61 .268 .378 .418 .796
May 5 4 .556 25 1 1 0 1 50.3 58 28 2 25 13 5.01 .287 .366 .376 .742
June 4 5 .444 27 5 3 0 0 76.3 90 47 6 30 27 5.54 .291 .354 .417 .771
July 7 4 .636 39 5 4 0 2 102.7 116 44 7 42 30 3.86 .294 .362 .397 .759
August 5 3 .625 25 4 3 0 1 65.7 83 33 2 21 25 4.52 .313 .364 .392 .756
Sep/Oct 3 4 .429 26 4 3 1 1 68.0 78 26 2 34 22 3.44 .295 .376 .424 .800
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1911 25 CHN NL 19 60 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 .100 .100 .117 .217 -2.2 0.0
    AAA   1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1912 26 CHN NL 12 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.8 0.0
1913 27 CHN NL 26 13 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .154 .267 .231 .497 0.9 0.0
1914 28 CHN NL 44 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .050 .050 .100 .150 -1.1 0.0
1915 29 CHN NL 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1916 30 CHN NL 29 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.3 0.0
1917 31 CHN NL 9 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 1.1 0.2
7 Years Sim 170 128 9 14 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 51 .109 .130 .133 .263 -2.1 0.2
1 Years AAA 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
162 Game Average 121 8 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 48 .109 .130 .133 .263 -2.0  
Career Highs 44 60 4 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 29 .400 .500 .400 .900 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   93 7 12 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 31 .129 .138 .161 .300 -0.6
vs LH   35 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .057 .108 .057 .165 -1.5
Home 83 68 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 .074 .100 .103 .203 -2.4
Away 87 60 4 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 20 .150 .164 .167 .331 0.3
RISP   22 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .045 .125 .045 .170 -0.8
Close/Late   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Mar/Apr 19 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .235 .412 0.4
May 18 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .125 .176 .188 .364 0.2
June 24 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.8
July 37 30 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .167 .194 .200 .394 0.7
August 25 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.8
Sep/Oct 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 .053 .100 .053 .153 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1911 25 CHN NL P 19 19 157.0 9 39 2 2 .960 2.75    
1912 26 CHN NL P 12 2 40.0 4 9 1 1 .929 2.93    
1913 27 CHN NL P 26 0 39.0 3 8 1 2 .917 2.54    
1914 28 CHN NL P 44 1 75.3 2 22 0 1 1.000 2.87    
1915 29 CHN NL P 31 0 39.7 3 7 2 0 .833 2.27    
1916 30 CHN NL P 29 0 48.3 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.98    
1917 31 CHN NL P 9 0 18.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.96    
Career Totals   170 22 417.7 24 102 6 6 .955 2.72    
Career Highs   44 19 157.0 9 39 2 2 1.000 2.98    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1914-9-.625
 Saves
1915-10-3
 Games Pitched
1914-3-44
 Homeruns Allowed
1911-8-9
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Roy Witherup (980)
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  3. Earl Moore (971)
  4. George Mullin (967)
  5. Carl Yowell (966)
  6. Al Schacht (963)
  7. Sloppy Thurston (962)
  8. Del Mason (962)
  9. Pat Malone (962)
  10. Bob Lawson (962)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1909
Injured on 4/18/1910 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 6/23/1911
Had first career hit on 6/30/1911, off Pat Ragan (CIN)
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/11/1918 to a minor league contract
Injured on 7/10/1919 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
 
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