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John
Knight		  
Nickname: Schoolboy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 6, 1885 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
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
1905 19 NY1 NL     3 3 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8
1906 20 NY1 NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1907 21 NY1 NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 10 10 10
1908 22 NY1 NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1909 23 NY1 NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1910 24 NY1 NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1911 25 BOS AL $ 555,555   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1912 26 BOS AL $ 555,555   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1913 27 BOS AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1914 28 BRO NL $ 423,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1915 29 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1916 30 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1917 31 BRO NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1918 32 BRO NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1919 33 BRO NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 555,555   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
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
1905 19 A   120 453 71 138 15 8 30 80 12 2 32 87 .305 .351 .572 .922 87.0  
1906 20 A   119 451 50 121 18 4 15 59 14 6 47 89 .268 .337 .426 .763 65.6  
1907 21 A   113 386 53 97 20 0 11 43 9 4 41 42 .251 .323 .389 .712 49.8  
1908 22 A   127 445 44 110 15 6 14 54 6 11 44 48 .247 .315 .402 .717 55.1  
1909 23 A   130 482 54 147 19 4 17 52 21 9 65 18 .305 .388 .467 .854 86.7  
1910 24 A   130 481 41 138 31 3 8 50 22 9 71 18 .287 .379 .414 .792 77.3  
1911 25 BOS AL 10 23 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .174 .259 .217 .477 1.5 0.0
1912 26 AAA   128 367 54 96 23 3 3 34 9 4 39 17 .262 .333 .365 .698 45.1  
1913 27 AAA   74 126 20 39 8 0 2 22 7 3 12 6 .310 .370 .421 .790 19.2  
1914 28 BRO NL 44 119 10 24 2 4 0 8 3 1 6 2 .202 .240 .286 .526 6.6 0.0
1915 29 BRO NL 27 68 5 15 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 .221 .250 .235 .485 4.5 0.1
    AAA   23 90 15 26 6 0 3 10 8 1 17 2 .289 .402 .456 .857 17.9  
1916 30 BRO NL 58 205 21 54 8 3 0 23 13 4 14 9 .263 .309 .332 .641 21.3 3.4
1917 31 BRO NL 40 102 7 18 2 2 1 11 2 1 7 1 .176 .234 .265 .499 5.3 0.0
1918 32 BRO NL 44 160 15 33 9 1 0 10 4 4 12 5 .206 .260 .275 .535 10.0 0.5
1919 33 BRO NL 19 35 6 10 1 0 0 3 2 2 4 1 .286 .350 .314 .664 4.2 0.5
7 Years Sim 242 712 64 158 24 10 1 60 26 12 49 18 .222 .271 .288 .559 53.3 4.4
3 Years AAA 225 583 89 161 37 3 8 66 24 8 68 25 .276 .349 .391 .740 82.1  
6 Years A 739 2698 313 751 118 25 95 338 84 41 300 302 .278 .351 .446 .797 421.3  
9 Years Minors 964 3281 402 912 155 28 103 404 108 49 368 327 .278 .350 .436 .787 503.5  
162 Game Average 476 42 105 16 6 0 40 17 8 32 12 .222 .271 .288 .559 35.7  
Career Highs 58 205 21 54 9 4 1 23 13 4 14 9 .286 .350 .332 .664 21.3  
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   595 53 135 19 10 1 50 24 9 39 15 .227 .273 .297 .571 48.6
vs LH   117 11 23 5 0 0 10 2 3 10 3 .197 .258 .239 .497 6.4
Home 130 375 28 81 11 6 0 34 12 7 21 10 .216 .257 .277 .534 25.0
Away 112 337 36 77 13 4 1 26 14 5 28 8 .228 .286 .300 .586 29.9
RISP   178 0 32 8 1 0 56 0 0 10 4 .180 .216 .236 .452 7.7
Pinch Hitting   46 8 12 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 .261 .346 .326 .672 5.4
Close/Late   92 11 19 2 2 0 5 0 0 10 1 .207 .279 .272 .551 7.4
Mar/Apr 12 22 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .091 .167 .227 .394 0.5
May 41 104 11 22 2 0 1 11 6 0 10 2 .212 .282 .260 .542 9.0
June 45 144 12 28 5 3 0 9 3 3 4 4 .194 .215 .271 .486 6.5
July 44 126 13 29 7 0 0 5 4 5 11 2 .230 .292 .286 .578 9.6
August 44 148 14 37 4 4 0 13 6 1 11 3 .250 .300 .331 .631 15.4
Sep/Oct 55 168 12 40 5 2 0 21 7 3 11 7 .238 .282 .292 .573 13.9
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   DWS
1911 25 BOS AL 3B 7 7 60.0 4 18 0 2 1.000 3.30   0.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1914 28 BRO NL 2B 13 11 106.0 22 45 0 10 1.000 5.69   0.5
    3B 8 8 70.0 4 19 1 2 .958 2.96   0.3
    SS 8 8 69.3 14 27 5 3 .891 5.32   0.3
1915 29 BRO NL 2B 8 6 56.7 4 28 0 3 1.000 5.08   0.1
    SS 6 5 44.0 5 15 1 4 .952 4.09   0.2
    3B 3 3 26.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.68   0.0
    1B 3 3 25.0 29 3 0 1 1.000 11.52   0.1
1916 30 BRO NL 3B 35 35 305.3 26 66 5 9 .948 2.71   1.2
    SS 14 13 123.3 25 58 1 13 .988 6.06   0.9
    1B 5 4 37.0 55 3 0 3 1.000 14.11   0.0
    2B 3 3 26.0 11 10 0 2 1.000 7.27   0.2
1917 31 BRO NL 2B 14 12 113.3 33 45 4 9 .951 6.19   0.3
    SS 8 6 61.3 9 21 0 3 1.000 4.40   0.3
    3B 4 4 34.0 1 7 1 0 .889 2.12   0.1
    1B 4 3 29.0 30 5 1 0 .972 10.86   0.1
1918 32 BRO NL 1B 35 35 307.7 411 32 2 29 .996 12.96   0.4
    SS 3 3 24.0 4 15 2 2 .905 7.13   0.1
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1919 33 BRO NL 1B 7 7 60.0 81 4 0 5 1.000 12.75   0.1
  3B 57 57 495.7 35 112 7 13 .955 2.67   1.9
  1B 54 52 458.7 606 47 3 38 .995 12.81   0.6
  SS 39 35 322.0 57 136 9 25 .955 5.39   1.8
  2B 41 32 305.0 71 129 4 24 .980 5.90   1.1
Career Totals   191 176 1581.3 769 424 23 100 .981 6.79   5.4
Career Highs   57 55 491.7 416 137 6 31 1.000 12.75    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1905
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/14/1911 to a 2-year deal worth $555,555 per year
Had first career hit on 7/16/1911, off King Brady (WS1)
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/22/1914 to a 1-year deal worth $423,000 per year
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1917, off Irv Higginbotham (PHI)
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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