#9 Frank Knauss, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, 10/24/1896 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Frank Knauss
1/1/1868 28 USA,OH,CLEVELAND 5"10 175
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 2.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,485,714 1896 (Arbitration eligible) 4 Year(s), 150 Days (838 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 150 Days (838 total Days) 6 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 10 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
Talent | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 67 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 7 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .958 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/10 | @SLN | L 2-7 | * | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | L | | | | |
8/15 | NYG | L 2-9 | * | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | L | | | | |
8/21 | CIN | L 5-11 | * | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 9 | L | | | | |
8/27 | CHN | L 3-8 | * | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/1 | CIN | L 0-3 | * | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/6 | @BRO | L 1-8 | * | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/12 | NYG | L 4-5 | * | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/18 | @CHN | L 3-5 | * | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/24 | @CIN | L 6-7 | * | 8.2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/30 | PHI | L 2-9 | * | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 10 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 31 | 31 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 4.87 | 260.1 | 287 | 175 | 141 | 87 | 148 | 22 | 71.0 | 2 | 13 | 41.9 |
Projected | 31 | 31 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 4.87 | 260.0 | 287 | 175 | 141 | 87 | 148 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.80 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 204 | 49 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .240 | .307 | .397 | .704 |
vs. RHB | 840 | 238 | 64 | 25 | 7 | 138 | 150 | 69 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .283 | .334 | .444 | .778 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 15 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4.69 | 132.1 | 144 | 87 | 69 | 38 | 87 |
Road | 16 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5.06 | 128.0 | 143 | 88 | 72 | 49 | 61 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.85 | 47.2 | 69 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 24 |
May | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.93 | 34.1 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 19 |
June | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.72 | 43.0 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 26 |
July | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.89 | 41.2 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 20 |
August | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.71 | 42.0 | 55 | 40 | 36 | 24 | 25 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.88 | 51.2 | 57 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 34 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1892 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6.17 | 11.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | .211 | PIT |
1893 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2.65 | 68.0 | 54 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1.24 | .252 | PIT,NL |
1894 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 4.03 | 250.0 | 231 | 138 | 112 | 3 | 102 | 109 | 23 | 1 | 1.33 | .277 | PIT |
1895 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3.35 | 284.2 | 263 | 132 | 106 | 2 | 108 | 167 | 25 | 0 | 1.30 | .288 | PIT |
1896 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 4.87 | 260.1 | 287 | 175 | 141 | 7 | 87 | 148 | 22 | 2 | 1.44 | .315 | PIT |
Total | 151 | 97 | 40 | 62 | 14 | 3.98 | 874.2 | 844 | 477 | 387 | 13 | 332 | 456 | 71 | 3 | 1.34 | .290 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1890, AAA | 21 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3.20 | 163.1 | 149 | 77 | 58 | 8 | 75 | 142 | 9 | 2 | 1.37 | .293 |
1891, A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .600 |
1891, AAA | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.20 | 82.0 | 55 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 1.07 | .224 |
1892, AAA | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.81 | 67.1 | 62 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 1.31 | .296 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1892 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PIT |
1893 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PIT,NL |
1894 | 31 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .096 | .110 | .206 | PIT |
1895 | 33 | 101 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | .099 | .099 | .099 | .198 | PIT |
1896 | 31 | 94 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | .064 | .064 | .085 | .149 | PIT |
Total | 151 | 287 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 141 | 2 | 0 | .080 | .083 | .094 | .177 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 31 | 31 | 22 | 53 | 3 | 79 | 4 | .949 | 260.1 | 2.73 | | | | |
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Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1890... Injured on 5/29/1890 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days... Earned first career win on 5/13/1892... Was selected to the 1893 Allstar game... Had first career hit (triple) on 4/4/1894, off Pete Daniels (BSN)... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1894, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... 1/31/1896: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,485,714 through salary arbitration...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Losses 1894 - 17 - 9th 1895 - 16 - 10th
| Saves 1892 - 5 - 6th 1893 - 9 - 3rd
| BB 1894 - 102 - 5th 1895 - 108 - 7th
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