#9 Frank Knauss, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, 10/25/1897 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Frank Knauss
1/1/1868 29 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 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 1.5 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 1897 (Arbitration eligible) 5 Year(s), 150 Days (1010 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 150 Days (1010 total Days) 7 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 | 5 | 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 | | | | |
8/26 | BSN | L 4-6 | | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
8/30 | @CIN | L 3-7 | | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
9/3 | @SLN | L 1-7 | | 0.1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
9/7 | CHN | L 0-1 | | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
9/11 | @NYG | L 2-18 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
9/13 | @PHI | L 3-4 | | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
9/17 | BSN | W 3-2 | | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | W | | | | |
9/25 | @CHN | L 3-5 | | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
9/30 | @BSN | L 4-6 | * | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | L | | | | |
10/4 | @BSN | L 3-9 | * | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 35 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4.78 | 154.1 | 172 | 99 | 82 | 65 | 82 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
Projected | 35 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4.78 | 154.0 | 172 | 99 | 82 | 65 | 82 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 | 10 | 13.9 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 3.97 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 125 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .268 | .344 | .612 |
vs. RHB | 482 | 145 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 68 | 77 | 55 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .301 | .362 | .413 | .775 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 15 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.61 | 70.1 | 82 | 46 | 36 | 30 | 35 |
Road | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4.93 | 84.0 | 90 | 53 | 46 | 35 | 47 |
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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.40 | 43.0 | 47 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 24 |
May | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 13.0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
June | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.36 | 7.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
July | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.54 | 37.2 | 49 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 22 |
August | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.76 | 29.1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.88 | 24.0 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 11 |
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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 |
1897 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4.78 | 154.1 | 172 | 99 | 82 | 1 | 65 | 82 | 11 | 0 | 1.54 | .326 | PIT |
Total | 186 | 113 | 45 | 77 | 15 | 4.10 | 1029.0 | 1016 | 576 | 469 | 14 | 397 | 538 | 82 | 3 | 1.37 | .295 | |
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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 |
1897 | 35 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | .044 | .104 | .044 | .149 | PIT |
Total | 186 | 332 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 164 | 2 | 1 | .075 | .086 | .087 | .174 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 35 | 16 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 57 | 1 | .982 | 154.1 | 3.32 | | | | |
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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... 1/31/1897: 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 1896 - 22 - 1st
| Saves 1892 - 5 - 6th 1893 - 9 - 3rd
| BB 1894 - 102 - 5th 1895 - 108 - 7th
| SHO 1896 - 2 - 9th
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