#14 Bill Knowlton, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Cleveland Sunday, 10/22/1928 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Knowlton
8/18/1898 30 USA,PA,PHILADELPHIA 5"10 185
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 5 / 6 (Very Popular) Good Normal Normal 3.0 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 $ 2,807,143 1928 (Arbitration eligible) 5 Year(s), 94 Days (954 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 94 Days (954 total Days) 8 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 10 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 6 | 6 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
Talent | 7 | 6 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 69 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 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 :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/24 | @CHA | W 4-2 | * | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
8/28 | @WAS | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/1 | @NYY | L 4-5 | * | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | | | | | |
9/5 | PHA | L 6-7 | * | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | L | | | | |
9/10 | SLA | W 5-4 | * | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | | PoG | | | |
9/14 | CHA | L 1-5 | * | 7.1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/18 | @PHA | L 6-7 | * | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
9/23 | @BOS | W 3-1 | * | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/27 | @NYY | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
10/1 | @CHA | L 2-3 | * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 45 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 3.53 | 349.2 | 294 | 158 | 137 | 100 | 237 | 20 | 44.4 | 1 | 28 | 62.2 |
Projected | 45 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 3.53 | 349.0 | 294 | 158 | 137 | 100 | 237 | | | | | |
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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 | 11.9 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.79 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 520 | 142 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 79 | 49 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .273 | .372 | .392 | .764 |
vs. RHB | 776 | 152 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 72 | 79 | 51 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .196 | .270 | .291 | .561 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3.63 | 163.2 | 149 | 77 | 66 | 45 | 101 |
Road | 24 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3.44 | 186.0 | 145 | 81 | 71 | 55 | 136 |
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 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.15 | 60.2 | 59 | 34 | 28 | 20 | 44 |
May | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.81 | 57.2 | 44 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 36 |
June | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.92 | 64.2 | 48 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 40 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.01 | 50.1 | 45 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 33 |
August | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 | 58.0 | 48 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 30 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.24 | 58.1 | 50 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 54 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1923 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 8.1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | .280 | CLE |
1924 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.15 | 80.1 | 78 | 44 | 37 | 0 | 27 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1.31 | .291 | CLE |
1925 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4.82 | 168.0 | 174 | 99 | 90 | 2 | 53 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 1.35 | .314 | CLE |
1926 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3.56 | 248.0 | 221 | 119 | 98 | 7 | 82 | 176 | 9 | 2 | 1.22 | .278 | CLE |
1927 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 4.01 | 352.2 | 333 | 187 | 157 | 9 | 121 | 226 | 14 | 0 | 1.29 | .292 | CLE |
1928 | 45 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 3.53 | 349.2 | 294 | 158 | 137 | 3 | 100 | 237 | 20 | 1 | 1.13 | .276 | CLE,AL |
Total | 186 | 149 | 65 | 55 | 1 | 3.91 | 1207.0 | 1107 | 615 | 525 | 21 | 386 | 796 | 49 | 4 | 1.24 | .287 | |
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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 |
1920, AA | 31 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2.57 | 248.2 | 169 | 78 | 71 | 3 | 89 | 305 | 15 | 4 | 1.04 | .289 |
1921, AAA | 18 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4.21 | 128.1 | 114 | 70 | 60 | 3 | 53 | 132 | 4 | 2 | 1.30 | .314 |
1922, AAA | 28 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3.64 | 192.2 | 176 | 94 | 78 | 2 | 62 | 160 | 10 | 4 | 1.24 | .316 |
1923, AAA | 18 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2.97 | 142.1 | 116 | 58 | 47 | 2 | 42 | 130 | 11 | 3 | 1.11 | .289 |
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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 |
1923 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 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 |
1923 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1924 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | CLE |
1925 | 31 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .078 | .096 | .078 | .175 | CLE |
1926 | 32 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .068 | .099 | .080 | .178 | CLE |
1927 | 45 | 121 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .185 | .182 | .367 | CLE |
1928 | 45 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .128 | .115 | .243 | CLE,AL |
Total | 186 | 402 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 150 | 0 | 0 | .112 | .133 | .122 | .255 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 45 | 45 | 20 | 99 | 8 | 124 | 5 | .960 | 349.2 | 3.19 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1920... Injured on 4/25/1922 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days... Injured on 6/8/1922 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 6/18/1922 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days... Earned first career win on 10/1/1923... Had first career hit on 5/6/1924, off Spencer Heath (NYY)... Injured on 6/22/1926 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week... Injured on 7/13/1926 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks... 1/31/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1928, going 6-1, 2.92... Was selected to the 1928 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1928, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1926 - 3.56 - 8th
| WHIP 1925 - 1.35 - 10th 1926 - 1.22 - 3rd 1927 - 1.29 - 6th
| Losses 1927 - 16 - 10th
| IP 1927 - 352.2 - 4th
| K's 1926 - 176 - 2nd 1927 - 226 - 1st
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BB 1926 - 82 - 8th 1927 - 121 - 2nd
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