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Ray
Knight		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 28, 1952 in Usa, GA, ALBANY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 21 MIN AL     5 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
1975 22 MIN AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 3 3 8 7 7
1976 23 MIN AL     7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 3 3 7 7 7
1977 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
1980 27 MIN AL $ 1,378,571   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
1981 28 MIN AL $ 1,542,857   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1982 29 MIN AL $ 1,864,286   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
1983 30 MIN AL $ 1,864,286   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7
1984 31 KCR AL $ 2,200,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
1985 32 KCR AL $ 2,200,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
1986 33 SDP NL $ 2,200,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1987 34 SDP NL $ 2,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1988 35 SDP NL $ 2,200,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1989 36 MIA NL $ 2,200,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,200,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 21 AAA   136 536 73 155 22 0 21 79 2 9 52 65 .289 .352 .448 .800 80.7  
1975 22 AAA   113 451 57 115 24 4 7 33 4 3 31 54 .255 .303 .373 .675 49.6  
1976 23 AAA   136 543 95 198 32 1 20 89 0 1 52 44 .365 .420 .538 .958 109.6  
1977 24 MIN AL 118 394 37 98 25 1 5 28 0 2 16 48 .249 .281 .355 .637 33.5 1.1
1978 25 MIN AL 154 536 79 153 32 3 7 59 2 3 39 53 .285 .332 .396 .728 62.4 10.3
1979 26 MIN AL 154 580 82 152 39 3 10 77 1 0 41 50 .262 .308 .391 .700 63.6 9.5
1980 27 MIN AL 154 576 62 158 29 1 10 58 3 1 27 56 .274 .311 .380 .692 63.0 9.7
1981 28 MIN AL 154 570 63 165 32 0 10 70 1 2 36 53 .289 .328 .398 .727 72.0 12.3
1982 29 MIN AL 36 130 14 33 6 1 2 20 0 0 16 12 .254 .336 .362 .697 15.3 2.2
1983 30 MIN AL 152 530 65 137 33 2 11 56 1 0 31 59 .258 .302 .391 .693 60.4 10.3
1984 31 KCR AL 145 529 59 123 26 2 12 76 1 1 55 63 .233 .305 .357 .663 57.0 7.9
1985 32 KCR AL 146 553 66 137 27 1 11 52 0 0 35 64 .248 .294 .360 .654 50.8 4.6
1986 33 SDP NL 147 491 62 147 26 5 14 71 0 0 30 73 .299 .340 .458 .798 72.6 14.6
1987 34 SDP NL 89 276 39 66 13 2 4 29 1 1 23 44 .239 .299 .344 .643 25.4 2.5
1988 35 SDP NL 93 259 31 72 9 0 7 34 0 0 19 36 .278 .331 .394 .725 31.7 5.5
1989 36 MIA NL 36 72 7 21 4 0 1 10 0 0 4 16 .292 .329 .389 .718 7.5 1.3
    AAA   104 413 40 103 15 1 10 43 0 2 35 71 .249 .308 .363 .671 46.2  
1990 37 AAA   135 503 49 119 19 0 8 48 0 1 47 95 .237 .302 .322 .624 50.0  
13 Years Sim 1578 5496 666 1462 301 21 104 640 10 10 372 627 .266 .313 .385 .698 615.2 91.8
5 Years AAA 624 2446 314 690 112 6 66 292 6 16 217 329 .282 .343 .414 .757 336.1  
162 Game Average 564 68 150 30 2 10 65 1 1 38 64 .266 .313 .385 .698 63.2  
Career Highs 154 580 82 165 39 5 14 77 3 3 55 73 .299 .340 .458 .798 72.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3762 439 961 198 16 69 407 6 6 234 452 .255 .299 .372 .671 407.4
vs LH   1734 227 501 103 5 35 233 4 4 138 175 .289 .343 .415 .758 236.8
Home 792 2695 322 716 150 10 57 310 6 6 179 320 .266 .312 .392 .704 320.0
Away 786 2801 344 746 151 11 47 330 4 4 193 307 .266 .314 .378 .693 324.1
RISP   1338 0 350 71 6 20 490 0 0 105 140 .262 .310 .368 .679 153.5
Pinch Hitting   67 8 25 2 1 0 15 0 0 5 3 .373 .425 .433 .857 11.1
Close/Late   662 62 171 35 4 12 71 0 0 41 75 .258 .302 .378 .679 73.4
Mar/Apr 272 962 112 247 63 2 18 118 1 3 66 112 .257 .306 .383 .689 108.4
May 275 964 118 259 48 4 17 109 1 2 66 118 .269 .316 .380 .696 112.5
June 256 881 105 222 45 4 18 114 1 1 69 100 .252 .306 .373 .679 100.0
July 227 795 89 207 39 5 11 89 4 1 55 79 .260 .310 .364 .673 87.8
August 282 976 114 276 48 3 18 98 3 1 65 126 .283 .329 .393 .722 122.2
Sep/Oct 266 918 128 251 58 3 22 112 0 2 51 92 .273 .311 .415 .726 113.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 24 MIN AL 1B 118 116 984.0 1231 93 5 131 .996 12.11 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 25 MIN AL 1B 152 150 1305.7 1500 104 6 152 .996 11.06 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    3B 3 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 26 MIN AL 1B 149 147 1342.7 1632 126 11 164 .994 11.78 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    3B 3 1 12.0 1 7 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1980 27 MIN AL 1B 152 150 1298.3 1529 115 11 145 .993 11.40 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 2 1 0 .667 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 14.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 28 MIN AL 1B 147 146 1283.0 1520 112 6 150 .996 11.45 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    3B 8 0 16.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 29 MIN AL 1B 36 36 316.7 381 33 0 33 1.000 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1983 30 MIN AL 1B 149 145 1271.0 1451 121 12 147 .992 11.13 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 31 KCR AL 3B 142 139 1240.7 74 274 23 20 .938 2.52 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 32 KCR AL 3B 94 94 835.0 67 174 12 15 .953 2.60 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 33 SDP NL 3B 143 142 1229.0 88 297 19 19 .953 2.82 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 34 SDP NL 3B 52 49 414.7 25 104 2 6 .985 2.80 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    2B 14 9 86.0 27 34 1 10 .984 6.38 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 12 8 71.7 65 5 0 7 1.000 8.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 2 19.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 35 SDP NL 3B 50 44 383.3 19 92 7 6 .941 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 33 20 206.3 51 97 2 23 .987 6.46 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 5 3 28.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 8.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 36 MIA NL 1B 13 5 60.3 73 1 0 7 1.000 11.04 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 9 3 42.7 10 17 1 4 .964 5.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 6 5 42.7 1 11 1 0 .923 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 930 904 7941.3 9393 711 51 937 .995 11.45 0 0 .000 0 16.0
  3B 505 474 4190.3 276 969 65 66 .950 2.67 0 0 .000 0 13.3
  2B 59 32 339.0 91 149 4 38 .984 6.37 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  LF 14 6 62.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.31 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 3 0 4.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 3.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 14.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1513 1416 12543.3 9779 1833 120 1042 .990 8.33 0 0 .000 0 31.0
Career Highs   155 150 1354.7 1633 298 23 164 1.000 12.10 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 25 MIN AL 14 52 4 16 1 0 2 10 0 0 0 6 .308 .308 .442 .750
1984 31 KCR AL 11 36 3 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 4 .278 .435 .333 .768
1987 34 SDP NL 9 33 3 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 .273 .333 .364 .697
Career Post-Season Batting 34 121 10 35 3 0 3 12 0 0 13 17 .289 .358 .388 .747
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1979-2-39
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Buddy Bell (968)
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  3. Carney Lansford (937)
  4. Pete Rose (932)
  5. Tony Gonzalez (919)
  6. Ollie Brown (918)
  7. Joe Foy (917)
  8. Luis Olmo (915)
  9. Jim Tabor (913)
  10. Joe Garagiola (913)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 36th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1974
Injured on 5/3/1974 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/28/1975 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/4/1977, off Denny Mclain (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1977, off Kevin Kobel (CLE)
Injured on 6/19/1977 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 4/27/1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/13/1982 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/28/1983
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/3/1984 to a 4-year deal worth $2,200,000 per year
Injured on 9/2/1984 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/4/1986 (Going to SDP: 3B Ray Knight. Going to KCR: P Ramon Romero)
10/22/1987: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Miami on 2/22/1989 (Going to MIA: LF Jose Gonzalez, 3B Ray Knight. Going to SDP: LF Mitchell Page, C John Tamargo, RF John Kruk)
Injured on 6/2/1990 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2-3 weeks
Released by Miami on 10/29/1990
 
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