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Bob
Knepper		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 25, 1954 in Usa, OH, AKRON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1977    1986    1987   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 22 MON NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1977 23 BAL AL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6
1978 24 BAL AL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1979 25 BAL AL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1980 26 TOR AL $ 1,392,857 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1981 27 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1982 28 TOR AL $ 1,550,000 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1983 29 SDP NL $ 5,000,001 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1984 30 SDP NL $ 5,000,001 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 7
1985 31 SDP NL $ 5,000,001 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 7
1986 32 PHN NL $ 5,000,001 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 7
1987 33 PHN NL $ 2,500,000 5 5 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 6
1988 34 PHN NL $ 2,500,000 5 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1989 35 PHN NL $ 2,500,000 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1990 36 KCR AL $ 2,500,000 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,001 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1976 22 MON NL 4 6 .400 35 8 0 0 6 95.3 99 52 10 44 41 4.91 .266 .343 .401 .743 4.9
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 39.0 42 22 1 19 17 5.08 .278 .359 .358 .716  
1977 23 BAL AL 18 12 .600 31 31 3 0 0 214.3 236 113 18 81 85 4.75 .283 .344 .422 .765 11.2
1978 24 BAL AL 12 12 .500 30 30 7 1 0 216.7 242 104 23 72 77 4.32 .286 .340 .412 .752 13.0
1979 25 BAL AL 9 13 .409 27 27 4 0 0 193.7 231 85 18 43 85 3.95 .295 .331 .418 .749 9.9
1980 26 BAL AL 2 4 .333 8 8 2 1 0 50.0 52 30 7 18 14 5.40 .263 .326 .419 .745 0.8
    AAA   6 9 .400 19 19 0 0 0 129.7 155 62 9 34 86 4.30 .295 .338 .417 .755  
1981 27 TOR AL 11 13 .458 34 28 5 1 0 217.0 227 90 22 53 81 3.73 .268 .311 .409 .721 13.1
1982 28 TOR AL 14 16 .467 34 34 3 0 0 228.0 251 103 22 66 98 4.07 .283 .330 .415 .745 12.2
1983 29 SDP NL 12 14 .462 35 35 2 0 0 230.0 226 87 19 66 101 3.40 .257 .309 .382 .690 13.9
1984 30 SDP NL 17 8 .680 35 35 4 0 0 235.0 240 96 21 59 128 3.68 .265 .310 .391 .701 16.7
1985 31 SDP NL 9 5 .643 49 12 1 1 6 126.3 151 70 15 41 53 4.99 .295 .343 .439 .783 4.1
1986 32 PHN NL 19 7 .731 32 32 4 2 0 235.7 236 92 15 53 104 3.51 .261 .300 .382 .682 18.2
1987 33 PHN NL 13 9 .591 32 32 0 0 0 191.3 186 81 19 56 97 3.81 .251 .301 .396 .698 9.9
1988 34 PHN NL 12 11 .522 35 25 1 1 1 149.7 184 80 13 41 81 4.81 .302 .346 .435 .781 7.1
1989 35 PHN NL 8 8 .500 36 23 0 0 2 148.7 159 79 22 46 75 4.78 .273 .326 .430 .755 5.2
1990 36 KCR AL 0 2 .000 21 0 0 0 2 41.3 57 29 6 20 9 6.32 .331 .400 .506 .906 0.2
    AAA   1 11 .083 15 15 0 0 0 82.0 103 49 12 26 52 5.38 .304 .353 .475 .828  
15 Years Sim 160 140 .533 474 360 36 7 17 2573.0 2777 1191 250 759 1129 4.17 .276 .325 .410 .735 140.5
3 Years AAA 9 22 .290 40 40 0 0 0 250.7 300 133 22 79 155 4.78 .296 .346 .428 .774  
Season Average 10 9 .526 31 24 2 0 1 171.5 185 79 16 50 75 4.17 .276 .325 .410 .735  
Career Highs 19 16 .731 49 35 7 2 6 235.7 251 113 23 81 128 6.32 .331 .400 .506 .906  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2069 881 179 594 803   .281 .335 .416 .751
vs LH   708 310 71 165 326   .261 .303 .393 .696
Home 76 68 .528 240 182 12 5 9 1311.3 1400 589 127 393 580 4.04 .274 .326 .406 .732
Away 84 72 .538 234 178 24 2 8 1261.6 1377 602 123 366 549 4.29 .278 .327 .414 .741
Mar/Apr 18 21 .462 83 43 5 2 2 345.6 347 151 29 114 147 3.93 .260 .318 .376 .694
May 30 27 .526 93 71 3 1 5 492.3 573 264 55 169 211 4.83 .291 .348 .438 .786
June 29 22 .569 75 62 8 1 2 447.6 459 182 48 125 179 3.66 .266 .316 .407 .723
July 29 20 .592 64 64 8 1 0 424.3 451 194 41 123 194 4.12 .273 .323 .397 .720
August 36 25 .590 83 68 8 2 5 496.3 521 215 44 124 233 3.90 .270 .314 .403 .717
Sep/Oct 18 25 .419 76 52 4 0 3 366.6 426 185 33 104 165 4.54 .291 .338 .429 .767
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1976 22 MON NL P 35 8 95.3 1 19 0 1 1.000 1.89    
1977 23 BAL AL P 31 31 214.3 16 29 0 3 1.000 1.89    
1978 24 BAL AL P 30 30 216.7 14 30 2 1 .957 1.83    
1979 25 BAL AL P 27 27 193.7 11 30 2 3 .953 1.91    
1980 26 BAL AL P 8 8 50.0 5 6 1 1 .917 1.98    
1981 27 TOR AL P 34 28 217.0 6 20 0 1 1.000 1.08    
1982 28 TOR AL P 34 34 228.0 10 43 2 3 .964 2.09    
1983 29 SDP NL P 35 35 230.0 13 29 2 2 .955 1.64    
1984 30 SDP NL P 35 35 235.0 11 35 0 4 1.000 1.76    
1985 31 SDP NL P 49 12 126.3 5 20 1 1 .962 1.78    
1986 32 PHN NL P 32 32 235.7 18 21 0 2 1.000 1.49    
1987 33 PHN NL P 32 32 191.3 11 19 2 1 .938 1.41    
1988 34 PHN NL P 35 25 149.7 11 26 0 2 1.000 2.23    
1989 35 PHN NL P 36 23 148.7 2 23 0 4 1.000 1.51    
1990 36 KCR AL P 21 0 41.3 4 11 0 2 1.000 3.27    
Career Totals   474 360 2573.0 138 361 12 31 .977 1.75    
Career Highs   49 35 235.7 18 43 2 4 1.000 3.27    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1985 31 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 32 PHN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 15 7 1 4 2 7.00 .366 .422 .537 .959
1987 33 PHN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 16 6 1 2 3 4.77 .314 .340 .412 .751
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 6 4 0 0 0 21.3 31 13 2 6 6 5.49 .326 .366 .453 .819
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1977-5-18
1984-7-17
1986-3-19
 Losses
1982-4-16
 Winning Pct
1984-7-.680
1986-3-.731
 Games Started
1982-9-34
1983-8-35
1984-8-35
 Shutouts
1986-6-2
1988-9-1
 Hits Allowed
1982-8-251
Homeruns Allowed
1982-10-22
1989-9-22
 Walks per 9IP
1979-10-2.0
1986-8-2.0
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Schoolboy Rowe (934)
  5. Ed Halicki (934)
  6. Carl Hubbell (931)
  7. Harvey Haddix (929)
  8. Danny Darwin (927)
  9. Steve Hargan (922)
  10. Vida Blue (919)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Montreal in 1976
Injured on 5/24/1976 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/8/1976
Injured on 3/15/1977 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Injured on 3/25/1979 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,392,857 through salary arbitration
4/3/1980: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Traded from Baltimore to Toronto on 6/1/1980 (Going to TOR: 3B Juan Bernhardt, P Bob Knepper, P Joey Mclaughlin. Going to BAL: SS Dave Rosello)
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,550,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/6/1983 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,001 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1983, going 3-0, 1.02
Injured on 3/4/1984 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/30/1984 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from San Diego to Philadelphia on 2/22/1986 (Going to SDP: P Scott Mcgregor. Going to PHN: P Bob Knepper)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1986, going 2-0, 0.93
7/1/1986: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Injured on 9/24/1988 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 3/4/1990 (Going to PHN: SS Bob Meacham. Going to KCR: RF Jim Vatcher, P John Butcher, P Bob Knepper, 1B Cecil Cooper, RF Mike Vail)
Injured on 8/24/1990 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
 
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