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Don Newcombe League
9-17-2165
Wally Knapp Shortstop
Retired (1966, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .280 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .777 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 897 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 09-16-1931
HR 98 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1954)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(144 games)
RBI 460
SB 73
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR A-
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range D+ WS Rings 2
1B D- (6.8%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 5
2B A+ (98.5%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 10
3B A+ (99.0%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1954 3B KC 4 4 34.0 14 3 9 2 1 -2 3.18 .857
SS KC 3 3 27.1 18 6 11 1 3 -2 5.60 .944
LF KC 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1955 2B KC 27 27 237.1 160 70 83 7 23 -6 5.80 .956
3B KC 32 27 228.0 68 15 51 2 3 -5 2.61 .971
SS KC 23 11 124.2 61 22 37 2 8 -5 4.26 .967
LF KC 3 3 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.57 1.000
RF KC 3 3 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.57 1.000
C KC 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
1956 SS KC 77 71 648.2 398 137 244 17 58 -13 5.29 .957
3B KC 23 19 163.0 49 11 36 2 1 -2 2.60 .959
LF KC 5 5 41.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.10 1.000
2B KC 3 3 27.0 22 12 10 0 5 0 7.33 1.000
1957 SS KC 54 45 405.0 217 68 142 7 29 -5 4.67 .968
3B KC 27 24 199.0 57 7 47 3 8 -3 2.44 .947
2B KC 2 2 17.0 7 2 5 0 1 0 3.71 1.000
1B KC 2 0 7.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 7.71 1.000
1958 SS KC 103 92 830.0 457 151 294 12 53 -17 4.83 .974
3B KC 3 2 20.2 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.74 1.000
2B KC 1 1 9.0 9 2 7 0 3 -1 9.00 1.000
1B KC 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9.00 1.000
1959 SS KC 90 75 706.0 367 137 218 12 32 -1 4.53 .967
2B KC 1 1 9.0 6 4 2 0 2 0 6.00 1.000
3B KC 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.00 1.000
1960 SS KC 65 47 459.0 254 109 135 10 26 -7 4.78 .961
2B KC 21 21 193.0 129 50 76 3 10 -1 5.88 .977
3B KC 4 4 39.0 12 4 8 0 0 -2 2.77 1.000
1B KC 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1961 2B KC 28 28 249.0 142 60 76 6 19 -2 4.92 .958
SS KC 39 22 234.0 133 50 81 2 13 -6 5.04 .985
3B KC 8 8 68.2 24 3 19 2 0 -1 2.88 .917
LF KC 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1962 3B KC-NYN 16 16 138.0 49 12 33 4 1 -1 2.93 .918
2B KC-NYN 15 15 131.0 65 25 39 1 5 -4 4.40 .985
SS KC-NYN 7 5 48.0 28 7 20 1 4 0 5.06 .964
1963 2B NYN 23 23 207.2 123 53 66 4 20 0 5.16 .967
3B NYN 17 17 158.0 48 18 29 1 1 0 2.68 .979
SS NYN 20 14 132.1 63 27 36 0 6 -3 4.28 1.000
1964 SS NYN 17 13 121.0 54 22 30 2 5 +2 3.87 .963
3B NYN 9 9 83.0 20 3 16 1 1 0 2.06 .950
2B NYN 2 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1965 SS NYN-NYA 23 21 189.0 103 32 70 1 7 -6 4.86 .990
2B NYN-NYA 13 12 106.0 57 31 25 1 8 -4 4.75 .982
1B NYN-NYA 5 5 45.0 53 52 1 0 4 0 10.60 1.000
3B NYN-NYA 3 3 27.0 10 1 9 0 0 0 3.33 1.000
1966 2B NYA 5 5 43.1 25 9 15 1 2 0 4.98 .960
3B NYA 4 4 33.1 5 3 2 0 0 -1 1.35 1.000
1B NYA 3 3 25.0 28 28 0 0 4 0 10.08 1.000
Pos Total SS 521 419 3925.0 2153 768 1318 67 244 -63 4.78 .969
2B 141 138 1237.1 746 318 405 23 98 -18 5.26 .969
3B 151 138 1200.2 361 80 264 17 17 -17 2.58 .953
LF 10 10 81.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 1.33 1.000
1B 12 8 79.0 88 87 1 0 9 0 10.03 1.000
RF 3 3 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.57 1.000
C 2 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
Total 840 716 6550.0 3368 1273 1988 107 368 0 1 0 0.0% -98 4.48 .968
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Wally Knapp has retired from the New York Pride
1965-06-26A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the New York Pride. The New York Pride receive Wally Knapp from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Draft Pick - 1966 Round 3 (NYA).
1962-05-20A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the Kansas City Eggmen. The Kansas City Eggmen receive Pete Browning (Optioned), Buster "Rhymes" McTigue, Ernie "Elton" DeJohn from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Wally Knapp, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 2 (WAS), Draft Pick - 1965 Round 2 (KC).
1961-09-21Wally Knapp of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1959-07-02Wally Knapp of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
1957-09-19Wally Knapp of the Kansas City Eggmen is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1957-09-19The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Wally Knapp to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Thurman Pepitone to the minors.
1957-09-07The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Thurman Pepitone to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Wally Knapp to the minors.
1957-07-30The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Wally Knapp to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Robert Porter to the minors.
1957-07-25The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Rocky Raccoon to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Wally Knapp to the minors.
1955-05-06The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Wally Knapp to the major league team.
1955-05-01The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Wally Knapp to the minors.
1955-04-15The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Wally Knapp to the major league team.
1954-07-25The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Thurman Pepitone to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent Wally Knapp to the minors.
1954-07-12The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Glenn Majeski to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have promoted Wally Knapp to the major league team. The Kansas City Eggmen have sent John Johnson to the minors.