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George Van Haltren League
6-2-2073
Joe Knight Center Field
Retired (1991, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .274 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .790 Status Deceased (2027) Option Years 0  
H 1837 Age at Death 74 Date of Birth 10-10-1953
HR 255 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1971)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(59 games)
RBI 1014
SB 158
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF A+ (98.9%) Arm B  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D  LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF A+ (97.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1971 Minors 18 59.00 12 / 12 2 / 3 2 / 6 7 / 8 2 / 16 7 / 7 7 / 7 39 / 59
1971 Pos (CF) 18 118.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 118
1972 Minors 19 63.00 7 / 8 5 / 6 4 / 9 6 / 16 0 / 5 8 / 8 11 / 11 41 / 63
1973 Minors 20 51.00 5 / 7 3 / 5 4 / 9 1 / 10 1 / 8 9 / 9 3 / 3 26 / 51
1974 Minors 21 28.00 2 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 3 3 / 4 1 / 3 4 / 4 6 / 6 18 / 28
1974 Majors 21 1.69 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1974 Pos (CF) 21 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 10
1974 Pos (LF) 21 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2
1975 Minors 22 29.00 2 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 7 1 / 1 5 / 5 13 / 29
1975 Majors 22 17.27 2 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 1 3 / 3 7 / 17
1975 Pos (RF) 22 37.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 / 37
1976 Majors 23 52.25 140 107 22 2 / 5 3 / 6 3 / 8 0 / 4 1 / 10 10 / 11 7 / 8 26 / 52
1977 Majors 24 58.50 162 107 0 3 / 9 3 / 9 3 / 7 1 / 12 2 / 4 8 / 10 5 / 7 25 / 58
1978 Majors 25 52.07 151 118 11 1 / 4 1 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 9 5 / 8 4 / 5 13 / 52
1979 Majors 26 60.72 162 136 0 1 / 13 1 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 7 1 / 7 4 / 9 0 / 7 8 / 60
1980 Majors 27 57.73 154 118 8 2 / 7 3 / 7 0 / 5 2 / 11 0 / 9 5 / 11 4 / 7 16 / 57
1981 Majors 28 60.38 145 119 17 2 / 10 1 / 6 1 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 7 4 / 6 1 / 8 9 / 60
1982 Majors 29 64.83 162 130 0 1 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 9 3 / 64
1983 Majors 30 64.89 162 135 0 0 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 6 2 / 13 2 / 11 5 / 64
1984 Majors 31 62.54 162 121 0 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 17 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 62
1985 Majors 32 61.02 162 97 0 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 61
1986 Majors 33 53.53 162 73 0 0 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 14 2 / 8 0 / 6 3 / 53
1987 Majors 34 51.99 132 91 30 -2 / 8 -2 / 4 0 / 6 -7 / 7 -5 / 9 0 / 10 -3 / 7 -19 / 51
1988 Majors 35 54.72 162 90 0 -2 / 3 -2 / 5 -1 / 5 -1 / 13 -6 / 11 -4 / 5 -1 / 12 -17 / 54
1989 Majors 36 36.71 162 23 0 -4 / 7 -4 / 4 -6 / 4 -4 / 7 -8 / 4 0 / 3 -3 / 7 -29 / 36
1990 Majors 37 42.85 162 44 0 -3 / 5 -6 / 5 -2 / 6 -3 / 6 -3 / 6 -1 / 9 -3 / 5 -21 / 42
1991 Majors 38 38.63 162 48 0 -4 / 3 -2 / 7 -3 / 9 -6 / 4 -3 / 7 -4 / 2 -1 / 6 -23 / 38
Total 2504 1557 88 27 / 156 11 / 134 9 / 156 3 / 171 -14 / 175 61 / 160 47 / 160 190 / 1279
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Joe Knight has retired from the Washington Diplomats
1988-06-20A trade has been completed between the Detroit Thunderbirds and the Washington Diplomats. The Washington Diplomats receive Joe Knight, Damon Foxx from the Detroit Thunderbirds in exchange for Wally Kasko.
1987-07-06Joe Knight of the Detroit Thunderbirds is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1987-04-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have placed Joe Knight on the trade block.
1986-08-10A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Big Red and the Detroit Thunderbirds. The Detroit Thunderbirds receive Joe Knight, Draft Pick 1987 Round 2 CIN (Pablo Calvert) from the Cincinnati Big Red in exchange for Sean Polonia.
1986-06-08The Cincinnati Big Red have placed Joe Knight on the trade block.
1981-06-04Joe Knight of the Cincinnati Big Red is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1980-06-10Joe Knight of the Cincinnati Big Red is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1978-05-21Joe Knight of the Cincinnati Big Red is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1976-08-28Joe Knight of the Cincinnati Big Red is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1975-08-17The Cincinnati Big Red have promoted Joe Knight to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red have sent Carl Sisler to the minors.
1975-07-05The Cincinnati Big Red have promoted Pete Browning to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red have sent Joe Knight to the minors.
1975-06-09Joe Knight of the Cincinnati Big Red is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1975-05-25The Cincinnati Big Red have promoted Joe Knight to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red have sent Pete Browning to the minors.
1975-05-10The Cincinnati Big Red have sent Joe Knight to the minors.
1975-04-28The Cincinnati Big Red have promoted Joe Knight to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red have sent Bob Newhouser to the minors.
1974-05-24The Cincinnati Big Red have demoted Joe Knight to the minor leagues.
1974-05-17The Cincinnati Big Red have promoted Joe Knight to the major league team.
1974-03-01The Cincinnati Big Red have renamed Quiet Joe Knight to Joe Knight.
1971-04-01The Cincinnati Reds have renamed Leo Forman to Quiet Joe Knight.