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Ted Williams League
10-21-2439
Rich Knothe Shortstop
Retired (1992, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .275 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .786 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 1837 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 05-01-1954
HR 244 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1972)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(34 games)
RBI 1072
SB 155
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B  Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range C+ WS Rings 4
1B A+ (92.5%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 6
2B B- (59.6%) CF D- (8.2%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 11
3B --- RF C- (31.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 7
* 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 
1972 Minors 18 63.00 5 / 5 12 / 13 7 / 7 7 / 8 10 / 11 13 / 13 4 / 6 58 / 63
1973 Minors 19 70.00 6 / 6 16 / 22 5 / 6 2 / 4 6 / 7 8 / 10 13 / 15 56 / 70
1974 Minors 20 63.00 3 / 9 9 / 16 6 / 6 2 / 7 5 / 8 9 / 12 1 / 5 35 / 63
1975 Minors 21 80.00 4 / 9 6 / 12 10 / 18 4 / 5 6 / 13 8 / 13 4 / 10 42 / 80
1976 Minors 22 77.00 5 / 15 4 / 12 4 / 8 6 / 12 5 / 10 2 / 10 2 / 10 28 / 77
1976 Majors 22 1.54 3 3 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1977 Majors 23 69.57 162 111 0 3 / 8 3 / 12 4 / 9 5 / 12 5 / 7 7 / 11 4 / 10 31 / 69
1978 Majors 24 71.79 162 131 0 3 / 11 3 / 10 1 / 7 0 / 6 7 / 17 2 / 9 2 / 11 18 / 71
1979 Majors 25 72.51 162 132 0 1 / 9 1 / 8 6 / 15 2 / 6 2 / 11 0 / 9 3 / 14 15 / 72
1980 Majors 26 71.66 162 139 0 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 14 0 / 8 6 / 18 0 / 4 1 / 10 8 / 71
1981 Majors 27 54.72 121 104 41 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 6 2 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 7 3 / 54
1982 Majors 28 62.84 162 139 0 1 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 13 1 / 12 3 / 62
1983 Majors 29 60.81 162 139 0 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 9 2 / 60
1984 Majors 30 63.42 162 139 0 0 / 14 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 63
1985 Majors 31 66.28 162 139 0 1 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 10 2 / 66
1986 Majors 32 55.81 162 108 0 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 55
1987 Majors 33 59.42 162 114 0 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 59
1988 Majors 34 50.33 162 72 0 -3 / 6 -6 / 4 0 / 6 -2 / 9 -6 / 7 -3 / 7 0 / 11 -20 / 50
1989 Majors 35 45.83 162 54 0 -3 / 7 -3 / 8 -3 / 5 -6 / 9 -5 / 8 -1 / 6 -3 / 2 -24 / 45
1990 Majors 36 45.09 162 53 0 -1 / 6 -1 / 5 -1 / 4 -2 / 7 -3 / 6 0 / 6 -3 / 11 -11 / 45
1991 Majors 37 37.38 162 43 0 -2 / 4 -6 / 8 -6 / 6 0 / 3 -3 / 8 -2 / 5 -4 / 3 -23 / 37
1992 Majors 38 29.09 162 39 0 -2 / 2 -4 / 4 -5 / 6 -8 / 5 0 / 6 -2 / 2 -4 / 4 -25 / 29
Total 2554 1659 41 21 / 173 34 / 209 31 / 173 12 / 158 36 / 185 41 / 176 23 / 188 198 / 1262
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1992-11-01Rich Knothe has retired from the Cincinnati Cyclones
1992-06-21The Cincinnati Cyclones have re-claimed Rich Knothe from the waiver wire.
1992-06-21The Cincinnati Cyclones have designated Rich Knothe for assignment.
1984-06-12A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Cyclones and the Brooklyn Bullys. The Brooklyn Bullys receive Joe Mizell, Will Hudson from the Cincinnati Cyclones in exchange for Rich Knothe, Everett Gentile, Jim Parker.
1981-04-26Rich Knothe of the Brooklyn Bullys is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1976-09-29The Brooklyn Bullys have promoted Rich Knothe to the major league team. The Brooklyn Bullys have promoted Bob Priddy to the major league team.