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Ted Williams League
10-14-2439
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 Velocity   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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1976 SS BRO 3 3 25.0 10 4 6 0 2 -2 3.60 1.000
1977 SS BRO 116 110 999.1 516 169 333 14 57 +2 4.52 .973
LF BRO 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1978 SS BRO 135 129 1173.2 593 179 392 22 57 +4 4.38 .963
3B BRO 2 2 18.0 10 0 9 1 1 0 4.50 .900
1979 SS BRO 133 131 1189.2 590 199 380 11 61 +10 4.38 .981
3B BRO 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1980 SS BRO 139 139 1277.0 634 225 395 14 87 +12 4.37 .978
1981 SS BRO 104 104 932.2 523 175 339 9 57 +3 4.96 .983
1982 SS BRO 139 139 1185.2 637 204 420 13 79 +4 4.74 .980
1983 SS BRO 139 139 1154.1 668 228 427 13 81 -4 5.11 .981
1984 1B BRO-CIN 84 84 748.2 840 811 24 5 62 -6 10.04 .994
2B BRO-CIN 54 54 477.1 300 130 166 4 47 +3 5.58 .987
3B BRO-CIN 1 1 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 1.29 1.000
1985 1B CIN 139 139 1236.1 1389 1346 39 4 104 -4 10.08 .997
1986 LF CIN 84 79 706.0 159 156 1 2 1 -5 2.00 .987
1B CIN 26 26 232.1 250 242 7 1 18 +2 9.65 .996
CF CIN 2 2 20.0 8 7 0 1 0 0 3.15 .875
SS CIN 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3.00 1.000
1987 LF CIN 105 99 891.1 210 206 1 3 1 -2 2.09 .986
1B CIN 14 14 125.0 142 137 4 1 12 +2 10.15 .993
2B CIN 1 1 8.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 6.75 1.000
1988 LF CIN 61 58 527.2 120 117 0 3 0 -3 2.00 .975
1B CIN 13 13 111.1 144 140 4 0 5 +4 11.64 1.000
2B CIN 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1989 LF CIN 42 39 350.1 75 75 0 0 0 -3 1.93 1.000
1B CIN 13 13 114.2 126 124 2 0 16 -3 9.89 1.000
2B CIN 2 2 17.2 10 5 5 0 0 +1 5.10 1.000
1990 LF CIN 27 27 242.1 58 58 0 0 0 0 2.15 1.000
2B CIN 14 14 124.1 76 30 42 4 9 -3 5.21 .947
1B CIN 12 12 106.0 102 99 3 0 7 0 8.66 1.000
1991 LF CIN 21 19 178.2 38 38 0 0 0 -1 1.91 1.000
1B CIN 18 18 157.0 165 163 2 0 11 -1 9.46 1.000
2B CIN 3 3 29.1 15 6 9 0 3 0 4.60 1.000
RF CIN 3 3 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 -1 2.42 1.000
1992 LF CIN 18 18 159.2 36 35 1 0 1 -1 2.03 1.000
2B CIN 15 15 134.1 79 36 40 3 4 -1 5.09 .962
CF CIN 5 5 43.1 18 18 0 0 0 -1 3.74 1.000
RF CIN 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
Pos Total SS 909 895 7946.1 4174 1384 2694 96 482 +29 4.62 .977
LF 359 340 3065.0 699 688 3 8 3 -15 2.03 .989
1B 319 319 2831.1 3158 3062 85 11 235 -6 10.00 .997
2B 90 90 800.0 489 210 268 11 64 0 5.38 .978
CF 7 7 63.1 26 25 0 1 0 -1 3.55 .962
RF 4 4 35.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 2.06 1.000
3B 4 4 34.0 14 3 10 1 1 -1 3.44 .929
Total 1692 1659 14775.0 8568 5380 3060 128 785 +5 5.14 .985
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.