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Name Team Age
Rich Knothe Retired (1992, Age 38) Died (2025, Age 71)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9
(1972)		 SS B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League 0 16 years (34 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A+ C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B  D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 5/1/1954
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
4 6 11
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (92.5 %) B- (59.6 %) C- (31.6 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1972 Minors 63.00 5 / 5 12 / 13 7 / 7 7 / 8 10 / 11 13 / 13 4 / 6 58 / 63
1973 Minors 70.00 6 / 6 16 / 22 5 / 6 2 / 4 6 / 7 8 / 10 13 / 15 56 / 70
1974 Minors 63.00 3 / 9 9 / 16 6 / 6 2 / 7 5 / 8 9 / 12 1 / 5 35 / 63
1975 Minors 80.00 4 / 9 6 / 12 10 / 18 4 / 5 6 / 13 8 / 13 4 / 10 42 / 80
1976 Minors 77.00 5 / 15 4 / 12 4 / 8 6 / 12 5 / 10 2 / 10 2 / 10 28 / 77
1976 Majors 1.54 3 3 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1977 Majors 69.57 162 111 0 3 / 8 3 / 12 4 / 9 5 / 12 5 / 7 7 / 11 4 / 10 31 / 69
1978 Majors 71.79 162 131 0 3 / 11 3 / 10 1 / 7 0 / 6 7 / 17 2 / 9 2 / 11 18 / 71
1979 Majors 72.51 162 132 0 1 / 9 1 / 8 6 / 15 2 / 6 2 / 11 0 / 9 3 / 14 15 / 72
1980 Majors 71.66 162 139 0 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 14 0 / 8 6 / 18 0 / 4 1 / 10 8 / 71
1981 Majors 54.72 121 104 41 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 6 2 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 7 3 / 54
1982 Majors 62.84 162 139 0 1 / 7 0 / 11 1 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 13 1 / 12 3 / 62
1983 Majors 60.81 162 139 0 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 9 2 / 60
1984 Majors 63.42 162 139 0 0 / 14 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 63
1985 Majors 66.28 162 139 0 1 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 10 2 / 66
1986 Majors 55.81 162 108 0 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 55
1987 Majors 59.42 162 114 0 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 59
1988 Majors 50.33 162 72 0 -3 / 6 -6 / 4 0 / 6 -2 / 9 -6 / 7 -3 / 7 0 / 11 -20 / 50
1989 Majors 45.83 162 54 0 -3 / 7 -3 / 8 -3 / 5 -6 / 9 -5 / 8 -1 / 6 -3 / 2 -24 / 45
1990 Majors 45.09 162 53 0 -1 / 6 -1 / 5 -1 / 4 -2 / 7 -3 / 6 0 / 6 -3 / 11 -11 / 45
1991 Majors 37.38 162 43 0 -2 / 4 -6 / 8 -6 / 6 0 / 3 -3 / 8 -2 / 5 -4 / 3 -23 / 37
1992 Majors 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.