John Knight

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Full Name: John Wesley Knight	Primary Position: 3B,SS,1B,2B
Height/Weight: 6' 2.5"/180	First Game: April 14, 1905
Birthdate: October 6, 1885	Final Game: October 4, 1913
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: December 19, 1965
Deathplace: Walnut Creek, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

John Knight (John Wesley Knight) was born on October 6, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1905 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1905, his rookie year, he hit .203 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI. Knight played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Americans, New York Highlanders, Washington Senators and New York Yankees over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that John Knight's best season was 1911, when he knocked in 62 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1905	PHI	A	88	325	28	66	3	29	.203	.227	.274	12	1	9	0	1	11	4	0	0
1906	PHI	A	74	253	29	49	3	20	.194	.250	.273	7	2	19	0	0	5	6	0	0
1907	PHI	A	40	139	6	29	0	12	.209	.272	.273	7	1	10	0	2	2	1	0	0
1907	BOS	A	98	360	31	78	2	29	.217	.256	.275	9	3	19	0	0	3	8	0	0
1907	TOT	A	138	499	37	107	2	41	.214	.260	.275	16	4	29	0	2	5	9	0	0
1909	NY	A	116	360	46	85	0	40	.236	.311	.286	8	5	37	0	2	17	15	0	0
1910	NY	A	117	414	58	129	3	45	.312	.372	.413	25	4	34	0	6	19	23	0	0
1911	NY	A	132	470	69	126	3	62	.268	.342	.351	16	7	42	0	11	19	18	0	0
1912	WAS	A	32	93	10	15	0	9	.161	.284	.204	2	1	16	0	0	7	4	0	0
1913	NY	A	70	250	24	59	0	24	.236	.310	.276	10	0	25	27	2	6	7	0	0
Total			767	2664	301	636	14	270	.239	.300	.309	96	24	211	27	24	89	86	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1905	PHI	A	SS	79	0	0	139	185	38	9	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1905	PHI	A	3B	4	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1906	PHI	A	3B	67	0	0	71	130	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	.922
1906	PHI	A	2B	7	0	0	11	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1907	PHI	A	3B	40	0	0	49	82	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	.862
1907	BOS	A	3B	92	0	0	129	211	28	13	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1907	BOS	A	SS	4	0	0	11	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.846
1907	BOS	A	2B	4	0	0	11	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.846
1907	TOT	A	3B	132	0	0	178	293	49	18	0	0	0	0	0	.906
1909	NY	A	SS	76	0	0	141	204	38	19	0	0	0	0	0	.901
1909	NY	A	3B	3	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1909	NY	A	1B	19	0	0	190	17	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1909	NY	A	2B	17	0	0	38	46	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1910	NY	A	2B	7	0	0	13	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1910	NY	A	SS	79	0	0	169	247	32	39	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1910	NY	A	3B	4	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1910	NY	A	1B	23	0	0	247	8	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1910	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1911	NY	A	SS	82	0	0	200	247	46	30	0	0	0	0	0	.907
1911	NY	A	3B	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1911	NY	A	1B	27	0	0	236	26	5	14	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1911	NY	A	2B	21	0	0	54	80	17	8	0	0	0	0	0	.887
1912	WAS	A	2B	27	0	0	55	45	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1912	WAS	A	1B	5	0	0	40	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1913	NY	A	1B	50	0	0	494	45	11	26	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1913	NY	A	2B	21	0	0	50	70	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.952
Total			2B	104	0	0	232	288	46	29	0	0	0	0	0	.919
Total			SS	320	0	0	660	894	158	100	0	0	0	0	0	.908
Total			3B	211	0	0	269	442	69	25	0	0	0	0	0	.912
Total			1B	124	0	0	1207	100	22	62	0	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			OF	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Boston Americans in exchange for Jimmy Collins (June 7, 1907).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Baltimore (International) (December 28, 1907) completing trade in which Boston Americans traded cash and a player to be named later to Baltimore (International) in exchange for Fred Burchell (August 10, 1907).
Sold by Baltimore (International) to New York Highlanders (August 20, 1908).
Traded by New York Highlanders with a player to be named later to Washington Senators in exchange for Gabby Street (February 17, 1912); Washington Senators received Rip Williams (February 22, 1912).

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