Lon Knight Stats

Lon Knight was born on Thursday, June 16, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Knight was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 4, 1876, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lon Knight baseball stats page.
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Lon Knight
 
 
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Birth Name:   Alonzo P. Knight
Nickname:   None
Born On:   06-16-1853  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-23-1932 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   09-04-1876 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-10-1885
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lon Knight

Lon Knight Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1876 23 Athletics 34 32 1 10 22 .313 2.62 27 0 0 282.0 1,324 383 82 288 0 34 - 12 23 0 0 -
1884 31 Athletics 2 1 1 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 14.0 74 24 14 19 0 4 - 2 0 1 0 -
1885 32 Athletics 1 0 1 0 0 .000 1.80 0 0 0 5.0 21 4 1 1 0 2 - 1 1 0 0 -
1885 32 Grays 1 0 1 0 0 .000 6.75 0 0 0 4.0 21 4 3 4 1 4 - 1 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
3 Years 38 33 4 10 23 .303 2.95 28 0 0 305.0 1,440 415 100 312 1 44 - 16 25 1 0 -
Lon Knight

Lon Knight Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1876 23 Athletics 55 240 32 60 9 3 0 0 24 2 - 2 - - 0 - .250 .256 .313
1880 27 Ruby Legs 49 201 31 48 11 3 0 0 21 5 - 8 - - 0 - .239 .257 .323
1881 28 Wolverines 83 340 67 92 16 3 1 0 52 23 - 21 - - 0 - .271 .317 .344
1882 29 Wolverines 86 347 39 72 12 6 0 0 24 16 - - - - 0 - .207 .242 .277
1883 30 Athletics 97 429 98 108 23 9 1 0 53 21 - - - - 0 - .252 .287 .354
1884 31 Athletics 108 484 94 131 18 12 1 0 0 10 - - - - 1 - .271 .287 .364
1885 32 Athletics 29 119 17 25 1 1 0 0 14 9 - - - - 1 - .210 .271 .235
1885 32 Grays 25 81 8 13 1 0 0 0 8 11 - 17 - - 0 - .160 .261 .173
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
7 Years 532 2,241 386 549 91 37 3 0 196 97 - 48 - - 2 - .245 .277 .323
Lon Knight

Lon Knight Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1876 Athletics 1B 13 - - 102 7.8 94 91 3 8 6 n/a n/a n/a .922 0.00
1876 Athletics 2B 6 - - 32 5.3 21 17 4 11 3 n/a n/a n/a .656 0.00
1876 Athletics OF 9 - - 18 2.0 15 15 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00
1876 Athletics P 34 32 846 92 2.7 74 33 41 18 1 n/a n/a n/a .804 2.36
1880 Ruby Legs RF 49 - - 80 1.6 69 47 22 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .863 0.00
1881 Wolverines 1B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1881 Wolverines 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1881 Wolverines RF 82 - - 154 1.9 137 116 21 17 6 n/a n/a n/a .890 0.00
1882 Wolverines 1B 2 - - 20 10.0 17 17 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .850 0.00
1882 Wolverines RF 84 - - 158 1.9 137 112 25 21 2 n/a n/a n/a .867 0.00
1883 Athletics 2B 2 - - 10 5.0 9 4 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00
1883 Athletics 3B 3 - - 15 5.0 12 2 10 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1883 Athletics RF 93 - - 169 1.8 145 123 22 24 5 n/a n/a n/a .858 0.00
1884 Athletics 1B 1 - - 7 7.0 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1884 Athletics P 2 1 42 3 1.5 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
1884 Athletics RF 108 - - 213 2.0 194 158 36 19 6 n/a n/a n/a .911 0.00
1885 Athletics P 1 0 15 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1885 Athletics RF 29 - - 63 2.2 58 49 9 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .921 0.00
1885 Grays OF 25 - - 47 1.9 45 39 6 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00
1885 Grays P 1 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 445 0 0 837 1.9 740 605 135 97 23 n/a n/a n/a .884 0.00
P Totals 38 33 915 97 2.6 79 33 46 18 1 n/a n/a n/a .814 2.33
OF Totals 34 0 0 65 1.9 60 54 6 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .923 0.00
1B Totals 17 0 0 131 7.7 120 117 3 11 6 n/a n/a n/a .916 0.00
2B Totals 9 0 0 47 5.2 34 22 12 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .723 0.00
3B Totals 3 0 0 15 5.0 12 2 10 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
7 Years 546 33 915 1,192 2.2 1,045 833 212 147 35 n/a n/a n/a .877 30.84
Lon Knight

Lon Knight Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1876 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 120.0 10.0 0.35 0.38 1.09
1880 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 25.1 9.6 - - -
1881 Wolverines - - - 0 0 n/a 340.0 16.2 6.5 - - -
1882 Wolverines - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 14.5 - - -
1883 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 429.0 0.0 8.1 - - -
1884 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 484.0 0.0 0.0 0.50 1.29 2.57
1885 Athletics - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.5 0.50 1.80 3.60
1885 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 10.1 0.25 2.25 9.00
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
7 Years - - - 0 0 n/a 747.0 46.7 11.4 0.36 0.47 1.30
Lon Knight

Lon Knight Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1876 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1880 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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