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Bob Knepper Bob Knepper
Full name: Robert Wesley Knepper
Born: May 25, 1954, Akron, Ohio
First Game: September 10, 1976; Final Game: June 24, 1990
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 3" Weight: 195
TSN NL Comeback Player of the Year (1981)
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Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1976 SF  N Daily Splits    4     9    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .111  .111   0.0 1976 SF  N
1977 SF  N Daily Splits   27    55    4   10   1   0   0    4    5   0   18   0   5   0   0   1   1    0   0  .182  .250  .200   0.0 1977 SF  N
1978 SF  N Daily Splits   36    79    2    5   2   0   0    5    6   0   35   0   8   2   0   1   2    0   0  .063  .126  .089   0.0 1978 SF  N
1979 SF  N Daily Splits   35    66    6   12   4   0   1    9    1   0   24   1   9   1   0   2   0    0   0  .182  .203  .288   0.0 1979 SF  N
1980 SF  N Daily Splits   35    66    3   10   3   0   0    7    2   0   21   0   9   2   0   3   0    1   0  .152  .171  .197   0.0 1980 SF  N
1981 HOU N Daily Splits   22    47    3    7   2   0   1    3    0   0   15   1   5   0   0   0   0    0   0  .149  .167  .255   0.0 1981 HOU N
1982 HOU N Daily Splits   33    52    2    3   1   0   0    0    4   0   25   0   6   0   0   0   0    0   0  .058  .125  .077   0.0 1982 HOU N
1983 HOU N Daily Splits   35    66    5   12   2   1   1    5    2   0   25   0   4   2   0   2   0    0   0  .182  .200  .288   0.0 1983 HOU N
1984 HOU N Daily Splits   35    76    6   13   2   0   1    8    7   0   28   0   6   0   0   0   1    1   0  .171  .241  .237   0.0 1984 HOU N
1985 HOU N Daily Splits   38    78    5   11   1   0   1    5    2   0   38   0   8   0   0   0   0    0   0  .141  .162  .192   0.0 1985 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits   42    91    2    9   2   1   0    1    0   0   44   0   4   0   0   1   0    0   0  .099  .099  .143   0.0 1986 HOU N
1987 HOU N Daily Splits   33    51    2    5   2   0   0    1    1   0   24   0   9   1   0   0   0    0   0  .098  .113  .137   0.0 1987 HOU N
1988 HOU N Daily Splits   27    48    1    6   0   0   0    3    2   0   17   0  14   1   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .157  .125   0.0 1988 HOU N
1989 HOU N Daily Splits   22    31    3    7   4   0   1    3    6   0    6   0   2   0   0   0   1    0   0  .226  .351  .452   0.0 1989 HOU N
1989 SF  N Daily Splits   13    12    2    1   1   0   0    0    3   0    3   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .083  .267  .167   0.0 1989 SF  N
1989 TOT N                35    43    5    8   5   0   1    3    9   0    9   0   3   0   0   1   1    0   0  .186  .327  .372   0.0 1989 TOT N
1990 SF  N Daily Splits   12    13    1    3   1   0   0    4    0   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .231  .308   0.0 1990 SF  N
Total            Splits  449   840   47  115  28   2   6   59   41   0  333   2  90   9   0  11   5    2   0  .137  .177  .196   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 HOU N Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1981 HOU N
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1986 HOU N Daily Splits    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .167  .000 1986 HOU N
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1981 NL   
1988 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1988 NL   
Total                      2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1976 SF  N Daily Splits    4   4   0   0   0   0   25     26   104   0    9    9    7   1   11   3   0   2   0   0   7   1   2   2   1   2   3.24   0.2 1976 SF  N
1977 SF  N Daily Splits   27  27   6   2   0   0  166    151   710  14   73   62   72   2  100   7   4   6   3   0  25   8  15  13  11   9   3.36   1.2 1977 SF  N
1978 SF  N Daily Splits   36  35  16   6   1   0  260    218  1062  10   85   76   85  11  147  11   9   6   4   0  40   2  19  13  17  11   2.63   2.1 1978 SF  N
1979 SF  N Daily Splits   34  34   6   2   0   0  207.1  241   926  30  117  107   77   8  123  10   3   6   3   1  43   8  17  14   9  12   4.64  -2.1 1979 SF  N
1980 SF  N Daily Splits   35  33   8   1   1   0  215.1  242   943  15  114   98   61  10  103   9   5   2   8   1  39   8  15  16   9  16   4.10  -1.4 1980 SF  N
1981 HOU N Daily Splits   22  22   6   5   0   0  156.2  128   617   5   41   38   38   1   75   6   3   0   4   0  16   3  16   7   9   5   2.18   2.1 1981 HOU N
1982 HOU N Daily Splits   33  29   4   0   1   1  180    193   770  14  100   89   60   4  108   6   6   8   3   0  29   4  20  11   5  15   4.45  -2.6 1982 HOU N
1983 HOU N Daily Splits   35  29   4   3   2   0  203    202   867  12   93   72   71   3  125   9   8   3   4   2  28   3  22  17   6  13   3.19   0.5 1983 HOU N
1984 HOU N Daily Splits   35  34  11   3   0   0  233.2  223   954  26   93   83   55   5  140   7   4   2   1   0  32   4  22  16  15  10   3.20   1.0 1984 HOU N
1985 HOU N Daily Splits   37  37   4   0   0   0  241    253  1016  21  119   95   54   5  131  15   9   4   3   0  53   8  24  25  15  13   3.55  -0.8 1985 HOU N
1986 HOU N Daily Splits   40  38   8   5   1   0  258    232  1053  19  100   90   62  13  143  22   5   5   4   0  47   8  24  20  17  12   3.14   1.3 1986 HOU N
1987 HOU N Daily Splits   33  31   1   0   1   0  177.2  226   792  26  118  104   54   3   76   7   4   4   4   0  37  11  21  10   8  17   5.27  -3.5 1987 HOU N
1988 HOU N Daily Splits   27  27   3   2   0   0  175    156   726  13   70   61   67   2  103  10   5   6   2   2  31   3  26  15  14   5   3.14   0.4 1988 HOU N
1989 HOU N Daily Splits   22  20   0   0   0   0  113    135   520  12   78   74   60   4   45   9   3   4   2   3  17   5  14  10   4  10   5.89  -2.8 1989 HOU N
1989 SF  N Daily Splits   13   6   1   1   2   0   52     55   226   4   20   20   15   2   19   3   3   1   1   1  12   2   0   1   3   2   3.46   0.1 1989 SF  N
1989 TOT N                35  26   1   1   2   0  165    190   746  16   98   94   75   6   64  12   6   5   3   4  29   7  14  11   7  12   5.13  -2.7 1989 TOT N
1990 SF  N Daily Splits   12   7   0   0   1   0   44.1   56   202   7   28   28   19   4   24   0   2   1   1   3   8   6   5   1   3   3   5.68  -1.0 1990 SF  N
Total            Splits  445 413  78  30  10   1 2708   2737 11488 228 1258 1106  857  78 1473 134  73  60  47  13 464  84 262 191 146 155   3.68  -5.3 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching RecordDivision Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 HOU N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    5      6    25   1    3    3    2   1    4   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   2   0   1   5.40 1981 HOU N
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1986 HOU N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.1   13    60   1    7    6    1   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   3.52 1986 HOU N
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      1     9   0    0    0    2   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1981 NL   
1988 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      2     6   0    1    1    1   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   9.00 1988 NL   
Total            Splits    2   0   0   0   0   0    3      3    15   0    1    1    3   0    3   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   3.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1976 SF  N Daily   P    4    4    0    25       1    4    0    1   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1977 SF  N Daily   P   27   27    6   166      10   21    1    1   0    2    6   18    1  .969
1978 SF  N Daily   P   36   35   16   260       4   33    0    3   0    1    8   16    0 1.000
1979 SF  N Daily   P   34   34    6   207.1     8   26    5    1   0    2    6   16    0  .872
1980 SF  N Daily   P   35   33    8   215.1     7   45    3    3   0    2    9   31    1  .945
1981 HOU N Daily   P   22   22    6   156.2     6   26    3    1   0    1    8   15    1  .914
1982 HOU N Daily   P   33   29    4   180       8   32    1    3   0    3   11   28    2  .976
1983 HOU N Daily   P   35   29    4   203       2   40    3    4   0    0    6   31    1  .933
1984 HOU N Daily   P   35   34   11   233.2     7   32    2    2   0    6   13    9    1  .951
1985 HOU N Daily   P   37   37    4   241       5   30    3    1   0    0   11   10    0  .921
1986 HOU N Daily   P   40   38    8   258      23   47    3    6   0    1    9   16    1  .959
1987 HOU N Daily   P   33   31    1   177.2     7   39    2    2   0    1    7   16    0  .958
1988 HOU N Daily   P   27   27    3   175       6   39    2    3   0    0    8    9    1  .957
1989 HOU N Daily   P   22   20    0   113       6   24    2    1   0    1    6   13    2  .938
1989 SF  N Daily   P   13    6    1    52       2    5    0    0   0    0    0    4    0 1.000
1989 TOT N         P   35   26    1   165       8   29    2    1   0    1    6   17    2  .949
1990 SF  N Daily   P   12    7    0    44.1     1    8    0    0   0    0    1    3    1 1.000
Total              P  445  413   78  2708     103  451   30   32   0   20  110  235   12  .949
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1981 HOU N Daily   P    1    1    0     5       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1986 HOU N Daily   P    2    2    0    15.1     0    3    0    0   0    1    0    0    0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1981 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1988 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total              P    2    0    0     3       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6,
1972).

Traded by San Francisco Giants with Chris Bourjos to Houston Astros in exchange for
Enos Cabell (December 8, 1980).

Released by Houston Astros (July 28, 1989).

Signed by San Francisco Giants (August 4, 1989).

Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).

Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 5, 1990).

Released by San Francisco Giants (June 26, 1990).


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