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Ray Knight Ray Knight

Full name: Charles Ray Knight Born: December 28, 1952, Albany, Georgia First Game: September 10, 1974; Final Game: October 2, 1988 Managed First Game: April 2, 1996; Managed Final Game: July 23, 1997 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185 World Series MVP (1986) TSN NL Comeback Player of the Year (1986) Ray Knight Collectibles! Ray Knight Memorabilia! Ray Knight Cards! Ray Knight Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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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
1974 CIN N Daily Splits   14    11    1    2   1   0   0    2    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .182  .250  .273  -0.2 1974 CIN N
1977 CIN N Daily Splits   80    92    8   24   5   1   1   13    9   1   16   0   1   1   0   3   0    1   1  .261  .324  .370  -0.3 1977 CIN N
1978 CIN N Daily Splits   83    65    7   13   3   0   1    4    3   0   13   0   0   0   0   3   4    0   0  .200  .235  .292  -0.6 1978 CIN N
1979 CIN N Daily Splits  150   551   64  175  37   4  10   79   38   4   57   3   4   8   0   7  20    4   4  .318  .360  .454   0.4 1979 CIN N
1980 CIN N Daily Splits  162   618   71  163  39   7  14   78   36   9   62   4   5   4   0  12  24    1   2  .264  .307  .417  -1.6 1980 CIN N
1981 CIN N Daily Splits  106   386   43  100  23   1   6   34   33   3   51   4   3   3   0   7  18    2   4  .259  .322  .370  -1.3 1981 CIN N
1982 HOU N Daily Splits  158   609   72  179  36   6   6   70   48   9   58   5   1  13   0  10  16    2   5  .294  .344  .402   1.0 1982 HOU N
1983 HOU N Daily Splits  145   507   43  154  36   4   9   70   42   9   62   4   3  11   0   4  17    0   3  .304  .355  .444   0.0 1983 HOU N
1984 HOU N Daily Splits   88   278   15   62  10   0   2   29   14   1   30   1   0   4   0   4   4    0   3  .223  .259  .281  -2.8 1984 HOU N
1984 NY  N Daily Splits   27    93   13   26   4   0   1    6    7   1   13   1   0   0   0   2   1    0   0  .280  .337  .355  -0.6 1984 NY  N
1984 TOT N               115   371   28   88  14   0   3   35   21   2   43   2   0   4   0   6   5    0   3  .237  .279  .299  -3.4 1984 TOT N
1985 NY  N Daily Splits   90   271   22   59  12   0   6   36   13   1   32   1   0   5   0   8  17    1   1  .218  .252  .328  -2.6 1985 NY  N
1986 NY  N Daily Splits  137   486   51  145  24   2  11   76   40   2   63   4   3   8   0   7  19    2   1  .298  .351  .424  -1.0 1986 NY  N
1987 BAL A Daily Splits  150   563   46  144  24   0  14   65   39   3   90   6   0   1   0   8  16    0   0  .256  .310  .373  -0.5 1987 BAL A
1988 DET A Daily Splits  105   299   34   65  12   2   3   33   20   0   30   3   2   3   0   6  12    1   1  .217  .271  .301  -2.4 1988 DET A
Total NL                1240  3967  410 1102 230  25  67  497  284  40  459  27  20  57   0  67 141   13  24  .278  .326  .399  -9.6 Total NL        
Total AL                 255   862   80  209  36   2  17   98   59   3  120   9   2   4   0  14  28    1   1  .242  .297  .348  -2.9 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1495  4829  490 1311 266  27  84  595  343  43  579  36  22  61   0  81 169   14  25  .271  .321  .390 -12.5 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

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
1979 CIN N Daily Splits    3    14    0    4   1   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    1   0  .286  .286  .357 1979 CIN N
1986 NY  N Daily Splits    6    24    1    4   0   0   0    2    1   1    5   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .192  .167 1986 NY  N
Total            Splits    9    38    1    8   1   0   0    2    1   1    7   0   0   1   0   0   1    1   0  .211  .225  .237 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

World Series Batting RecordWorld 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 NY  N Daily Splits    6    23    4    9   1   0   1    5    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .391  .440  .565 1986 NY  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
1980 NL    Daily Splits    1     1    1    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1980 NL   
1982 NL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1982 NL   
Total            Splits    2     4    1    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .250  .400  .250 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

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1974 CIN N Daily  3B   14    1    0    40.2     2    8    0    0   0 1.000
1977 CIN N Daily  3B   38    1    1    91.1    11   21    2    2   0  .941
1977 CIN N        2B   16    8    3    87.2    28   23    2    5   0  .962
1977 CIN N        OF    5    2    2    22       6    0    0    0   0 1.000     5    0    0 
1977 CIN N        LF    5    2    2    22       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1977 CIN N        SS    3    1    0     8       0    2    0    1   0 1.000
1978 CIN N Daily  3B   60    7    4   145       8   38    7    1   0  .868
1978 CIN N        2B    4    0    0     8       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1978 CIN N        OF    3    1    0    10       2    1    0    0   0 1.000     2    0    1 
1978 CIN N        LF    2    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1978 CIN N        1B    1    0    0     2       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 CIN N        RF    1    1    0     8       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 CIN N        SS    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1979 CIN N Daily  3B  149  149  139  1294.1   120  262   15   26   0  .962
1980 CIN N Daily  3B  162  161  156  1416.1   120  291   13   19   0  .969
1981 CIN N Daily  3B  105  104  100   923      69  176   11   18   0  .957
1982 HOU N Daily  1B   96   93   88   829.2   945   55   10   76   0  .990
1982 HOU N        3B   67   65   57   564.1    57  131    7   18   0  .964
1983 HOU N Daily  1B  143  141   97  1182.2  1285   73    9  131   0  .993
1984 HOU N Daily  3B   54   48   43   433      37   86    7    6   0  .946
1984 HOU N        1B   24   21   21   196     199    9    0   16   0 1.000
1984 NY  N Daily  3B   27   27   22   229      14   36    2    4   0  .962
1984 NY  N        1B    3    0    0     6       6    1    0    1   0 1.000
1984 TOT N        1B   27   21   21   202     205   10    0   17   0 1.000
1984 TOT N        3B   81   75   65   662      51  122    9   10   0  .951
1985 NY  N Daily  3B   73   67   48   592      52  109    7    5   0  .958
1985 NY  N        2B    2    1    0     7.1     2    3    0    0   0 1.000
1985 NY  N        1B    1    0    0     2       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
1986 NY  N Daily  3B  132  130  109  1139.2    88  204   16   17   0  .948
1986 NY  N        1B    1    0    0     4       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1987 BAL A Daily  3B  130  128  114  1123.1   110  282   18   28   0  .956
1987 BAL A        DH   14   13   13                                      -
1987 BAL A        1B    6    5    4    45      59    2    1    7   0  .984
1988 DET A Daily  1B   64   53   36   466     432   33    4   40   0  .991
1988 DET A        DH   25   20   18                                      -
1988 DET A        3B   11    6    3    55       6    9    0    0   0 1.000
1988 DET A        LF    2    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1988 DET A        OF    2    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -     2    0    0 
Total             3B 1022  894  796  8047     694 1653  105  144   0  .957
Total             1B  339  313  246  2733.1  2936  174   24  271   0  .992
Total             DH   39   33   31                                      -
Total             2B   22    9    3   103      31   28    2    5   0  .967
Total             OF   10    3    2    35       8    1    0    0   0 1.000     9    0    1 
Total             LF    9    2    2    27       7    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total             SS    4    1    0     9       0    2    0    1   0 1.000
Total             RF    1    1    0     8       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1979 CIN N Daily  3B    3    3    3    29       0    5    0    0   0 1.000
1986 NY  N Daily  3B    6    6    6    63       5   19    1    1   0  .960
Total             3B    9    9    9    92       5   24    1    1   0  .967
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1986 NY  N Daily  3B    6    6    6    54       6    6    1    0   0  .923

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1980 NL    Daily  3B    1    0    0     4       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1982 NL    Daily  3B    1    0    0     7       1    4    0    0   0 1.000
Total             3B    2    0    0    11       1    5    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1996 CIN N  162   81   81  .500   778   773                  3
1997 CIN N   99   43   56  .434   380   470          7-23    4  3
Total       261  124  137  .475  1158  1243
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 4,
1970).

Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Houston Astros in exchange for Cesar Cedeno (December
18, 1981).

Traded by Houston Astros to New York Mets in exchange for 3 players to be named
later (August 28, 1984); Houston Astros received Gerald Young and Manuel Lee (August
31, 1984) and Mitch Cook (September 10, 1984).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).

Signed by Baltimore Orioles (February 12, 1987).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Mark Thurmond
(February 27, 1988).

Released by Detroit Tigers (November 16, 1988).

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