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Bob
Knepper		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 25, 1954 in Akron, OH, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1988   
All-Star Selections 1983    1987   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 23 SFG NL 13 16 .448 38 38 4 1 0 246.7 261 106 17 90 141 3.87 .266 .330 .384 .713 11.0
1978 24 SFG NL 12 18 .400 35 35 11 4 0 266.0 251 83 14 87 136 2.81 .250 .313 .335 .648 16.6
1979 25 SFG NL 7 23 .233 37 37 10 1 0 274.3 229 97 18 103 145 3.18 .225 .301 .321 .621 11.5
1980 26 SFG NL 12 14 .462 34 34 0 0 0 227.0 211 83 21 89 125 3.29 .243 .314 .364 .679 9.6
1981 27 SFG NL 14 14 .500 37 37 2 1 0 236.3 267 113 23 76 126 4.30 .282 .336 .414 .750 6.4
1982 28 SFG NL 14 12 .538 38 38 3 0 0 251.7 285 98 16 71 139 3.50 .288 .337 .404 .741 7.4
1983 29 SFG NL 21 9 .700 40 40 1 1 0 260.7 240 87 21 91 120 3.00 .245 .311 .375 .686 12.9
1984 30 SFG NL 19 10 .655 38 38 5 3 0 254.7 216 83 14 88 135 2.93 .230 .296 .325 .621 15.8
1985 31 SFG NL 15 18 .455 39 39 1 0 0 250.7 262 121 17 80 110 4.34 .271 .325 .402 .727 4.8
1986 32 SFG NL 9 9 .500 27 25 1 0 0 163.7 161 72 12 52 62 3.96 .255 .312 .369 .680 6.4
1987 33 SFG NL 15 14 .517 38 38 3 0 0 241.3 242 94 16 71 106 3.51 .265 .319 .373 .693 11.7
1988 34 SFG NL 10 11 .476 32 32 2 1 0 184.3 196 96 20 28 145 4.69 .271 .297 .409 .706 2.1
1989 35 SFG NL 6 11 .353 29 29 0 0 0 171.3 170 68 10 30 124 3.57 .257 .289 .370 .659 7.5
1990 36 SFG NL 8 8 .500 19 19 0 0 0 112.3 130 54 13 30 70 4.33 .288 .335 .431 .766 3.5
14 Years Sim 175 187 .483 481 479 43 12 0 3140.9 3121 1255 232 986 1684 3.60 .258 .316 .374 .690 127.2
Season Average 12 13 .480 34 34 3 0 0 224.4 222 89 16 70 120 3.60 .258 .316 .374 .690  
Career Highs 21 23 .700 40 40 11 4 0 274.3 285 121 23 103 145 4.69 .288 .337 .431 .766  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 23 SFG NL 38 79 5 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 40 .127 .148 .177 .325 0.7 0.0
1978 24 SFG NL 35 91 3 15 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 34 .165 .183 .165 .348 1.1 0.0
1979 25 SFG NL 37 90 5 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 41 .122 .129 .133 .262 -0.3 0.0
1980 26 SFG NL 34 70 3 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 30 .114 .127 .143 .270 -0.8 0.0
1981 27 SFG NL 37 74 7 11 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 36 .149 .203 .203 .405 1.9 0.0
1982 28 SFG NL 38 76 5 12 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 41 .158 .190 .158 .348 1.4 0.0
1983 29 SFG NL 40 80 5 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 44 .175 .224 .188 .411 2.9 0.0
1984 30 SFG NL 38 85 5 12 1 1 0 11 1 0 5 42 .141 .189 .176 .365 1.4 0.0
1985 31 SFG NL 39 84 5 12 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 55 .143 .153 .179 .332 0.2 0.0
1986 32 SFG NL 27 52 4 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 24 .308 .321 .308 .628 4.7 0.7
1987 33 SFG NL 38 80 7 13 2 1 1 5 0 0 2 41 .163 .183 .250 .433 2.9 0.0
1988 34 SFG NL 32 61 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 .131 .131 .131 .262 -0.9 0.0
1989 35 SFG NL 29 54 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .111 .127 .130 .257 -1.2 0.0
1990 36 SFG NL 19 42 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .119 .140 .119 .259 -0.7 0.0
14 Years Sim 481 1018 61 153 14 3 2 58 2 0 30 520 .150 .174 .176 .350 13.5 0.7
162 Game Average 342 20 51 4 1 0 19 0 0 10 175 .150 .174 .176 .350 4.6  
Career Highs 40 91 7 16 4 1 1 11 1 0 5 55 .308 .321 .308 .628 4.7  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 23 SFG NL P 38 38 246.7 15 42 5 5 .919 2.08    
1978 24 SFG NL P 35 35 266.0 19 48 6 2 .918 2.27    
1979 25 SFG NL P 37 37 274.3 15 50 2 1 .970 2.13    
1980 26 SFG NL P 34 34 227.0 8 34 6 1 .875 1.67    
1981 27 SFG NL P 37 37 236.3 22 42 2 1 .970 2.44    
1982 28 SFG NL P 38 38 251.7 13 36 0 8 1.000 1.75    
1983 29 SFG NL P 40 40 260.7 13 44 3 5 .950 1.97    
1984 30 SFG NL P 38 38 254.7 11 52 5 3 .926 2.23    
1985 31 SFG NL P 39 39 250.7 13 46 0 3 1.000 2.12    
1986 32 SFG NL P 27 25 163.7 8 30 2 0 .950 2.09    
1987 33 SFG NL P 38 38 241.3 17 44 5 3 .924 2.27    
1988 34 SFG NL P 32 32 184.3 10 30 1 2 .976 1.95    
1989 35 SFG NL P 29 29 171.3 7 42 0 4 1.000 2.57    
1990 36 SFG NL P 19 19 112.3 9 14 1 1 .958 1.84    
Career Totals   481 479 3140.9 180 554 38 39 .951 2.10    
Career Highs   40 40 274.3 22 52 6 8 1.000 2.57    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1982 28 SFG NL 0 2 .000 3 3 1 0 0 21.0 24 14 2 4 13 6.00 .286 .318 .452 .771
1983 29 SFG NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 7 3 0 2 3 4.27 .259 .310 .407 .718
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 4 4 1 0 0 27.3 31 17 2 6 16 5.60 .279 .316 .441 .758
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 28 SFG NL 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400
1983 29 SFG NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1981-9-14
1983-3-21
1984-2-19
1985-9-15
CAR-40-175
 Losses
1977-10-16
1978-2-18
1979-1-23
1980-7-14
1985-1-18
1987-10-14
CAR-10-187
 Winning Pct
1983-9-.700
1984-8-.655
 Games Started
1977-5-38
1979-8-37
1982-4-38
1983-3-40
1984-6-38
1985-1-39
1987-7-38
CAR-28-479
 Complete Games
1978-9-11
1981-9-2
1982-9-3
1984-1-5
1987-6-3
1988-6-2
CAR-29-43
 Shutouts
1978-2-4
1981-7-1
1983-5-1
1984-1-3
1988-4-1
CAR-31-12
Innings Pitched
1978-10-266.0
1979-7-274.3
1982-6-251.7
1983-5-260.7
1984-5-254.7
1985-5-250.7
1987-9-241.3
CAR-22-3140.9
 Hits Allowed
1977-7-261
1978-8-251
1980-10-211
1981-3-267
1982-1-285
1983-2-240
1985-2-262
1987-5-242
CAR-20-3121
 Homeruns Allowed
1980-7-21
1981-3-23
1983-6-21
1988-9-20
 Walks Allowed
1977-9-90
1979-4-103
1980-3-89
1982-9-71
1983-3-91
1984-4-88
1985-6-80
CAR-19-986
 Walks per 9IP
1988-5-1.4
1989-10-1.6
 OSLG
1979-10-.321
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jim Clancy (950)
  2. Larry McWilliams (940)
  3. Jack Morris (912)
  4. Dan Petry (909)
  5. Eric Rasmussen (895)
  6. Brian Holman (894)
  7. Mike Mason (886)
  8. Dave Rozema (884)
  9. Lary Sorensen (883)
  10. Roger Erickson (881)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Eric Rasmussen (992)
  2. Andy Rincon (986)
  3. Bob Kipper (977)
  4. Steve Rogers (976)
  5. Nino Espinosa (975)
  6. Jeff Robinson (969)
  7. Skip James (969)
  8. Craig Swan (959)
  9. Tom Seaver (958)
  10. Jon Matlack (953)
History
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 1 on 4/1/1977
Set a new season NL-Record for Strikeouts with 7 on 4/5/1977
Hit first career homerun on 6/21/1977, off Larry Demery (SDP)
Injured on 8/18/1977 with a Strained Back, out for 2-3 weeks
Pitched NO-HITTER against Houston on 9/22/1979, striking out 4
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1982, winning 2 games with a 3.21 ERA
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 7/8/1984 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1984, winning 2 games with a 0.52 ERA
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Injured on 7/22/1987 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with San Francisco in 1988
Injured on 8/20/1989 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 4/27/1991 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
 
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