Chris Knapp

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 195lb (196cm, 88kg)

Born: September 16, 1953 in Cherry Point, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (11th) of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI).

High School: Lakeshore HS (St. Clair Shores, MI)

Schools: Kalamazoo Valley Community College (Kalamazoo, MI), Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)

Debut: September 4, 1975 (Age 21-353d, 13,688th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 27-019d)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Robert Christian Knapp

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.99

122

604.1

355

WHIP

1.476

Summary of 72 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 23 go ahead

2 Tms
CAL	51
CHW	21

Platoon
vs RHB	43
vs LHB	29

Home/Road
Away	38
Home	34

Outs
0	25
1	24
2	23

13 Opps
KCR	9
BOS	7
TEX	7
MIL	7
OAK	6
CHW	6
TOR	6
MIN	5
CLE	5
NYY	4
SEA	4
BAL	3
DET	3

54 Batters
Darrell Porter	3
Bobby Bonds	3
Reggie Jackson	2
Graig Nettles	2
Amos Otis	2
George Scott	2
Al Woods	2
Toby Harrah	2
Wayne Gross	2
Claudell Washington	2
Ben Oglivie	2
Eric Soderholm	2
Leon Roberts	2
Butch Hobson	2
Hal McRae	2
Lance Parrish	2
Paul Dade	1
Clint Hurdle	1
Charlie Moore	1
Otto Vélez	1
Dan Ford	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Steve Braun	1
Rico Carty	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Barry Bonnell	1
Mario Guerrero	1
Ken Singleton	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Lyman Bostock	1
Tom Paciorek	1
Sal Bando	1
Bob Randall	1
Bruce Bochte	1
Dwight Evans	1
Dick Allen	1
Larvell Blanks	1
Gary Gray	1
Eddie Murray	1
Earl Williams	1
Wayne Nordhagen	1
George Brett	1
Willie Horton	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Tony Armas	1
Rusty Staub	1
Buddy Bell	1
Willie Montañez	1
Roy Smalley	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Thad Bosley	1
Chet Lemon	1
Gorman Thomas	1

13 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	24
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	14
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
Arlington St (ARL)	5
County Stad (MIL)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	34
9	24
8	3
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	15
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	10
-2-	10
12-	3
-23	3
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

110 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	43
1 on	21
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	10
2	11
3	11
4	14
5	5
6	9
7	7
8	5

1-3	32
4-6	28
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	3
+2	5
+1	9
Tied	21
-1	6
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	11

Ahead	26
Tied	21
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	16
3B	12
DH	11
1B	8
C	8
CF	6
LF	5
SS	4
PH/DH	1
2B	1

OrderPos
5th	13
4th	13
7th	11
6th	10
3rd	9
9th	6
1st	4
8th	3
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1976-06-23 (2)	Bob Randall	MIN		CHW	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	9	4	12%	42%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1976-07-24	Lyman Bostock	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	---	1	4	8	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1976-07-24	Steve Braun	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 8-2	t 7	2	12-	3	1	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Cubbage Scores; J. Terrell Scores
4	4	4	3	1976-07-24	Dan Ford	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 12-2	t 8	0	12-	3	7	PH/DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Hisle Scores/unER; M. Cubbage Scores
5	5	5	1	1976-10-01	Jim Sundberg	TEX		CHW	behind 0-1	b 2	2	-2-	2	9	2	22%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1977-04-24 (1)	Earl Williams	OAK		CHW	behind 1-6	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	5%	15%		Home Run
7	7	2	2	1977-04-24 (1)	Dick Allen	OAK		CHW	behind 2-8	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	3	5%	8%		Home Run; B. North Scores
8	8	3	1	1977-04-30	Claudell Washington	TEX	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	3	7	21%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Campaneris Scores/unER; C. Washington Scores/unER
9	9	4	1	1977-05-07	Larvell Blanks	CLE		CHW	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---	1	6	6	13%	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	5	2	1977-05-07	Buddy Bell	CLE		CHW	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	1	7	5	19%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	6	1	1977-05-18	Darrell Porter	KCR	@	CHW	behind 1-5	t 6	2	---	1	5	2	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	7	1	1977-05-25	Sixto Lezcano	MIL		CHW	behind 0-3	b 1	1	1--	2	3	9	16%	42%		Home Run; D. Money Scores; S. Lezcano Scores
13	13	8	1	1977-06-14	George Scott	BOS		CHW	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	3	13%	51%		Home Run
14	14	9	2	1977-06-14	Bernie Carbo	BOS		CHW	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1	7	9	13%	64%		Home Run
15	15	10	1	1977-07-26	Rusty Staub	DET	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	DH	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Fuentes Scores
16	16	11	1	1977-07-31 (2)	George Brett	KCR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	1	5	18%	70%		Home Run; F. White Scores/unER
17	17	12	2	1977-07-31 (2)	Hal McRae	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	---	1	2	DH	9%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	13	3	1977-07-31 (2)	Amos Otis	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	---	1	6	8	4%	96%		Home Run
19	19	14	1	1977-08-05	Amos Otis	KCR		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	8	18%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Mayberry Scores
20	20	15	2	1977-08-05	Darrell Porter	KCR		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	8%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	16	1	1977-09-21	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	CHW	behind 0-4	t 3	0	---	1	7	5	6%	20%		Home Run
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1978-04-14	Wayne Gross	OAK		CAL	tied 1-1	b 7	1	---	1	7	5	24%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1978-04-30	Rico Carty	TOR	@	CAL	ahead 4-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	4	DH	8%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
24	24	3	1	1978-05-06	Paul Dade	CLE	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	1978-05-29	Thad Bosley	CHW		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	2	1978-05-29	Chet Lemon	CHW		CAL	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	DH	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	6	1	1978-06-03	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	CAL	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	---	1	9	5	13%	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	7	1	1978-06-08	Mario Guerrero	OAK		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	6	17%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Thomasson Scores
29	29	8	1	1978-06-13	George Scott	BOS		CAL	tied 0-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	7	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Fisk Scores
30	30	9	2	1978-06-13	Butch Hobson	BOS		CAL	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---	1	9	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	10	1	1978-06-23 (1)	Bobby Bonds	TEX		CAL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	-23	3	5	9	10%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores; R. Zisk Scores
32	32	11	2	1978-06-23 (1)	Bobby Bonds	TEX		CAL	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	12-	3	5	9	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores; B. Wills Scores
33	33	12	1	1978-07-08 (1)	Leon Roberts	SEA	@	CAL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	11%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	13	2	1978-07-08 (1)	Bruce Bochte	SEA	@	CAL	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---	1	4	DH	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	14	1	1978-08-12 (2)	Leon Roberts	SEA		CAL	behind 0-1	b 3	1	123	4	4	9	29%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Plummer Scores; J. Cruz Scores/unER; C. Reynolds Scores
36	36	15	1	1978-08-18	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	3	14%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	16	2	1978-08-18	Doug DeCinces	BAL	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	5	12%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	17	1	1978-08-23	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	CAL	behind 0-4	t 4	2	---	1	6	5	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	18	1	1978-08-29	Reggie Jackson	NYY		CAL	behind 0-2	b 7	1	1--	2	4	9	34%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Munson Scores
40	40	19	1	1978-09-03	Willie Horton	TOR		CAL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	DH	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	20	1	1978-09-08	Hal McRae	KCR	@	CAL	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---	1	2	DH	18%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	21	2	1978-09-08	Darrell Porter	KCR	@	CAL	tied 1-1	t 6	1	-2-	2	4	2	25%	78%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. LaCock Scores
43	43	22	1	1978-09-13	Bobby Bonds	TEX		CAL	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	10%	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	23	2	1978-09-13	Toby Harrah	TEX		CAL	behind 1-3	b 7	1	--3	2	9	6	28%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores
45	45	24	1	1978-09-23	Eric Soderholm	CHW		CAL	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	11%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	25	1	1978-09-30	Claudell Washington	CHW	@	CAL	behind 0-3	t 6	2	---	1	6	9	7%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1979-04-18	Roy Smalley	MIN		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	10%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	2	1	1979-05-08	Dwight Evans	BOS		CAL	behind 0-9	b 5	0	---	1	8	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	3	1	1979-05-13	Graig Nettles	NYY		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3	3	3	5	14%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores; T. Munson Scores
50	50	4	1	1979-05-19	Eric Soderholm	CHW	@	CAL	behind 4-9	t 8	2	---	1	4	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	5	1	1979-05-24	Ben Oglivie	MIL		CAL	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	-23	3	5	9	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Cooper Scores; D. Davis Scores; B. Oglivie Scores
52	52	6	2	1979-05-24	Sal Bando	MIL		CAL	ahead 6-0	b 3	2	---	1	7	DH	2%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); S. Bando Scores
53	53	7	1	1979-08-14	Lance Parrish	DET	@	CAL	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	8	1	1979-09-22	Willie Montañez	TEX	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	3	13%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1980-05-07	Al Woods	TOR	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	7	16%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Bosetti Scores
56	56	2	2	1980-05-07	Otto Vélez	TOR	@	CAL	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	1--	2	4	DH	19%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bosetti Scores
57	57	3	1	1980-05-14	Toby Harrah	CLE		CAL	behind 4-11	b 4	0	---	1	7	5	2%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	4	1	1980-05-23	Clint Hurdle	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 10-3	t 6	0	-2-	2	8	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Chalk Scores
59	59	5	1	1980-06-11	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	CAL	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	9	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
60	60	6	1	1980-06-27	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	8	11%	61%		Home Run (LF-CF)
61	61	7	2	1980-06-27	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	10%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	8	1	1980-06-30	Wayne Nordhagen	CHW		CAL	tied 1-1	b 1	1	-23	3	5	DH	16%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Baines Scores; L. Johnson Scores
63	63	9	1	1980-07-05	Cecil Cooper	MIL		CAL	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	-2-	2	3	3	12%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Money Scores
64	64	10	1	1980-07-11	Tony Armas	OAK		CAL	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1--	2	6	9	14%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Gross Scores
65	65	11	1	1980-07-17	Gary Gray	CLE	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	6	DH	8%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	12	1	1980-07-22	Lance Parrish	DET	@	CAL	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	7	2	6%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	13	1	1980-08-01	Al Woods	TOR		CAL	behind 0-6	b 4	1	1--	2	5	7	7%	13%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Vélez Scores
68	68	14	2	1980-08-01	Barry Bonnell	TOR		CAL	behind 2-6	b 4	2	---	1	7	8	6%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	15	1	1980-08-12	Tom Paciorek	SEA		CAL	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	1--	2	4	3	18%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Meyer Scores
70	70	16	1	1980-08-26	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	CAL	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	1--	2	5	3	11%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rice Scores
71	71	17	1	1980-08-31	Ken Singleton	BAL		CAL	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	9	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	18	1	1980-10-01	Charlie Moore	MIL	@	CAL	tied 4-4	t 4	2	---	1	9	2	14%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)