Kurt Knudsen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: February 20, 1967 in Arlington Heights, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from American River College (Sacramento, CA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL).

High School: Del Campo HS (Fair Oaks, CA)

Schools: American River College (Sacramento, CA), University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)

Debut: May 16, 1992 (Age 25-086d, 16,122nd in major league history)
vs. KCR 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 4, 1994 (Age 27-104d)
vs. MIN 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Full Name: Kurt David Knudsen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

ERA

5.07

113.2

WHIP

1.636

Summary of 20 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 4 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	20

Platoon
vs LHB	10
vs RHB	10

Home/Road
Away	13
Home	7

Outs
0	10
1	6
2	4

9 Opps
BOS	3
BAL	3
MIL	3
TOR	3
CLE	2
KCR	2
TEX	2
SEA	1
NYY	1

18 Batters
Robin Yount	2
Rafael Palmeiro	2
Devon White	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Mike Greenwell	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Phil Hiatt	1
Jesse Levis	1
Kevin Reimer	1
Charlie Hayes	1
Wally Joyner	1
Tim Naehring	1
John Olerud	1
Edgar Martínez	1
Chris Hoiles	1
Albert Belle	1
Wade Boggs	1
Roberto Alomar	1

9 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	7
7	5
89	4
8	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	6
3	4
4	3
5	3
1	3
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	12
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	11
1--	6
1-3	1
12-	1
123	1

33 Runs
RISP	3
0 on	11
1 on	6
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	9

Inning
4	1
6	6
7	3
8	8
9	1
Extra	1

4-6	7
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	3
-1	3
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	6

Ahead	3
Tied	3
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	5
0-0	3
1-2	2
0-2	2
3-1	2
0-1	1
1-1	1
2-0	1
2-1	1
3-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	5
1B	4
CF	3
C	3
3B	2
LF	1
SS	1
2B	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1992-06-03	Robin Yount	MIL		DET	behind 3-10	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	5	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); R. Yount Scores
2	2	2	1	1992-06-16	Devon White	TOR		DET	behind 2-4	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	8	14%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. White Scores
3	3	3	1	1992-06-18	Roberto Alomar	TOR		DET	behind 6-9	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	DH	19%	35%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. White Scores; R. Alomar Scores
4	4	4	1	1992-06-23	Tim Naehring	BOS	@	DET	behind 5-11	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Naehring Scores
5	5	5	2	1992-06-23	Wade Boggs	BOS	@	DET	behind 6-11	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); W. Boggs Scores
6	6	6	1	1992-07-04	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) .BFBBX	1	2	5	25%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Martínez Scores
7	7	7	1	1992-07-31	Albert Belle	CLE		DET	behind 4-6	b 7	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	4	DH	34%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Baerga Scores; A. Belle Scores
8	8	8	1	1992-09-23	Charlie Hayes	NYY		DET	behind 6-10	b 9	0	1--	3,(0-2) SSX	2	8	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Nokes Scores; C. Hayes Scores
9	9	9	1	1992-09-26	Jesse Levis	CLE	@	DET	tied 4-4	t 6	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	2	18%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Levis Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1993-06-10	John Olerud	TOR	@	DET	behind 2-5	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	5%	10%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
11	11	2	1	1993-06-19	Robin Yount	MIL	@	DET	behind 3-10	t 8	0	---	5,(2-2) ...FSBBX	1	3	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	3	2	1993-06-19	Kevin Reimer	MIL	@	DET	behind 4-10	t 8	0	1--	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	5	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Brunansky Scores
13	13	4	1	1993-06-22	Chris Hoiles	BAL		DET	tied 7-7	b 6	2	123	4,(1-2) FFBX	4	6	2	33%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive); C. Ripken Scores/unER; H. Baines Scores/unER; M. Devereaux Scores/unER; C. Hoiles Scores/unER
14	14	5	1	1993-06-27	Mike Greenwell	BOS		DET	ahead 5-0	b 6	2	1-3	2,(1-0) .BX	3	3	7	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball); S. Fletcher Scores; B. Hatcher Scores
15	15	6	1	1993-07-10	Phil Hiatt	KCR		DET	behind 5-6	b 6	0	1--	9,(3-2) .SCBFBF1FBX	2	7	DH	26%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Brooks Scores
16	16	7	2	1993-07-10	Wally Joyner	KCR		DET	behind 7-9	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	14%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	8	1	1993-07-15	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX		DET	tied 7-7	b 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	3	3	22%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Franco Scores
18	18	9	2	1993-07-15	Iván Rodríguez	TEX		DET	ahead 9-7	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	5%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1994-05-30	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL		DET	behind 2-3	b 10	1	---	3,(0-2) SCX	1	3	3	46%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	2	1	1994-06-02	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		DET	ahead 5-4	b 4	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	4	6	21%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Voigt Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores