Bob Knepper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 25, 1954 in Akron, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calistoga HS (Calistoga, CA).

High School: Calistoga HS (Calistoga, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1976 (Age 22-108d, 13,805th in major league history)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: June 24, 1990 (Age 36-030d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Robert Wesley Knepper

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.8

146

155

ERA

3.68

445

413

2708.0

1473

WHIP

1.327

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-21 / in Starts: 12-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 0

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	339	2	Apr 7	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	GS-4		99	4.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	9.00	4.37	19	7	4	1	0	6	32			1	0	0	17	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.252	1.70	-0.25%	-2.06	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
2	340	6	Apr 12	HOU		MON	W,1-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.1	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.18	3.22	29	13	4	0	1	6	68			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.219	2.35	0.21%	2.32	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
3	341	10	Apr 17	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	4.0	9	7	5	1	2	1	1	5.28	4.11	23	6	4	0	1	9	21			2	2	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.458	1.89	-0.57%	-3.75	1b start a 1	5b 123 0 out a2
4	342	14	Apr 21	HOU		ATL	W,7-6	GS-6		3	6.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	5.91	4.56	27	7	10	1	0	7	37			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	1	0	.92	-0.215	1.50	-0.21%	-2.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
5	343	19	Apr 26	HOU		CIN	L,3-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	12	5	5	1	3	1	0	6.49	4.62	26	9	1	0	0	12	25			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.275	1.11	-0.33%	-2.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
6	344	21	Apr 29	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	6.04	4.25	7	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.035	.36	0.03%	0.96	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	345	24	May 3	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	6-6		3	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.83	4.20	6	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.048	1.19	-0.05%	-0.48	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
8	346	31	May 12	HOU		PHI	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-2)	8	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.35	3.89	25	9	4	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.098	1.13	0.07%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
9	347	36	May 17	HOU		CHC	L,4-6	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	4.0	5	6	6	2	4	4	0	6.18	5.06	18	5	3	1	0	4	30			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.358	.88	-0.29%	-4.06	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
10	348	41	May 23	HOU		STL	L,3-4	GS-3	L(2-4)	5	3.0	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	6.59	5.35	15	3	6	1	0	4	33			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.282	1.30	-0.20%	-2.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
11	349	47	May 30	HOU	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	6	7.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.20	5.02	29	15	12	6	1	0	49			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.010	1.19	-0.01%	0.60	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	350	51	Jun 3	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-22	GS-1	L(2-6)	3	1.0	7	9	9	2	1	3	0	7.69	5.83	12	1	8	2	1	0	2			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.598	1.34	-0.51%	-8.48	1b start a 2	1b 3 out d7
13	351	55	Jun 8	HOU		SDP	L,4-5	GS-8	L(2-7)	4	7.2	11	5	2	0	6	1	0	6.98	5.46	34	12	5	0	0	11	49			1	1	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.409	1.69	-0.32%	-1.35	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d1
14	352	60	Jun 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-7	GS-5	L(2-8)	4	5.0	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	7.00	5.30	22	12	9	4	2	0	32			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	2	0	0	.65	-0.158	1.29	-0.19%	-1.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
15	353	65	Jun 18	HOU		LAD	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.1	5	3	2	0	1	2	0	6.72	5.46	21	10	5	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.01	-0.155	2.30	-0.21%	-1.02	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out tie
16	354	72	Jun 26	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-6	GS-8	W(3-8)	7	7.0	6	4	4	1	3	3	0	6.57	5.70	27	12	5	1	0	6	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.015	2.52	0.03%	-0.61	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	355	77	Jul 2	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-5		5	4.2	8	6	5	2	3	0	0	6.75	5.53	25	10	9	6	0	1	27			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.478	2.78	-0.64%	-4.02	1b start a 1	5b -23 2 out d2
18	356	82	Jul 7	HOU		MON	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-9)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	2	6.34	5.35	33	10	12	2	0	6	63			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.099	2.10	0.14%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
19	357	87	Jul 12	HOU		NYM	L,2-5	GS-7	L(3-10)	4	7.0	6	3	2	3	5	1	0	6.06	5.29	30	11	5	0	1	6	57			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.031	2.09	-0.04%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	358	90	Jul 18	HOU		PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-11)	5	6.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	0	6.06	5.25	28	8	6	1	0	10	38			0	0	0	27	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.257	2.46	-0.35%	-1.01	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d1
21	359	96	Jul 24(2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS-3	L(3-12)	5	3.0	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	6.23	5.34	18	7	8	3	0	0	28			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.306	2.44	-0.34%	-2.56	1b start a 2	3b 3 out d2
22	360	101	Jul 30	HOU	@	ATL	W,8-5	GS-5	W(4-12)	5	5.0	6	2	1	2	0	1	0	6.03	5.40	23	10	10	2	0	1	47			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	1	.86	-0.002	1.56	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	361	106	Aug 4	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	5.99	5.37	25	9	6	0	0	5	49			2	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.087	2.52	0.15%	0.90	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a2
24	362	110	Aug 9	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-13)	4	6.0	10	4	3	3	3	1	0	5.92	5.38	29	9	14	4	0	0	38			0	1	1	26	0	3	0	2	0	0	.99	-0.194	2.26	-0.27%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
25	363	115	Aug 14	HOU		ATL	W,8-4	GS-8	W(5-13)	4	7.1	11	4	4	0	3	1	0	5.86	5.29	33	11	8	0	0	11	43			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	.68	0.009	1.04	0.01%	-1.06	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out a3
26	364	120	Aug 19	HOU		STL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(6-13)	4	7.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.63	5.18	23	13	3	0	1	3	67			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.242	2.36	0.41%	2.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	365	125	Aug 24	HOU	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(7-13)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.40	5.02	36	18	12	7	0	0	67			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.471	4.46	1.03%	2.63	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
28	366	130	Aug 30	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-7	GS-6	L(7-14)	5	5.1	8	6	5	1	1	1	0	5.51	5.04	25	9	13	3	0	1	30			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.155	2.85	-0.26%	-3.38	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	367	135	Sep 5	HOU		PIT	W,5-1	GS-8	W(8-14)	5	8.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.23	4.89	29	11	9	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.352	1.88	0.44%	3.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
30	368	140	Sep 10	HOU	@	SDP	L,7-8	GS-4		4	3.0	7	3	3	5	1	1	0	5.30	5.02	19	4	2	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.339	1.90	-0.37%	-3.03	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out tie
31	369	144	Sep 15	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(8-15)	4	6.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.27	4.97	27	8	5	0	0	9	41			3	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.13	-0.093	.71	-0.04%	-0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
32	370	150	Sep 22	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS-3	L(8-16)	6	3.0	6	5	3	4	1	0	0	5.34	4.99	18	6	7	3	0	0	28			1	1	0	14	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.05	-0.261	.00	0.00%	-3.43	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
33	371	155	Sep 27	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-8	L(8-17)	4	7.1	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	5.27	4.90	31	14	9	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.127	.00	0.00%	1.99	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a1
							12-21		W-L:8-17	4.4	177.2	226	118	104	54	76	26	4	5.27	4.90	792	1.32		11%	2%	144	42	0	---%	16	7	1	723	37	11	3	21	4	10	.99	-3.580	1.82	-2.93%	-30.71

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