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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-16 / in Starts: 19-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	59 (30-22-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (27-17-9)

Most Driven In
T Puhl	2
E Cabell	1
M Bailey	1
R Knight	1
P Garner	1
C Reynolds	1
Self	1
J Mumphrey	0

Most Driven In By
B Doran	2
Self	1
E Cabell	1
J Cruz	0
K Bass	0
J Mumphrey	0

1984 Batting Game Log

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1984 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	228	4 (3)	Apr 7	HOU		NYM	L,2-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.28	-0.079	2.88	-0.06%	-0.64	P
2	229	9 (4)	Apr 14	HOU		CIN	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.40	-0.030	.46	-0.02%	0.41	P
3	230	13 (3)	Apr 18	HOU		LAD	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	.75	-0.061	.85	-0.04%	-1.09	P
4	231	17 (3)	Apr 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	1.65	-0.055	2.52	-0.05%	-0.48	P
5	232	21 (3)	Apr 28	HOU		ATL	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	9	.63	-0.030	.55	-0.02%	-0.29	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	233	25 (3)	May 4	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	9	1.09	-0.053	.65	-0.02%	-0.36	P
7	234	29 (3)	May 9	HOU		PHI	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	9	.16	-0.009	.09	0.00%	-0.27	P
8	235	34 (4)	May 14	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.313	.489	9	1.13	0.136	.84	0.06%	0.82	P
9	236	38 (3)	May 19	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.263	.413	9	1.10	-0.078	.93	-0.04%	-0.80	P
10	237	42 (3)	May 23	HOU	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.125	.217	.342	9	.17	-0.017	.14	-0.01%	-0.66	P
11	238	47 (4)	May 29	HOU		STL	W,1-0	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.080	.148	.200	.348	9	1.04	-0.041	.62	-0.01%	-0.32	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	239	51 (3)	Jun 3	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	9	.74	0.033	.52	0.01%	0.32	P
13	240	56 (4)	Jun 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.219	.214	.433	9	2.21	-0.059	.82	-0.01%	-0.26	P
14	241	61 (4)	Jun 13	HOU		CIN	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.267	.502	9	.36	-0.002	.16	0.00%	0.07	P
15	242	66 (4)	Jun 19	HOU		SDP	L,0-2	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.258	.487	9	.75	-0.018	.69	-0.01%	-0.13	P
16	243	71 (4)	Jun 24	HOU		SFG	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.205	.229	.434	9	.56	-0.057	.30	-0.02%	-0.82	P
17	244	77 (5)	Jun 29	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.222	.422	9	.85	-0.023	.52	-0.01%	-0.21	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	245	82 (4)	Jul 4	HOU	@	NYM	W,10-5	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.233	.256	.489	9	.32	-0.003	.21	0.00%	-0.28	P
19	246	87 (4)	Jul 8	HOU	@	MON	L,5-8	2-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.250	.477	9	.20	-0.005	.17	0.00%	-0.21	P
20	247	91 (3)	Jul 15	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.213	.233	.445	9	.90	-0.064	.58	-0.03%	-0.42	P
21	248	96 (4)	Jul 20	HOU		MON	W,8-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.220	.222	.442	9	.18	0.004	.11	0.00%	-0.09	P
22	249	102 (5)	Jul 27	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.212	.213	.424	9	.66	-0.032	.51	-0.02%	-0.43	P
23	250	107 (4)	Jul 31	HOU		ATL	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.204	.204	.408	9	.89	-0.041	.23	-0.01%	-0.63	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	251	112 (4)	Aug 6	HOU		SFG	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.207	.226	.433	9	.29	-0.020	.01	0.00%	1.33	P
25	252	117 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,11-7	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.230	.250	.480	9	.67	0.104	.03	0.00%	1.70	P
26	253	122 (4)	Aug 15	HOU		CHC	W,6-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.169	.234	.254	.489	9	2.26	-0.234	.27	-0.02%	-1.66	P
27	254	126 (3)	Aug 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	9	3.07	-0.077	1.62	-0.03%	-0.76	P
28	255	131 (4)	Aug 25	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.217	.234	.452	9	1.11	-0.110	.51	-0.03%	-1.10	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	256	136 (4)	Sep 1	HOU	@	STL	W,8-4	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.217	.234	.452	9	1.08	-0.011	.17	0.00%	-0.18	P
30	257	141 (4)	Sep 6	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.243	.250	.493	9	.07	0.004	.01	0.00%	2.50	P
31	258	145 (3)	Sep 11	HOU		ATL	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.246	.486	9	.24	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.09	P
32	259	149 (3)	Sep 16	HOU		SDP	W,10-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.243	.480	9	.53	-0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.13	P
33	260	152 (2)	Sep 19	HOU		LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.244	.239	.483	9	1.01	0.025	.01	0.00%	0.17	P
34	261	156 (3)	Sep 23	HOU		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.235	.230	.464	9	.57	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
35	262	160 (3)	Sep 28	HOU	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.241	.237	.478	9	.69	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.57	P
							19-16		89	76	6	13	2	0	1	8	7	0	28	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	.171	.241	.237	.478		.78	-0.906	.43	-0.37%	-4.70

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