Bob Knepper

Full Name: Robert Wesley Knepper	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: September 10, 1976
Birthdate: May 25, 1954	Final Game: June 24, 1990
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on May 25, 1954 in Akron, Ohio, Bob Knepper (Robert Wesley Knepper) played for the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros over the course of his 15 year career. Knepper broke into the bigs on September 10, 1976 with the San Francisco Giants, and put up a 3.36 ERA in 166 innings pitched in 1977, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bob Knepper's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1978, when he posted a 2.63 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 147 batters. However, others believe that it was 1986, when he posted a 3.14 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 143 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1976	SF	N	4	4	1	2	3.24	11	9	9	0	0	0	25	26	0	7	1	2	0
1977	SF	N	27	27	11	9	3.36	100	73	62	6	2	0	166	151	14	72	2	6	3
1978	SF	N	36	35	17	11	2.63	147	85	76	16	6	0	260	218	10	85	11	6	4
1979	SF	N	34	34	9	12	4.64	123	117	107	6	2	0	207.1	241	30	77	8	6	3
1980	SF	N	35	33	9	16	4.10	103	114	98	8	1	0	215.1	242	15	61	10	2	8
1981	HOU	N	22	22	9	5	2.18	75	41	38	6	5	0	156.2	128	5	38	1	0	4
1982	HOU	N	33	29	5	15	4.45	108	100	89	4	0	1	180	193	14	60	4	8	3
1983	HOU	N	35	29	6	13	3.19	125	93	72	4	3	0	203	202	12	71	3	3	4
1984	HOU	N	35	34	15	10	3.20	140	93	83	11	3	0	233.2	223	26	55	5	2	1
1985	HOU	N	37	37	15	13	3.55	131	119	95	4	0	0	241	253	21	54	5	4	3
1986	HOU	N	40	38	17	12	3.14	143	100	90	8	5	0	258	232	19	62	13	5	4
1987	HOU	N	33	31	8	17	5.27	76	118	104	1	0	0	177.2	226	26	54	3	4	4
1988	HOU	N	27	27	14	5	3.14	103	70	61	3	2	0	175	156	13	67	2	6	2
1989	SF	N	13	6	3	2	3.46	19	20	20	1	1	0	52	55	4	15	2	1	1
1989	HOU	N	22	20	4	10	5.89	45	78	74	0	0	0	113	135	12	60	4	4	2
1989	TOT	N	35	26	7	12	5.13	64	98	94	1	1	0	165	190	16	75	6	5	3
1990	SF	N	12	7	3	3	5.68	24	28	28	0	0	0	44.1	56	7	19	4	1	1
Total			445	413	146	155	3.68	1473	1258	1106	78	30	1	2708	2737	228	857	78	60	47

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	SF	N	P	4	4	25	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000
1977	SF	N	P	27	27	166	10	21	1	1	2	18	6	1	.969
1978	SF	N	P	36	35	260	4	33	0	3	1	16	8	0	1.000
1979	SF	N	P	34	34	207.1	8	26	5	1	2	16	6	0	.872
1980	SF	N	P	35	33	215.1	7	45	3	3	2	31	9	1	.945
1981	HOU	N	P	22	22	156.2	6	26	3	1	1	15	8	1	.914
1982	HOU	N	P	33	29	180	8	32	1	3	3	28	11	2	.976
1983	HOU	N	P	35	29	203	2	40	3	4	0	31	6	1	.933
1984	HOU	N	P	35	34	233.2	7	32	2	2	6	9	13	1	.951
1985	HOU	N	P	37	37	241	5	30	3	1	0	10	11	0	.921
1986	HOU	N	P	40	38	258	23	47	3	6	1	16	9	1	.959
1987	HOU	N	P	33	31	177.2	7	39	2	2	1	16	7	0	.958
1988	HOU	N	P	27	27	175	6	39	2	3	0	9	8	1	.957
1989	SF	N	P	13	6	52	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1989	HOU	N	P	22	20	113	6	24	2	1	1	13	6	2	.938
1989	TOT	N	P	35	26	165	8	29	2	1	1	17	6	2	.949
1990	SF	N	P	12	7	44.1	1	8	0	0	0	3	1	1	1.000
Total			P	445	413	2708	103	451	30	32	20	235	110	12	.949

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1976	SF	N	4	9	0	1	0	1	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1977	SF	N	27	55	4	10	0	4	.182	.250	.200	1	0	5	18	0	5	0	1
1978	SF	N	36	79	2	5	0	5	.063	.126	.089	2	0	6	35	0	8	0	2
1979	SF	N	35	66	6	12	1	9	.182	.203	.288	4	0	1	24	1	9	0	0
1980	SF	N	35	66	3	10	0	7	.152	.171	.197	3	0	2	21	0	9	1	0
1981	HOU	N	22	47	3	7	1	3	.149	.167	.255	2	0	0	15	1	5	0	0
1982	HOU	N	33	52	2	3	0	0	.058	.125	.077	1	0	4	25	0	6	0	0
1983	HOU	N	35	66	5	12	1	5	.182	.200	.288	2	1	2	25	0	4	0	0
1984	HOU	N	35	76	6	13	1	8	.171	.241	.237	2	0	7	28	0	6	1	1
1985	HOU	N	38	78	5	11	1	5	.141	.162	.192	1	0	2	38	0	8	0	0
1986	HOU	N	42	91	2	9	0	1	.099	.099	.143	2	1	0	44	0	4	0	0
1987	HOU	N	33	51	2	5	0	1	.098	.113	.137	2	0	1	24	0	9	0	0
1988	HOU	N	27	48	1	6	0	3	.125	.157	.125	0	0	2	17	0	14	0	0
1989	SF	N	13	12	2	1	0	0	.083	.267	.167	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	0
1989	HOU	N	22	31	3	7	1	3	.226	.351	.452	4	0	6	6	0	2	0	1
1989	TOT	N	35	43	5	8	1	3	.186	.327	.372	5	0	9	9	0	3	0	1
1990	SF	N	12	13	1	3	0	4	.231	.231	.308	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Total			449	840	47	115	6	59	.137	.177	.196	28	2	41	333	2	90	2	5

[edit] Transactions

Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Chris Bourjos to Houston Astros in exchange for Enos Cabell (December 8, 1980).
Released by Houston Astros (July 28, 1989).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (August 4, 1989).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 5, 1990).
Released by San Francisco Giants (June 26, 1990).

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