Jack Knott
[edit] Biography
Born on March 2, 1907 in Dallas, Texas, Jack Knott (John Henry Knott) played for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 11 year career. Knott broke into the bigs on April 13, 1933 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.01 ERA in 82.2 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Jack Knott's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1935, when he posted a 4.60 ERA and won 11 games. However, others believe that it was 1939, when he posted a 4.15 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 56 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1933
| STL
| A
| 20
| 9
| 1
| 8
| 5.01
| 19
| 51
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 82.2
| 88
| 11
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1934
| STL
| A
| 45
| 10
| 10
| 3
| 4.96
| 56
| 86
| 76
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 138
| 149
| 17
| 67
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| 48
| 19
| 11
| 8
| 4.60
| 45
| 119
| 96
| 7
| 2
| 7
| 187.2
| 219
| 8
| 78
| 0
| 7
| 1
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| 47
| 23
| 9
| 17
| 7.29
| 60
| 174
| 156
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 192.2
| 272
| 15
| 93
| 0
| 11
| 4
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| 38
| 22
| 8
| 18
| 4.89
| 74
| 117
| 104
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 191.1
| 220
| 25
| 91
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 7
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 4.80
| 8
| 19
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 35
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 20
| 18
| 5
| 10
| 4.05
| 35
| 70
| 59
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 131
| 135
| 8
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| TOT
| A
| 27
| 22
| 6
| 12
| 4.19
| 43
| 89
| 75
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 170
| 11
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 23
| 11
| 6
| 4.15
| 56
| 71
| 69
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 149.2
| 157
| 13
| 41
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 23
| 11
| 9
| 4.56
| 44
| 88
| 80
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 158
| 166
| 12
| 52
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 27
| 26
| 13
| 11
| 4.40
| 54
| 108
| 95
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 194.1
| 212
| 20
| 81
| 0
| 8
| 2
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 20
| 14
| 2
| 10
| 5.57
| 31
| 84
| 59
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 95.1
| 127
| 7
| 36
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.68
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 325
| 192
| 82
| 103
| 4.97
| 484
| 991
| 860
| 62
| 4
| 19
| 1557
| 1787
| 140
| 642
| 0
| 42
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1933
| STL
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1934
| STL
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 44
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 33
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 30
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1938
| TOT
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 35
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 29
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 24
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 325
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 286
| 18
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1933
| STL
| A
| 20
| 23
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .304
| .304
| .304
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| STL
| A
| 45
| 30
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .133
| .235
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| 48
| 61
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 6
| .115
| .129
| .148
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 27
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| 47
| 57
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 3
| .070
| .131
| .070
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 26
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| 38
| 57
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .140
| .155
| .140
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 20
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .125
| .167
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| TOT
| A
| 27
| 50
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .120
| .154
| .120
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 53
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .151
| .167
| .151
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 57
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .088
| .161
| .105
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 27
| 65
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .077
| .178
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 39
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 20
| 29
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .138
| .194
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| PHI
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 325
| 482
| 32
| 58
| 0
| 23
| .120
| .169
| .127
| 3
| 0
| 27
| 212
| 1
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Cox (June 11, 1938).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Dario Lodigiani (December 16, 1940).
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (May 18, 1946).
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