Ray Knight

Full Name: Charles Ray Knight	Primary Position: 3B,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: September 10, 1974
Birthdate: December 28, 1952	Final Game: October 2, 1988
Birthplace: Albany, Georgia	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Ray Knight (Charles Ray Knight) was born on December 28, 1952 in Albany, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1974 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1979, his rookie year, he hit .318 with 10 home runs and 79 RBI. Knight played for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Ray Knight's best season was 1980, when he knocked in 78 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1974	CIN	N	14	11	1	2	0	2	.182	.250	.273	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
1977	CIN	N	80	92	8	24	1	13	.261	.324	.370	5	1	9	16	0	1	1	1	0
1978	CIN	N	83	65	7	13	1	4	.200	.235	.292	3	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	4
1979	CIN	N	150	551	64	175	10	79	.318	.360	.454	37	4	38	57	3	4	4	4	20
1980	CIN	N	162	618	71	163	14	78	.264	.307	.417	39	7	36	62	4	5	1	9	24
1981	CIN	N	106	386	43	100	6	34	.259	.322	.370	23	1	33	51	4	3	2	3	18
1982	HOU	N	158	609	72	179	6	70	.294	.344	.402	36	6	48	58	5	1	2	9	16
1983	HOU	N	145	507	43	154	9	70	.304	.355	.444	36	4	42	62	4	3	0	9	17
1984	NY	N	27	93	13	26	1	6	.280	.337	.355	4	0	7	13	1	0	0	1	1
1984	HOU	N	88	278	15	62	2	29	.223	.259	.281	10	0	14	30	1	0	0	1	4
1984	TOT	N	115	371	28	88	3	35	.237	.279	.299	14	0	21	43	2	0	0	2	5
1985	NY	N	90	271	22	59	6	36	.218	.252	.328	12	0	13	32	1	0	1	1	17
1986	NY	N	137	486	51	145	11	76	.298	.351	.424	24	2	40	63	4	3	2	2	19
1987	BAL	A	150	563	46	144	14	65	.256	.310	.373	24	0	39	90	6	0	0	3	16
1988	DET	A	105	299	34	65	3	33	.217	.271	.301	12	2	20	30	3	2	1	0	12
Total	NL		1240	3967	410	1102	67	497	.278	.326	.399	230	25	284	459	27	20	13	40	141
Total	AL		255	862	80	209	17	98	.242	.297	.348	36	2	59	120	9	2	1	3	28
Total			1495	4829	490	1311	84	595	.271	.321	.390	266	27	343	579	36	22	14	43	169

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1974	CIN	N	3B	14	1	40.2	2	8	0	0	1.000
1977	CIN	N	OF	5	2	22	6	0	0	0	1.000
1977	CIN	N	3B	38	1	91.1	11	21	2	2	.941
1977	CIN	N	LF	5	2	22	7	0	0	0	1.000
1977	CIN	N	2B	16	8	87.2	28	23	2	5	.962
1977	CIN	N	SS	3	1	8	0	2	0	1	1.000
1978	CIN	N	3B	60	7	145	8	38	7	1	.868
1978	CIN	N	LF	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1978	CIN	N	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	CIN	N	2B	4	0	8	1	2	0	0	1.000
1978	CIN	N	1B	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000
1978	CIN	N	OF	3	1	10	2	1	0	0	1.000
1978	CIN	N	RF	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	1.000
1979	CIN	N	3B	149	149	1294.1	120	262	15	26	.962
1980	CIN	N	3B	162	161	1416.1	120	291	13	19	.969
1981	CIN	N	3B	105	104	923	69	176	11	18	.957
1982	HOU	N	3B	67	65	564.1	57	131	7	18	.964
1982	HOU	N	1B	96	93	829.2	945	55	10	76	.990
1983	HOU	N	1B	143	141	1182.2	1285	73	9	131	.993
1984	NY	N	3B	27	27	229	14	36	2	4	.962
1984	NY	N	1B	3	0	6	6	1	0	1	1.000
1984	HOU	N	1B	24	21	196	199	9	0	16	1.000
1984	HOU	N	3B	54	48	433	37	86	7	6	.946
1984	TOT	N	1B	27	21	202	205	10	0	17	1.000
1984	TOT	N	3B	81	75	662	51	122	9	10	.951
1985	NY	N	3B	73	67	592	52	109	7	5	.958
1985	NY	N	2B	2	1	7.1	2	3	0	0	1.000
1985	NY	N	1B	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1.000
1986	NY	N	3B	132	130	1139.2	88	204	16	17	.948
1986	NY	N	1B	1	0	4	6	0	0	0	1.000
1987	BAL	A	DH	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	BAL	A	1B	6	5	45	59	2	1	7	.984
1987	BAL	A	3B	130	128	1123.1	110	282	18	28	.956
1988	DET	A	DH	25	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	DET	A	OF	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	DET	A	3B	11	6	55	6	9	0	0	1.000
1988	DET	A	1B	64	53	466	432	33	4	40	.991
1988	DET	A	LF	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	1022	894	8047	694	1653	105	144	.957
Total			OF	10	3	35	8	1	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	339	313	2733.1	2936	174	24	271	.992
Total			DH	39	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	22	9	103	31	28	2	5	.967
Total			LF	9	2	27	7	1	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	4	1	9	0	2	0	1	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Houston Astros in exchange for Cesar Cedeno (December 18, 1981).
Traded by Houston Astros to New York Mets in exchange for 3 players to be named later (August 28, 1984); Houston Astros received Gerald Young and Manuel Lee (August 31, 1984) and Mitch Cook (September 10, 1984).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (February 12, 1987).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Mark Thurmond (February 27, 1988).
Released by Detroit Tigers (November 16, 1988).