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Bobby Knoop

Bobby Knoop

1964–1972  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 170 lb  ·  b. 1938 Sioux City, IA

Career 1,153 G · 856 H · 56 HR · 331 RBI · .236 AVG

Seasons leading his league
13
2 best in baseball 11 league only
34 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1966 Best season

Spanning 1964–1969, peaking at 6 titles in 1966.

Led in Second Base Double Plays for 3 straight seasons (1966–1968) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 329th League titles 13
  • 1,235th Best in baseball 2
  • 772nd Top-5 finishes 34

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Second Base Double Plays 4 1st 3 yrs (1966–1968) 1964 123 1966 AL 135 1967 AL 91 1968 AL 94 1970 #2
Second Base Range Factor 3 1st — 1969 5.50 1964 AL 5.46 1966 AL 5.40 1965 #2 1967 #2 1968 #2 1970 #3
Second Base Putouts 2 1st 2 yrs (1966–1967) 1966 AL 381 1967 AL 386 1964 #3 1965 #3 1968 #2
Second Base Assists 2 1st — 1964 AL 522 1966 AL 488 1965 #3 1967 #2 1968 #2 1969 #3 1970 #3
Second Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1966 AL .981 1967 #2 1970 #3
Triples 1 1st — 1966 AL 11

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1969 1 2B RF 5.50
1968 1 2B DP 94
1967 2 2B PO 386 2B DP 91
1966 6 2B A 488 2B PO 381 2B DP 135 3B 11 2B FPCT .981 2B RF 5.40
1964 3 2B A 522 2B DP 123 2B RF 5.46

Batting

  led the league   9 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 LAA AL 162 486 42 105 8 1 7 38 46 109 3 .216 .289 .280 .569
1965 CAL AL 142 465 47 125 24 4 7 43 31 101 3 .269 .313 .383 .696
1966 CAL AL 161 590 54 137 18 11 17 72 43 144 1 .232 .282 .386 .669
1967 CAL AL 159 511 51 125 18 5 9 38 44 136 2 .245 .305 .352 .657
1968 CAL AL 152 494 48 123 20 4 3 39 35 128 3 .249 .301 .324 .625
1969 CHA +1 AL 131 416 39 93 15 1 7 47 48 84 3 .224 .304 .315 .619
1970 CHA AL 130 402 34 92 13 2 5 36 34 79 0 .229 .290 .308 .598
1971 KCA AL 72 161 14 33 8 1 1 11 15 36 1 .205 .270 .286 .555
1972 KCA AL 44 97 8 23 5 0 0 7 9 16 0 .237 .299 .289 .588
Career — — 1,153 3,622 337 856 129 29 56 331 305 833 16 .236 .296 .334 .630

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1964 LAA AL 2B 161 156 1358.2 357 522 20 123 899 .978 5.46
1965 CAL AL 2B 142 131 1159.2 331 402 22 89 755 .971 5.16
1966 CAL AL 2B 161 160 1422.2 381 488 17 135 886 .981 5.40
1967 CAL AL 2B 159 153 1346.1 386 392 11 91 789 .986 4.89
1968 CAL AL 2B 151 146 1268.0 350 425 15 94 790 .981 5.13
1969 CHA AL 2B 131 124 1083.1 335 386 12 90 733 .984 5.50
1970 CHA AL 2B 126 117 1030.0 276 403 11 102 690 .984 5.39
1971 KCA AL 2B 52 41 398.0 89 120 7 31 216 .968 4.02
3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1972 KCA AL 2B 33 22 228.0 61 80 4 24 145 .972 4.27
3B 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
Career — — 2B 1,116 1,050 9294.2 2,566 3,218 119 779 5,903 .980 5.18
— — 3B 5 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00