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Lon Knight

Lon Knight

1875–1885  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'11", 165 lb  ·  b. 1853 Philadelphia, PA

Career 545 G · 555 H · 3 HR · 198 RBI · .243 AVG · 16–28 · 2.77 ERA · 31 SO · 412.0 IP

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.
Team records #1 Philadelphia Athletics career W #1 Philadelphia Athletics career SO #1 Philadelphia Athletics career IP #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1876 ERA #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1876 W #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1876 SO #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1876 WHIP #1 Philadelphia Athletics 1876 IP #2 Philadelphia Athletics career W #2 Philadelphia Athletics career SO

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

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
Pitcher Range Factor — #3 — 1876 #3
Outfield Assists — #2 — 1882 #3 1884 #2
Doubles — #3 — 1883 #3

Batting

8 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1875 PH1 NA 13 47 5 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 .128 .128 .170 .298
1876 PHN NL 55 240 32 60 9 3 0 24 2 2 0 .250 .256 .313 .569
1880 WOR NL 49 201 31 48 11 3 0 21 5 8 0 .239 .257 .323 .581
1881 DTN NL 83 340 67 92 16 3 1 52 23 21 0 .271 .317 .344 .661
1882 DTN NL 86 347 39 72 12 6 0 24 16 21 0 .207 .242 .277 .519
1883 PH4 AA 97 429 98 108 23 9 1 53 21 0 0 .252 .287 .354 .641
1884 PH4 AA 108 484 94 131 18 12 1 0 10 0 0 .271 .287 .364 .651
1885 PH4 +1 AA 54 200 25 38 2 1 0 22 20 17 0 .190 .267 .210 .477
Career — — 545 2,288 391 555 93 37 3 198 97 71 2 .243 .274 .319 .593

Pitching

4 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1875 PH1 NA 6 5 2.27 13 13 0 107.0 114 27 0 12 15 1.18
1876 PHN NL 10 22 2.62 34 32 0 282.0 383 82 0 34 12 1.48
1884 PH4 AA 0 1 9.00 2 1 0 14.0 24 14 0 4 2 2.00
1885 PH4 +1 AA 0 0 4.00 2 0 0 9.0 8 4 1 6 2 1.56
Career — — 16 28 2.77 51 46 0 412.0 529 127 1 56 31 1.42

Fielding

6 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1875 PH1 NA P 13 — 107.0 10 25 5 1 40 .875 2.69
SS 1 — 8.0 0 2 2 0 4 .500 2.00
1876 PHN NL P 34 — 282.0 33 41 18 1 92 .804 2.18
1B 13 — 85.0 91 3 8 6 102 .922 7.23
OF 9 — 68.0 15 0 3 0 18 .833 1.67
2B 6 — 45.0 17 4 11 3 32 .656 3.50
1880 WOR NL OF 49 — 458.0 47 22 11 1 80 .863 1.41
1881 DTN NL OF 82 — 713.0 116 21 17 6 154 .890 1.67
1B 1 — 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
2B 1 — 7.0 1 3 1 0 5 .800 4.00
1882 DTN NL OF 84 — 768.0 112 25 21 2 158 .867 1.63
1B 2 — 21.0 17 0 3 0 20 .850 8.50
1883 PH4 AA OF 93 — 834.0 123 22 24 5 169 .858 1.56
3B 3 — 28.0 2 10 3 0 15 .800 4.00
2B 2 — 15.0 4 5 1 0 10 .900 4.50
1884 PH4 AA OF 108 — 929.0 158 36 19 6 213 .911 1.80
P 2 — 14.0 0 3 0 0 3 1.000 1.50
1B 1 — 6.0 7 0 0 0 7 1.000 7.00
1885 PH4 AA OF 54 — 462.0 88 15 7 5 110 .936 1.91
P 2 — 9.0 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 1.00
Career — — OF 479 — 4232.0 659 141 102 25 902 .887 1.67
— — P 51 — 412.0 43 71 23 2 137 .832 2.24
— — 1B 17 — 114.0 117 3 11 6 131 .916 7.06
— — 2B 9 — 67.0 22 12 13 3 47 .723 3.78
— — 3B 3 — 28.0 2 10 3 0 15 .800 4.00
— — SS 1 — 8.0 0 2 2 0 4 .500 2.00