MLB / Players

Bob Knepper

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 195 lb

BornMay 25, 1954 · Akron, OH, USA

MLB debutSeptember 10, 1976

Final gameJune 24, 1990

Seasons15 (1976–1990)

San Francisco Giants 1976–1980; Houston Astros 1981–1989; San Francisco Giants 1989–1990

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified pitchers

76.6

3.9

2.6

1.3

SHO

24.7

190

51.9

14.3

33.8

2.6

46.8

165.0

1.3

ERA

5.13

1.3

WHIP

1.606

K/9

3.49

5.2

FIP

4.56

2.6

FIP-

134.2

1.3

ERA+

66.4

sWAR

-1.3

of 78 qualified 1989 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

95.6

20.6

sWAR

22.1

94.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1976	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-58.8	-37.3	.105	0.3
1977	27	65	55	4	10	1	0	0	4	5	18	0	.182	.250	.200	.450	23.4	23.4	.222	2.8
1978	36	95	79	2	5	2	0	0	5	6	35	0	.063	.126	.089	.215	-46.3	-37.6	.115	4.9
1979	35	78	66	6	12	4	0	1	9	1	24	0	.182	.203	.288	.491	29.5	36.7	.223	-0.4
1980	35	79	66	3	10	3	0	0	7	2	21	1	.152	.171	.197	.368	-7.3	4.3	.172	0.5
1981	22	53	47	3	7	2	0	1	3	0	15	0	.149	.167	.255	.422	9.9	21.3	.195	3.9
1982	33	62	52	2	3	1	0	0	0	4	25	0	.058	.125	.077	.202	-43.4	-40.1	.111	-0.8
1983	35	74	66	5	12	2	1	1	5	2	25	0	.182	.200	.288	.488	29.4	38.0	.221	2.9
1984	35	89	76	6	13	2	0	1	8	7	28	1	.171	.241	.237	.478	40.6	39.5	.234	3.2
1985	38	88	78	5	11	1	0	1	5	2	38	0	.141	.163	.192	.355	-9.2	0.8	.166	2.2
1986	42	95	91	2	9	2	1	0	1	0	44	0	.099	.099	.143	.242	-49.7	-32.9	.109	3.7
1987	33	62	51	2	5	2	0	0	1	1	24	0	.098	.113	.137	.250	-44.2	-32.5	.114	-1.1
1988	27	65	48	1	6	0	0	0	3	2	17	0	.125	.157	.125	.282	-25.8	-16.3	.139	2.1
1989	35	55	43	5	8	5	0	1	3	9	9	0	.186	.327	.372	.699	112.0	102.4	.334	-1.3
1990	12	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	7	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	43.2	49.6	.243	-0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1976	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	26	9	7	11	0	25.0	3.24	1.320	3.96	2.61	72.5	111.0	0.3
1977	27	27	11	9	0	6	2	151	62	72	100	14	166.0	3.36	1.343	5.42	3.98	102.4	115.7	2.8
1978	36	35	17	11	0	16	6	218	76	85	147	10	260.0	2.63	1.165	5.09	3.02	87.3	131.5	4.9
1979	34	34	9	12	0	6	2	241	107	77	123	30	207.3	4.64	1.534	5.34	4.54	128.7	76.0	-0.4
1980	35	33	9	16	0	8	1	242	98	61	103	15	215.3	4.10	1.407	4.30	3.66	103.9	85.9	0.5
1981	22	22	9	5	0	6	5	128	38	38	75	5	156.7	2.18	1.060	4.31	2.93	87.7	153.2	3.9
1982	33	29	5	15	1	4	0	193	89	60	108	14	180.0	4.45	1.406	5.40	3.61	106.7	76.0	-0.8
1983	35	29	6	13	0	4	3	202	72	71	125	12	203.0	3.19	1.345	5.54	3.32	96.7	107.6	2.9
1984	35	34	15	10	0	11	3	223	83	55	140	26	233.7	3.20	1.190	5.39	3.76	111.2	105.7	3.2
1985	37	37	15	13	0	4	0	253	95	54	131	21	241.0	3.55	1.274	4.89	3.37	96.8	98.3	2.2
1986	40	38	17	12	0	8	5	232	90	62	143	19	258.0	3.14	1.140	4.99	3.36	93.1	115.0	3.7
1987	33	31	8	17	0	1	0	226	104	54	76	26	177.7	5.27	1.576	3.85	4.89	124.8	74.4	-1.1
1988	27	27	14	5	0	3	2	156	61	67	103	13	175.0	3.14	1.274	5.30	3.68	110.4	106.3	2.1
1989	35	26	7	12	0	1	1	190	94	75	64	16	165.0	5.13	1.606	3.49	4.56	134.2	66.4	-1.3
1990	12	7	3	3	0	0	0	56	28	19	24	7	44.3	5.68	1.692	4.87	5.13	139.3	64.8	-0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

449

982

840

115

RBI

333

.1369

OBP

.1771

SLG

.1964

OPS

.3735

Pitching

G (P)

445

413

121st-most career GS

146

277th-most career W

155

149th-most career L

SHO

111th-most career SHO

2,708

199th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,473

251st-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

857

197th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.676

WHIP

1.3272

K/9

4.90

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1985-06-29	HOU @ SF Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	4	5
1979-05-25	ATL @ SF Gameday	3	2	2	0	1	1	5
1981-09-24	ATL @ HOU Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	1	5
1989-06-19	HOU @ SF Gameday	2	1	2	0	1	1	5
1983-06-09	SF @ HOU Gameday	3	0	2	1	0	1	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1978-04-21	CIN @ SF Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	2	10
1983-06-09	SF @ HOU Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	5	10
1978-09-03	PHI @ SF Gameday	9.0	7	1	1	0	9
1981-09-02	NYM @ HOU Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	1	9
1983-08-15	HOU @ CIN Gameday	9.0	11	1	1	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.