MLB / Players

Chuck Knoblauch

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 175 lb

BornJuly 7, 1968 · Houston, TX, USA

MLB debutApril 9, 1991

Final gameSeptember 27, 2002

Seasons12 (1991–2002)

Minnesota Twins 1991–1997; New York Yankees 1998–2001; Kansas City Royals 2002

Percentile snapshot

2001 season — qualified batters

137

18.6

600

40.4

521

35.3

17.9

130

21.2

3.8

48.1

14.1

RBI

5.8

55.8

70.5

96.8

14.1

.250

9.6

OBP

.339

42.9

SLG

.351

3.8

OPS

.691

10.9

wRC+

88.8

19.2

OPS+

84.5

wOBA

.316

20.5

sWAR

0.4

8.3

of 157 qualified 2001 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

110.9

63.6

OPS+

106.4

55.4

sWAR

35.3

97.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1991	151	634	565	78	159	24	6	1	50	59	40	25	5	.281	.351	.350	.701	96.4	92.4	.328	2.2
1992	155	707	600	104	178	19	6	2	56	88	60	34	13	.297	.384	.358	.743	114.7	107.9	.353	4.0
1993	153	685	602	82	167	27	4	2	41	65	44	29	11	.277	.354	.346	.699	93.7	89.0	.329	2.1
1994	109	499	445	85	139	45	3	5	51	41	56	35	6	.312	.381	.461	.841	117.3	115.2	.375	2.9
1995	136	629	538	107	179	34	8	11	63	78	95	46	18	.333	.424	.487	.911	140.2	135.8	.409	5.5
1996	153	701	578	140	197	35	14	13	72	98	74	45	14	.341	.448	.517	.965	145.5	141.6	.427	6.5
1997	156	716	611	117	178	26	10	9	58	84	84	62	10	.291	.390	.411	.800	113.1	108.7	.363	3.8
1998	150	706	603	117	160	25	4	17	64	76	70	31	12	.265	.361	.405	.765	108.0	104.6	.345	3.3
1999	150	715	603	120	176	36	4	18	68	83	57	28	9	.292	.393	.454	.848	124.2	120.1	.380	4.7
2000	102	457	400	75	113	22	2	5	26	46	45	15	7	.283	.366	.385	.751	98.7	94.2	.343	1.4
2001	137	600	521	66	130	20	3	9	44	58	73	38	9	.250	.339	.351	.691	88.8	84.5	.316	0.4
2002	80	336	300	41	63	9	0	6	22	28	32	19	3	.210	.284	.300	.584	46.6	48.9	.267	-1.4

Career totals

1,632

7,385

382nd-most career PA

6,366

426th-most career AB

1,132

238th-most career R

1,839

380th-most career H

322

404th-most career 2B

478th-most career 3B

RBI

615

804

269th-most career BB

730

407

70th-most career SB

.2889

437th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3777

208th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4057

OPS

.7834

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	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1998-08-03	NYY @ ATH Gameday	5	3	3	1	2	5	10
1999-07-30	NYY @ BOS Gameday	6	2	5	1	1	4	9
1996-07-06	KC @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	4	9
1999-04-14	BAL @ NYY Gameday	6	2	5	0	1	2	8
1995-09-11	MIN @ SEA Gameday	6	3	4	1	1	3	8

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× Silver Slugger1× Rookie of the Year1× Gold Glove4× 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.