MLB / Players

Frank Knauss

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb
Born1868 · Cleveland, OH, USA
MLB debutJune 25, 1890
Final gameMay 29, 1895
Seasons5 (1890–1895)

Columbus Solons 1890; Cleveland Spiders 1891; Cincinnati Reds 1892; Cleveland Spiders 1894; New York Giants 1895

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified pitchers

G
37
51.2
GS
34
51.2
W
17
47.6
L
12
62.2
SV
2
89
CG
28
46.3
SHO
3
79.3
H
206
75.6
ER
86
76.8
BB
106
45.1
SO
148
74.4
HR
3
84.1
IP
275.7
47.6
ERA
2.81
87.8
WHIP
1.132
96.3
K/9
4.83
89
FIP
3.59
70.7
FIP-
93.0
70.7
ERA+
137.6
91.5
sWAR
5.8
75.6

of 83 qualified 1890 pitchers (min 140 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
5.2
79.8

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18903711910618240211412060.226.311.292.60383.677.4.3055.8
18913661100000100.167.167.167.3339.0-2.9.159-0.4
18921430100001100.333.500.333.833157.5152.6.4320.1
18942641000011000.000.200.000.200-5.4-48.4.1550.0
18951110000000100.000.000.000.000-74.4-100.0.000-0.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1890373417122283206861061483275.72.811.1324.833.5993.0137.65.8
18913303010231286215.07.202.0673.605.74171.646.4-0.4
189210000001335208.03.382.2502.253.81116.097.30.1
1894220101077142011.05.731.9091.648.09151.893.00.0
18951100000972103.717.183.0002.454.6797.927.8-0.4

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

G
44
PA
136
AB
120
R
20
H
26
2B
0
3B
2
HR
1
RBI
15
BB
14
SO
3
SB
6
BA
.2167
OBP
.3037
SLG
.2750
OPS
.5787

Pitching

G (P)
44
GS
40
W
17
L
16
SV
2
CG
30
SHO
3
IP
313
SO (P)
159
BB allowed
135
ERA
3.303
WHIP
1.2543
K/9
4.57

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.