Jimmy Knowles

HandednessBats Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 160 lb

BornSeptember 5, 1856 · Toronto, ON, CAN

MLB debutMay 2, 1884

Final gameOctober 12, 1892

Seasons5 (1884–1892)

Brooklyn Atlantics 1884; Pittsburg Alleghenys 1884; Washington Nationals 1886; New York Metropolitans 1887; Rochester Broncos 1890; New York Giants 1892

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified batters

123

45.9

551

46.6

491

39.9

138

55.4

11.5

41.2

70.9

RBI

79.7

64.2

72.3

84.5

.281

56.1

OBP

.359

SLG

.369

47.3

OPS

.728

49.3

wRC+

110.7

60.1

OPS+

114.0

61.5

wOBA

.360

sWAR

2.8

65.5

of 149 qualified 1890 batters (min 412 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

2.7

72.9

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
1884	87	346	335	38	78	10	8	1	0	8	0	0	.233	.257	.319	.577	89.8	86.9	.263	0.2
1886	115	458	443	43	94	16	11	3	35	15	73	20	.212	.238	.318	.556	73.0	67.6	.255	0.1
1887	16	61	60	12	15	1	1	0	6	1	2	6	.250	.262	.300	.562	64.1	55.6	.264	-0.1
1890	123	551	491	83	138	12	8	5	84	59	0	55	.281	.359	.369	.728	110.7	114.0	.360	2.8
1892	16	65	59	9	9	1	0	0	7	6	8	2	.153	.231	.169	.400	38.0	21.2	.210	-0.3

Career totals

357

1,481

1,388

185

334

RBI

132

.2406

OBP

.2883

SLG

.3293

OPS

.6176

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.