MLB / Players

Phil Knell

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 154 lb
BornMarch 12, 1865 · Mill Valley, CA, USA
MLB debutJuly 6, 1888
Final gameSeptember 29, 1895
Seasons6 (1888–1895)

Pittsburg Alleghenys 1888; Philadelphia Athletics 1890; Columbus Solons 1891; Philadelphia Phillies 1892; Washington Senators 1892; Louisville Colonels 1894; Pittsburgh Pirates 1894; Cleveland Spiders 1895; Louisville Colonels 1895

Percentile snapshot

1895 season — qualified pitchers

G
30
31.1
GS
19
11.1
W
7
8.9
L
11
71.1
SV
0
0
CG
12
2.2
SHO
0
0
H
224
86.7
ER
111
68.9
BB
74
73.3
SO
49
40
HR
10
31.1
IP
173.3
13.3
ERA
5.76
17.8
WHIP
1.719
26.7
K/9
2.54
73.3
FIP
5.25
11.1
FIP-
110.1
11.1
ERA+
82.8
17.8
sWAR
0.1
8.9

of 46 qualified 1895 pitchers (min 132 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
102.0
46.2
sWAR
13.3
89.9

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1888311110100000000.091.091.091.182-22.6-42.0.084-0.1
18903614013219293211871730.220.264.295.56058.149.0.2683.8
18916622321525342301983440.158.188.195.38422.99.6.1907.0
1892331091021211000263300.108.165.108.2733.5-17.3.1460.5
18943311711611312411301810.267.267.379.64756.254.2.2912.1
189530858112174201121320.210.238.309.54746.340.2.2550.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1888331203020111815126.33.761.4435.134.43156.775.3-0.1
18903531221103022871221669910286.73.831.5803.114.73112.0110.43.8
18915852282704753631502262284462.02.921.2754.443.6097.1126.97.0
18923330141802412431051111174250.03.781.4164.213.30100.686.90.5
189433287210250341155110678254.05.491.7762.375.1797.197.02.1
189530197110120224111744910173.35.761.7192.545.25110.182.80.1

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
201
PA
685
AB
657
R
79
H
123
2B
11
3B
11
HR
2
RBI
63
BB
23
SO
115
SB
10
BA
.1872
OBP
.2182
SLG
.2466
OPS
.4648

Pitching

G (P)
192
GS
163
W
79
L
90
SV
0
CG
141
252nd-most career CG
SHO
8
IP
1,452
SO (P)
575
BB allowed
705
384th-most career BB allowed
ERA
4.053
WHIP
1.5031
K/9
3.56

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.