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Michael
Knepper		  
Nickname: Jaws
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 8, 1923 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Golden Arm 1953    1954   
All-Star Selections 1952    1953    1954   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 29 LA CL $ 7,780,000  
1953 30 LAA CL $ 7,780,000  
1954 31 LAA CL $ 7,780,000  
1955 32 LAA CL $ 7,780,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,780,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,780,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 29 LA CL $ 7,780,000  
1953 30 LAA CL $ 7,780,000  
1954 31 LAA CL $ 7,780,000  
1955 32 LAA CL $ 7,780,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 7,780,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,780,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 29 LA CL 20 14 .588 39 39 22 2 0 316.7 298 151 26 118 330 4.29 .247 .317 .377 .694 23.4
1953 30 LAA CL 25 8 .758 38 38 17 2 0 308.7 266 117 17 125 296 3.41 .233 .314 .342 .656 28.4
1954 31 LAA CL 25 12 .676 40 40 21 4 0 328.3 278 125 36 113 262 3.43 .229 .299 .372 .671 29.5
1955 32 LAA CL 22 15 .595 39 39 17 2 0 292.7 282 142 30 106 272 4.37 .252 .318 .406 .724 21.1
4 Years Sim 92 49 .652 156 156 77 10 0 1246.3 1124 535 109 462 1160 3.86 .240 .312 .374 .686 102.5
Season Average 23 12 .657 39 39 19 2 0 311.6 281 133 27 115 290 3.86 .240 .312 .374 .686  
Career Highs 25 15 .758 40 40 22 4 0 328.3 298 151 36 125 330 4.37 .252 .318 .406 .724  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   615 292 55 252 725   .226 .291 .350 .641
vs LH   509 243 54 210 435   .260 .331 .408 .739
Home 52 20 .722 81 81 36 5 0 655.7 579 264 65 249 618 3.62 .237 .307 .374 .682
Away 40 29 .580 75 75 41 5 0 590.7 545 271 44 213 542 4.13 .243 .309 .374 .683
Mar/Apr 9 8 .529 19 19 11 0 0 151.7 137 62 20 64 141 3.68 .242 .319 .392 .710
May 19 9 .679 28 28 12 2 0 212.7 210 112 18 74 199 4.74 .256 .317 .393 .711
June 15 12 .556 30 30 14 2 0 233.7 217 104 16 87 226 4.01 .244 .311 .361 .672
July 19 10 .655 30 30 16 1 0 240.7 217 97 26 84 220 3.63 .240 .304 .403 .707
August 17 5 .773 29 29 14 2 0 242.3 196 91 17 91 228 3.38 .220 .292 .334 .626
Sep/Oct 13 5 .722 20 20 11 3 0 165.3 147 69 12 62 146 3.76 .241 .311 .367 .678
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 29 LA CL 39 114 10 17 5 0 0 6 0 0 1 40 .149 .157 .193 .350 1.0 0.0
1953 30 LAA CL 38 120 13 22 6 0 0 13 0 0 2 36 .183 .202 .233 .435 4.5 0.0
1954 31 LAA CL 40 119 9 18 7 0 0 5 0 0 4 33 .151 .179 .210 .389 2.8 0.0
1955 32 LAA CL 39 104 12 27 5 0 0 9 0 1 3 28 .260 .282 .308 .590 9.5 0.5
4 Years Sim 156 457 44 84 23 0 0 33 0 1 10 137 .184 .203 .234 .438 17.9 0.5
162 Game Average 474 45 87 23 0 0 34 0 1 10 142 .184 .203 .234 .438 18.6  
Career Highs 40 120 13 27 7 0 0 13 0 1 4 40 .260 .282 .308 .590 9.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   350 30 64 14 0 0 19 0 0 7 100 .183 .201 .223 .423 10.0
vs LH   107 14 20 9 0 0 14 0 1 3 37 .187 .212 .271 .483 4.3
Home 81 222 22 44 10 0 0 21 0 0 4 63 .198 .210 .243 .453 8.5
Away 75 235 22 40 13 0 0 12 0 1 6 74 .170 .198 .226 .423 5.9
RISP   124 0 22 5 0 0 31 0 0 3 38 .177 .192 .218 .410 3.3
Close/Late   44 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .136 .156 .182 .337 0.1
Mar/Apr 19 53 8 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 12 .208 .222 .264 .486 2.5
May 28 84 7 14 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 31 .167 .167 .202 .369 0.9
June 30 84 7 13 3 0 0 13 0 0 3 23 .155 .184 .190 .374 1.4
July 30 90 9 16 7 0 0 7 0 1 0 36 .178 .185 .256 .440 2.1
August 29 84 10 18 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 20 .214 .261 .262 .523 5.2
Sep/Oct 20 62 3 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .194 .206 .242 .448 2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 29 LA CL P 39 39 316.7 19 55 6 2 .925 2.10    
1953 30 LAA CL P 38 38 308.7 17 43 3 2 .952 1.75    
1954 31 LAA CL P 40 40 328.3 23 63 5 5 .945 2.36    
1955 32 LAA CL P 39 39 292.7 17 48 2 5 .970 2.00    
Career Totals   156 156 1246.3 76 209 16 14 .947 2.06    
Career Highs   40 40 328.3 23 63 6 5 .970 2.36    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1954 31 LAA CL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 14.0 10 6 1 7 13 3.86 .208 .309 .396 .705
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 14.0 10 6 1 7 13 3.86 .208 .309 .396 .705
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 31 LAA CL 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1953-4-3.41
1954-3-3.43
CAR-8-3.86
 Wins
1952-1-20
1953-1-25
1954-1-25
1955-2-22
CAR-1-92
 Losses
1955-7-15
CAR-17-49
 Winning Pct
1952-8-.588
1953-2-.758
1954-2-.676
1955-8-.595
CAR-4-.652
 Games Pitched
CAR-29-156
 Games Started
1952-1-39
1953-2-38
1954-1-40
1955-1-39
CAR-1-156
Complete Games
1952-1-22
1953-3-17
1954-1-21
1955-2-17
CAR-1-77
 Shutouts
1952-3-2
1953-4-2
1954-1-4
1955-5-2
CAR-3-10
 Innings Pitched
1952-2-316.7
1953-1-308.7
1954-1-328.3
1955-4-292.7
CAR-1-1246.3
 Hits Allowed
1952-10-298
1955-8-282
CAR-5-1124
 Homeruns Allowed
1954-1-36
1955-3-30
CAR-8-109
 Strikeouts
1952-2-330
1953-2-296
1954-3-262
1955-2-272
CAR-3-1160
Walks Allowed
1952-3-118
1953-2-125
1954-3-113
1955-5-106
CAR-7-462
 Walks per 9IP
CAR-18-3.3
 Hits per 9IP
1952-5-8.5
1953-3-7.8
1954-3-7.6
CAR-5-8.1
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1952-4-9.4
1953-5-8.6
1954-7-7.2
1955-4-8.4
CAR-5-8.4
 WHiP
1953-8-1.27
1954-3-1.19
CAR-7-1.27
 OAVG
1952-5-.247
1953-4-.233
1954-3-.229
1955-9-.252
CAR-5-.240
OOBP
1952-10-.317
1953-9-.314
1954-4-.299
CAR-6-.312
 OSLG
1952-6-.377
1953-3-.342
1954-5-.372
CAR-8-.374
 OOPS
1952-7-.694
1953-4-.656
1954-4-.671
CAR-8-.686
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 26
   Gray Ink Test: 94
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30
 
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  1. Dante Ruiz (962)
  2. Donald Phillips (960)
  3. Harry Robin (941)
  4. John Alton (934)
  5. Jason Williams (916)
  6. Carl Nicosia (915)
  7. Francis Wachter (905)
  8. Harry Frink (901)
  9. Clyde Pearson (895)
  10. Robert Stadler (892)
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  1. Kasey Cook (986)
  2. Walter Meas (983)
  3. Matt Freeborn (983)
  4. Richard Bush (983)
  5. Francis Wachter (980)
  6. Jack Hitchcock (979)
  7. Robert Stadler (978)
  8. Harry Robin (967)
  9. Antonio Padula (966)
  10. Clyde Pearson (964)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/18/1952, off Antonio Padula (SD)
Earned first career win on 4/18/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1952, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Struck out 15 batters against San Diego on 6/15/1952
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1953, going 7-0, 1.98
Struck out 15 batters against Seattle on 6/22/1953
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Struck out 15 batters against Oakland on 9/2/1953
Won Golden Arm in 1953, going 25-8, 3.41 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1954, going 4-2, 2.31
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1954, going 7-1, 2.37
Won Golden Arm in 1954, going 25-12, 3.43 ERA
 
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