John Knight
1905–1913 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60)
770G
.239AVG
.300OBP
.309SLG
More career statistics
636H
14HR
270RBI
86SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,664 | 2,667 |
| Batting · Hits | 636 | 633 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 27 | 409 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,988 | 2,994 |
| Batting · Runs | 301 | 302 |
| Batting · RBI | 270 | 274 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 86 | 89 |
| Batting · Triples | 24 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 211 | 212 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 770 | 2,988 | 2,664 | 301 | 636 | 96 | 24 | 14 | 270 | 211 | 27 | 86 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 822 | .239 | .300 | .309 | .609 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1911-06-29 to 1911-07-08
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1906-09-01 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1913-10-04 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1911-07-26 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 375 | 1433 | 295 | 6 | 151 | 116 | 206 | .235 | .287 | .304 |
| Away | 395 | 1561 | 338 | 8 | 123 | 96 | 203 | .239 | .278 | .316 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 241 | 54 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 39 | .255 | .295 | .321 |
| May | 110 | 420 | 78 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 59 | .208 | .264 | .259 |
| June | 138 | 532 | 103 | 4 | 64 | 37 | 85 | .215 | .263 | .294 |
| July | 158 | 640 | 140 | 1 | 41 | 47 | 87 | .244 | .292 | .312 |
| August | 165 | 648 | 133 | 4 | 60 | 35 | 65 | .231 | .259 | .300 |
| September | 118 | 445 | 109 | 4 | 43 | 31 | 66 | .276 | .315 | .375 |
| October | 18 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 8 | .291 | .412 | .382 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 115 | 435 | 84 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 75 | .212 | .248 | .293 |
| cleveland-guardians | 113 | 432 | 75 | 2 | 22 | 32 | 54 | .198 | .248 | .256 |
| chicago-white-sox | 111 | 440 | 114 | 1 | 35 | 24 | 62 | .282 | .314 | .359 |
| detroit-tigers | 108 | 435 | 98 | 2 | 50 | 35 | 53 | .257 | .306 | .336 |
| st-louis-browns | 106 | 411 | 79 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 44 | .214 | .246 | .254 |
| boston-red-sox | 90 | 355 | 83 | 4 | 42 | 30 | 60 | .269 | .318 | .385 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 78 | 306 | 71 | 1 | 41 | 34 | 30 | .271 | .343 | .359 |
| new-york-yankees | 49 | 180 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 31 | .175 | .222 | .205 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 325 | 66 | 3 | 30 | 4 | .203 | – | – |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 252 | 49 | 3 | 19 | 6 | .194 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 139 | 502 | 107 | 2 | 41 | 10 | .213 | – | – |
| 1909 |  New York Yankees | 117 | 361 | 84 | – | 43 | 16 | .233 | – | – |
| 1910 | New York Yankees | 117 | 414 | 129 | 3 | 47 | 23 | .312 | – | – |
| 1911 | New York Yankees | 132 | 470 | 124 | 3 | 63 | 19 | .264 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 93 | 15 | – | 9 | 4 | .161 | – | – |
| 1913 | New York Yankees | 70 | 250 | 59 | – | 22 | 7 | .236 | – | – |