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Historical player · 1974–1988

Ray Knight

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 185 · Born 12/28/1952 · From Albany, GA USA · Debut 1974-09-10 · Final 1988-10-02

Career · batting

1,495

4,829

1,311

RBI

595

343

AVG/OPS

0.272 · 0.711

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1974–1981

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#113 on the Reds

↑ 1 D. Litwhiler

↓ 1 G. Redus

Hits

477

#115 on the Reds

↑ 5 J. India

↓ 1 J. Peraza

RBI

210

#115 on the Reds

↑ 3 L. Riggs

↓ 2 J. Keenan

#312 on the Reds

↑ 1 S. Akiyama

↓ 1 R. Almeida

Runs

194

#140 on the Reds

↑ 3 J. Peraza

↓ 2 B. Zitzmann

120

#145 on the Reds

↑ 1 J. Lynch

↓ 1 S. Burgess

Career with the New York Mets · 1984–1986

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#109 on the Mets

↑ 1 M. Canha

↓ 1 V. Wilson

Hits

230

#107 on the Mets

↑ 1 J. Bay

↓ 2 C. Smith

RBI

118

#94 on the Mets

↑ 2 J. Davis

↓ 2 C. Baerga

#224 on the Mets

↑ 1 M. Alou

↓ 1 J. Allensworth

Runs

#128 on the Mets

↑ 1 D. Bell

↓ 1 C. Neal

#137 on the Mets

↑ 1 K. Nieuwenhuis

↓ 1 R. Hebner

Career with the Houston Astros · 1982–1984

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#106 on the Astros

↑ 1 M. Downs

↓ 1 R. Ramirez

Hits

395

#64 on the Astros

↑ 16 J. Bateman

↓ 10 J. Vizcaino

RBI

169

#70 on the Astros

↑ 3 C. Johnson

↓ 3 J. Alou

#195 on the Astros

↑ 1 A. Ashby

↓ 1 B. Backe

Runs

130

#90 on the Astros

↑ 5 J. Mumphrey

↓ 2 T. Helms

104

#76 on the Astros

↑ 2 T. Bogar

↓ 1 L. May

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1987–1987

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#210 on the Orioles

↑ 1 H. Alberto

↓ 1 P. Valaika

Hits

144

#294 on the Orioles

↑ 1 O. Bejma

↓ 2 R. Ruiz

RBI

#283 on the Orioles

↑ 1 H. Niles

↓ 1 B. Hunter

Runs

#373 on the Orioles

↑ 1 G. Coan

↓ 1 R. Laureano

#350 on the Orioles

↑ 1 J. Beniquez

↓ 1 H. Gleason

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1988–1988

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#417 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Adduci

↓ 1 D. Worth

Hits

#438 on the Tigers

↑ 1 E. Gremminger

↓ 1 K. Williams

RBI

#403 on the Tigers

↑ 1 R. Becker

↓ 1 N. Maton

#483 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Adduci

Runs

#411 on the Tigers

↑ 1 M. Christman

↓ 1 J. Adduci

#462 on the Tigers

↑ 1 L. Dressen

↓ 1 M. Castillo

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,222 all-time MLB

↑ 1 W. Contreras

↓ 1 M. Solters

Hits

1,311

#905 all-time MLB

↑ 1 V. Davis

↓ 1 D. Hoblitzell

RBI

595

#910 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Cabell

↓ 1 W. Wilmot

#3,820 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 B. Allen

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1974	Reds	NL	14	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0.182	0.250	0.273
1977	Reds	NL	80	92	8	24	5	1	1	13	1	9	16	0.261	0.324	0.370
1978	Reds	NL	83	65	7	13	3	0	1	4	0	3	13	0.200	0.235	0.292
1979	Reds	NL	150	551	64	175	37	4	10	79	4	38	57	0.318	0.360	0.454
1980	Reds	NL	162	618	71	163	39	7	14	78	1	36	62	0.264	0.307	0.417
1981	Reds	NL	106	386	43	100	23	1	6	34	2	33	51	0.259	0.322	0.370
1982	Astros	NL	158	609	72	179	36	6	6	70	2	48	58	0.294	0.344	0.402
1983	Astros	NL	145	507	43	154	36	4	9	70	0	42	62	0.304	0.355	0.444
1984	Astros	NL	88	278	15	62	10	0	2	29	0	14	30	0.223	0.259	0.281
1984	Mets	NL	27	93	13	26	4	0	1	6	0	7	13	0.280	0.337	0.355
1985	Mets	NL	90	271	22	59	12	0	6	36	1	13	32	0.218	0.252	0.328
1986	Mets	NL	137	486	51	145	24	2	11	76	2	40	63	0.298	0.351	0.424
1987	Orioles	AL	150	563	46	144	24	0	14	65	0	39	90	0.256	0.310	0.373
1988	Tigers	AL	105	299	34	65	12	2	3	33	1	20	30	0.217	0.271	0.301
Career			1,495	4,829	490	1,311	266	27	84	595	14	343	579	0.272	0.321	0.390

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
3B	1,021	894	8,046.0	694	1,653	105	144
1B	339	313	2,733.3	2,936	174	24	271
2B	23	9	104.0	31	28	2	5
OF	10	3	35.0	8	1	0	0
SS	4	1	9.0	0	2	0	1

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1994	BBWAA	1	342	Ballot