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Duke Snider League
3-7-2079
Jimmy Knight Center Field
Retired (1958, Age 30)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .243 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .659 Status Deceased (2000) Option Years 0  
H 203 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 08-04-1928
HR 7 Drafted Round 38, Pick 594
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 2 years
(9 games)
RBI 71
SB 40
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L Endurance D-   Ldrship
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L Velocity C-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF (41.2%) Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF (64.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 NYN
41
87
21
26
5
0
0
11
20
11 1 1
2
0 1
.788
.431
.356
.057
.299
1951 NYN
7
33
4
9
0
1
1
6
2
4 0 1
1
1 1
.730
.306
.424
.152
.273
1952 NYN
6
5
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0 0 0
0
0 0
.733
.333
.400
.200
.200
1953 NYN-KC
79
188
20
41
10
0
1
21
17
25 3 2
10
9 10
.578
.290
.287
.069
.218
1954 KC
69
184
25
45
4
3
3
15
16
21 1 2
15
8 1
.653
.305
.348
.103
.245
1955 KC
24
58
10
16
3
2
0
1
11
6 0 0
6
2 1
.788
.391
.397
.121
.276
1957 KC
44
105
13
24
5
0
0
6
15
20 2 2
3
4 3
.607
.331
.276
.048
.229
1958 KC
57
138
18
33
2
2
2
9
21
22 0 0
3
3 2
.666
.340
.326
.087
.239
1959 KC-CLE-BOS
11
36
4
8
3
0
0
1
3
8 1 0
0
1 0
.606
.300
.306
.083
.222
Total
338
834
115
203
33
8
7
71
106
117 8 8
40
28 19
.659
.332
.327
.084
.243
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01Jimmy Knight has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1960-07-29The Boston Ballbusters have waived Jimmy Knight.
1959-10-08The Boston Ballbusters have acquired Jimmy Knight from the waiver wire.
1959-06-24The Cleveland Wahoos have waived Jimmy Knight.
1959-06-10The Cleveland Wahoos have promoted Jim Busby to the major league team. The Cleveland Wahoos have designated Jimmy Knight for assignment.
1959-04-06The Cleveland Wahoos have acquired Jimmy Knight from the waiver wire.
1959-04-01The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Hod Davidson to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have designated Jimmy Knight for assignment.
1958-04-06The Kansas City Lastros have renamed John "Power Outage" Caster to Jimmy Knight.
1957-05-24The Kansas City Lastros have promoted John "Power Outage" Caster to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have sent Hod Davidson to the minors.
1955-06-13The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Rick Deckard to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Johnnie Fisky to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Ray Rhodes to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have sent John "Power Outage" Caster to the minors. The Kansas City Lastros have sent Howard Certz to the minors. The Kansas City Lastros have sent Tom Schultz to the minors.
1953-05-16The Kansas City Lastros have promoted John "Power Outage" Caster to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have sent Ed Bowerman to the minors.
1953-05-10The Kansas City Lastros have promoted Cory Loria to the major league team. The Kansas City Lastros have sent John "Power Outage" Caster to the minors.
1953-04-12The Kansas City Lastros have renamed John Caster to John "Power Outage" Caster.
1953-04-06A trade has been completed between the New York Spikes and the Kansas City Lastros. The Kansas City Lastros receive John Caster from the New York Spikes in exchange for Puke Gagne.
1952-09-10The New York Spikes have promoted SG Sabine to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent John Caster to the minors.
1952-08-31The New York Spikes have promoted John Caster to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Frank Sasser to the minors.
1952-08-17The New York Spikes have promoted Bert Keegan to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent John Caster to the minors.
1952-08-14The New York Spikes have promoted John Caster to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Jess Torker to the minors.
1952-07-16The New York Spikes have promoted Jess Torker to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent John Caster to the minors.
1952-07-13The New York Spikes have promoted John Caster to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Jess Torker to the minors.
1952-05-15The New York Spikes have promoted Red Bus to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent John Caster to the minors.
1952-04-29The New York Spikes have promoted John Caster to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Jack Wilmot to the minors.
1952-03-03The New York Spikes have promoted Steve Kemp to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent John Caster to the minors.
1951-09-22The New York Spikes have promoted John Caster to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Lee Vaughn to the minors.
1951-08-17The New York Spikes have promoted Steve Kemp to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent John Caster to the minors.
1951-07-31The New York Spikes have promoted John Caster to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent Homer Gonzales to the minors.
1951-03-01The New York Spikes have promoted Lee Vaughn to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent John Caster to the minors.
1950-07-03The New York Spikes have promoted John Caster to the major league team. The New York Spikes have sent George Sarmiento to the minors.