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Ken Griffey Jr League
4-25-2078
Butch Knoll First Base
Retired (1964, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .634 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
H 300 Age at Death 80 Date of Birth 11-27-1930
HR 13 Drafted Round 2, Pick 29
(1953)
Majors Svc Time 3 years
(124 games)
RBI 141
SB 55
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance D+   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A-
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B (87.1%) RF ---   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
1954 CIN
84
251
33
64
14
4
3
41
20
38 1 5
11
1 7
.685
.307
.378
.124
.255
1955 CIN
74
229
23
52
8
3
3
29
20
31 1 1
10
5 4
.618
.291
.328
.100
.227
1956 CIN
32
74
9
17
1
0
1
5
7
11 1 1
7
2 0
.585
.301
.284
.054
.230
1957 CIN-PHI
82
278
36
67
3
1
3
20
32
67 2 1
9
6 9
.614
.323
.291
.050
.241
1958 PHI
60
107
8
25
3
2
0
8
13
16 1 1
8
2 3
.619
.320
.299
.065
.234
1959 PHI-CLE
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 0 0
0
0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1960 CLE
44
93
14
26
3
0
2
15
5
19 1 2
3
2 4
.693
.317
.376
.097
.280
1961 CLE-DET
76
170
13
40
7
1
1
21
20
29 0 2
6
3 5
.618
.312
.306
.071
.235
1962 DET-MIL
19
37
2
9
0
2
0
2
3
4 0 0
1
0 1
.651
.300
.351
.108
.243
1963 MIL
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2 0 0
0
0 1
.200
.200
.000
.000
.000
Total
474
1244
139
300
39
13
13
141
121
218 7 13
55
21 34
.634
.309
.325
.084
.241
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Butch Knoll has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1964-06-27The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Butch Knoll from the waiver wire.
1964-06-19The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have acquired Dave Stewart from the waiver wire. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have waived Butch Knoll.
1964-05-30The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have acquired Butch Knoll from the waiver wire. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have waived Ed Fidrych.
1963-09-16The Milwaukee Crew have acquired Ben Gallagher from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Crew have waived Butch Knoll.
1963-04-11The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Kent Hrbek to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have designated Butch Knoll for assignment.
1963-04-05The Milwaukee Crew have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Milwaukee Crew have sent Doc Tettelbach to the minors.
1962-07-15The Milwaukee Crew have acquired Butch Knoll from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Crew have waived Antone Banks.
1962-06-13The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have waived Butch Knoll.
1962-06-04The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Tony Richards to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Butch Knoll for assignment.
1962-04-16The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Kent Hrbek to the minors.
1962-04-08The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Kent Hrbek to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Butch Knoll for assignment.
1961-08-29The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Dick York to the minors.
1961-08-08The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Merle Briles to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Jack Gordon to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Tino Bickham to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Fred Stallings to the minors. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Wayne Terwilliger for assignment. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Butch Knoll for assignment.
1961-07-20The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Luke Towne to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have sent Ben Harriston to the minors.
1961-07-15The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have promoted Ed Kolb to the major league team. The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have designated Butch Knoll for assignment.
1961-05-31The Detroit Southern Railwaymen have acquired Butch Knoll from the waiver wire.
1961-05-27The Cleveland Coonhounds have designated Butch Knoll for assignment.
1960-03-03The Cleveland Coonhounds have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Cleveland Coonhounds have promoted Steve Christensen to the major league team. The Cleveland Coonhounds have promoted Ollie Simas to the major league team. The Cleveland Coonhounds have promoted Gabe Ewoldt to the major league team.
1959-05-10The Cleveland Coonhounds have acquired Butch Knoll from the waiver wire.
1959-04-11The Philadelphia Dong have waived Butch Knoll.
1959-04-03The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Colonel Gerheauser to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Butch Knoll for assignment.
1957-08-19The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Howard Keating to the minors.
1957-08-19The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Jake McMullen to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have sent Butch Knoll to the minors.
1957-06-17The Philadelphia Dong have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Philadelphia Dong have designated Chippy Carroll for assignment.
1957-06-17A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Dong and the Cincinnati GhostRiders. The Cincinnati GhostRiders receive Babe Hammer, Ken Ferriss, Jim Finney, Dutch Lew, Dick Webb from the Philadelphia Dong in exchange for Bill James, Bill Lara, Butch Knoll, Pid Purdy.
1956-06-03The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Ken Bond to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Bart Simpson to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Sammy Byrd to the minors. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Butch Knoll to the minors.
1955-04-06The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Bruno Fridley to the minors.
1954-09-29The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Bart Simpson to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Butch Knoll to the minors.
1954-07-13The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Joe Adcock to the minors.
1954-07-10The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Bris Lord to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Butch Knoll to the minors.
1954-03-07The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Dusty Rhodes to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Butch Knoll to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have promoted Joe Tinker to the major league team. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Graddy Hatton to the minors. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Ducky Medwick to the minors. The Cincinnati GhostRiders have sent Ned Flanders to the minors.
1953-04-02The Cincinnati GhostRiders have renamed Lloyd Tompkins to Butch Knoll.