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Bob Knepper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 25, 1954 in Akron, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calistoga HS (Calistoga, CA).

High School: Calistoga HS (Calistoga, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1976 (Age 22-108d, 13,805th in major league history)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: June 24, 1990 (Age 36-030d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Robert Wesley Knepper

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.8

146

155

ERA

3.68

445

413

2708.0

1473

WHIP

1.327

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-9 / in Starts: 13-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	137	4	Apr 13	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	GS-4		99	3.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.00	-0.07	14	3	2	0	0	5	49			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.028	.62	-0.01%	-0.13	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d1
2	138	11	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	7	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.75	1.43	29	12	11	0	1	3	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.676	.62	0.21%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	139	16	Apr 26	HOU		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.43	1.79	33	9	12	0	3	8	73			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.679	.38	0.10%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	140	21	May 2	HOU	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.1	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	1.32	2.09	27	12	4	0	0	5	51			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.310	.53	-0.08%	-0.99	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out tie
5	141	26	May 7	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.99	2.10	33	18	8	3	3	0	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.43	0.214	.20	0.06%	4.05	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
6	142	31	May 12	HOU		STL	L,2-3	GS-9		4	9.0	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	0.99	2.07	32	7	16	5	2	6	72			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.46	0.208	.68	0.06%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	143	36	May 17	HOU		CHC	W,6-1	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	7.1	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	1.03	2.26	30	10	9	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.216	.24	0.05%	0.98	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a5
8	144	40	May 22	HOU		SFG	L,3-6	GS-9		4	8.2	11	2	2	1	2	0	0	1.17	2.29	37	11	12	0	0	11	55			0	1	0	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.187	.49	0.05%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
9	145	45	May 27	HOU		SDP	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.02	2.23	34	14	8	1	2	6	79			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.673	.62	0.14%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	146	49	Jun 2	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.05	2.30	30	9	9	3	0	6	61			2	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	.86	0.152	.30	0.03%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	147	54	Jun 7	HOU		NYM	L,1-3	CG	L(5-1)	4	9.0	6	3	2	3	5	1	1	1.15	2.51	36	14	7	0	0	6	67			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	-0.035	.63	-0.01%	0.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	148	61	Aug 13	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-9	GS-4	L(5-2)	66	4.0	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	1.49	2.53	17	6	2	0	0	5	36			1	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.231	1.00	-0.19%	-2.37	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
13	149	66	Aug 18	HOU		MON	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-2)	4	8.2	8	2	2	1	4	1	1	1.55	2.65	33	10	9	2	0	8	63			0	1	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.421	1.55	0.37%	1.62	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a2
14	150	70	Aug 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-6	GS-5	L(6-3)	4	5.0	9	6	6	0	1	1	1	1.99	2.78	24	6	7	1	0	9	26			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.296	1.05	-0.25%	-3.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
15	151	74	Aug 28	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.95	2.78	26	12	7	2	1	5	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.001	.96	0.00%	0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	152	80	Sep 2	HOU		NYM	W,8-0	SHO	W(7-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	1.80	2.64	31	8	10	0	0	3	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.185	.70	0.21%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
17	153	85	Sep 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	3	0	1	0	1.84	2.81	27	12	8	1	0	4	58			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.134	3.50	0.22%	1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
18	154	90	Sep 13	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	GS-7	W(8-3)	5	7.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.75	2.78	31	10	6	1	0	6	68			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.88	0.430	6.10	0.84%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
19	155	95	Sep 18	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS-4	L(8-4)	4	4.0	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	1.96	2.82	19	4	5	0	0	8	28			1	1	0	16	1	0	0	1	1	0	.84	-0.249	2.79	-0.50%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
20	156	100	Sep 24	HOU		ATL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(9-4)	5	7.2	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	2.04	2.83	31	4	14	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.159	3.02	0.30%	0.09	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
21	157	105	Sep 29	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.06	2.78	26	8	5	0	0	5	63			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.77	0.074	2.21	0.13%	0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	158	110	Oct 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS-4		4	4.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	1	2.18	2.86	17	7	1	0	0	4	44			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	1	.72	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.33	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
							13-9		W-L:9-5	4.4	156.2	128	41	38	38	75	5	4	2.18	2.86	617	1.20		5%	3%	122	60		---%	15	8	1	566	16	3	1	16	3	7	1.06	3.075	1.28	1.73%	21.97

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