#51 Herman "Helicopter" Knowings, Reliever, 31 yrs, Minnesota Twins
Sunday, 10/6/2005 |
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| Herman Knowings
Helicopter
2/28/1974
31
Detroit, MI
6"1
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Reliever
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R
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2 / 6 (Fair)
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Normal
4.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 350,000
2008
7 Year(s), 140 Days (1344 total Days)
172 Day(s)
8 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98-100 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Versus RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talent | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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70
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Knuckleball
Fastball
Curveball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), .978 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 70 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4.84 | 124.2 | 157 | 76 | 67 | 33 | 55 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 70 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4.84 | 124.0 | 157 | 76 | 67 | 33 | 55 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 24 | 7 | 41.7 | 70 | 27 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 28 | 6 | 21.4 | 57 | 26 | 45.6 | 5.11 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 217 | 65 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .342 | .419 | .761 |
| vs. RHB | 289 | 92 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 45 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .318 | .372 | .453 | .825 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 33 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5.77 | 68.2 | 96 | 47 | 44 | 16 | 30 |
| Road | 37 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3.70 | 56.0 | 61 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 25 |
| Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Last Week | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.44 | 5.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.60 | 15.0 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| May | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.09 | 23.1 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| June | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.75 | 20.1 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| July | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 21.2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 13 |
| August | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.88 | 24.0 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Sept./Oct. | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7.52 | 20.1 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 10 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.88 | 16.0 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.06 | .455 | SFG MIN |
| 1998 | 47 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4.47 | 96.2 | 126 | 49 | 48 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.44 | .332 | MIN |
| 1999 | 47 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 5.85 | 190.2 | 246 | 136 | 124 | 9 | 43 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .333 | MIN |
| 2000 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5.36 | 169.2 | 215 | 108 | 101 | 10 | 42 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 1.51 | .341 | MIN |
| 2001 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 4.73 | 180.2 | 220 | 109 | 95 | 8 | 44 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1.46 | .333 | MIN |
| 2002 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5.64 | 127.2 | 159 | 85 | 80 | 4 | 32 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .333 | MIN |
| 2003 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5.24 | 113.1 | 144 | 68 | 66 | 9 | 29 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | .328 | MIN |
| 2004 | 52 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5.32 | 66.0 | 74 | 44 | 39 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.44 | .317 | MIN |
| 2005 | 70 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4.84 | 124.2 | 157 | 76 | 67 | 9 | 33 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .335 | MIN |
| Total | 379 | 97 | 58 | 76 | 22 | 5.26 | 1085.1 | 1371 | 693 | 634 | 54 | 260 | 440 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | .335 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1997, AA | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.82 | 22.1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .338 |
| 1997, AAA | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.54 | 41.2 | 61 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.70 | .373 |
| 1998, AAA | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 21.0 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | .286 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SFG MIN |
| 1998 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 2001 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 2002 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 2003 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 2004 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| Total | 309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 70 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 33 | 3 | .909 | 124.2 | 2.38 | | | | |
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Drafted in 4th round, 71st overall pick, by San Francisco in 1967...
Traded from San Francisco to Chicago (A) on 6/1/1969 (Going to SFG: P Lucio Fernandez. Going to CHA: 2B Silas Adams, P Danny Hemmerling)...
Traded from Chicago (A) to Boston on 6/16/1970 (Going to CHA: P Jake Ritchey. Going to BOS: P Phil Ivey, P Danny Hemmerling)...
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1981...
Traded from Baltimore to Washington on 2/28/1981 (Going to WSH: P Bud Fowler, P Isaias Matamoros, P Aaron Adkins, RF Ivan Villas. Going to BAL: P Lung-Fu Tzeng)...
Earned first career win on 9/3/1981...
Injured on 7/31/1986 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1989, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA...
Injured on 5/25/1990 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks...
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/3/1990 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 9/19/1991 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 3/4/1993 with a Fractured Hip, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 5/25/1994 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
Injured on 6/29/1994 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 9/27/1995 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for entire career...
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by San Francisco in 1997...
Traded from San Francisco to Minnesota on 3/1/1997 (Going to SFG: P Dave Matz. Going to MIN: P Herman Knowings, LF Randal Graves, 2B Yefry Aguilar, P Dan Ridgeway)...
Earned first career win on 7/10/1998...
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 2000...
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