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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: 13-14 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	5	47	May 30(2)	SFG		SDP	L,8-9	GS-3		99	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	1	6.00	3.41	15	4	3	0	0	4	44			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.087	.62	-0.03%	-0.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
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
2	6	51	Jun 3(2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS-4		3	3.2	4	5	5	4	5	2	0	9.45	7.24	19	5	1	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.347	.51	-0.10%	-2.92	1b start a 1	4b --- 2 out d3
3	7	54	Jun 6	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-9		2	8.1	5	1	1	3	4	0	1	4.80	5.01	32	11	8	1	0	5	70			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.426	.57	0.09%	3.55	1b start tie	9b --3 1 out a1
4	8	58	Jun 10	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	3	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.29	4.31	26	9	14	4	1	0	49			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.058	.56	0.02%	1.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	9	62	Jun 15	SFG		STL	L,6-9	GS-4		4	3.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	0	5.25	4.53	15	4	2	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.185	.39	-0.05%	-2.17	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out a1
6	10	66	Jun 19(1)	SFG		PIT	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.82	3.92	29	13	9	3	0	5	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.54	0.300	.19	0.06%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
7	11	71	Jun 24	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.0	7	5	4	2	4	1	0	4.05	3.99	31	11	7	0	1	7	47			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.03	-0.181	.27	-0.03%	-1.26	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
8	12	76	Jun 28	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	5.0	4	4	1	3	5	1	1	3.80	4.18	27	9	5	1	0	4	51			3	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	4	1.13	-0.209	.38	-0.04%	-1.51	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Jul				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
9	13	80	Jul 2	SFG		LAD	L,3-10	GS-6	L(1-3)	3	6.0	10	8	5	2	4	1	0	4.24	4.23	31	8	7	0	1	10	28			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	1	.50	-0.395	.06	-0.03%	-5.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
10	14	84	Jul 7	SFG		SDP	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.81	3.99	29	10	8	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.389	.01	0.00%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
11	15	89	Jul 11	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS-7	W(3-3)	3	6.1	8	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.58	3.83	30	4	9	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.069	.03	0.00%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a3
12	16	93	Jul 16	SFG	@	ATL	W,4-0	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	5.2	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.30	3.77	23	6	6	0	0	2	66			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.257	.06	0.01%	2.48	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a2
13	17	97	Jul 23	SFG		PHI	L,3-6	GS-5	L(4-4)	6	5.0	8	3	3	3	1	2	0	3.43	4.13	23	8	3	1	0	8	37			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.108	.06	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
14	18	102	Jul 27	SFG		NYM	L,4-7	GS-3	L(4-5)	3	2.1	4	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.68	4.26	16	3	3	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.48	-0.267	.06	-0.01%	-2.44	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
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
15	19	107	Aug 2	SFG	@	MON	L,2-10	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	5.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.67	4.23	22	6	5	0	0	6	46			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.032	.01	0.00%	0.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
16	20	113	Aug 9(2)	SFG		HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-6)	6	9.0	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	3.31	4.09	36	10	10	0	0	4	81			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.227	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	21	118	Aug 14(1)	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	6	5	0	0	3.11	4.05	34	15	3	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	4	0	0	.79	0.184	.01	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	22	123	Aug 19	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS-3	L(6-7)	4	2.1	4	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.47	4.21	14	5	1	0	0	4	27			2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-3.08	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
19	23	127	Aug 23	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6		3	5.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.55	4.13	24	8	13	7	1	0	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out tie
20	24	131	Aug 27	SFG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	3.28	4.01	33	14	12	1	3	1	81			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.05	0.446	.00	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sept				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
21	25	135	Sep 2	SFG		STL	L,4-6	GS-8		5	7.1	7	3	2	1	6	1	0	3.23	3.97	31	11	6	0	2	7	59			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.95	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out a2
22	26	139	Sep 6	SFG	@	ATL	W,12-2	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	5	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.08	3.89	34	12	10	0	0	5	72			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	1	1	.32	0.171	.00	0.00%	2.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
23	27	143	Sep 10	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-8)	3	6.1	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.07	3.88	26	6	7	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d2
24	28	147	Sep 14	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS-9	W(9-8)	3	8.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.02	3.80	30	9	12	0	0	5	67			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.251	.00	0.00%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
25	29	151	Sep 18	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	5	2	2	6	7	1	0	2.96	3.85	37	9	10	2	1	5	70			2	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.248	.00	0.00%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	30	156	Sep 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-9	GS-3	L(10-9)	6	2.0	6	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.26	4.01	13	1	2	0	0	6	20			1	1	1	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-5.13	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d6
27	31	160	Sep 30	SFG		SDP	W,7-5	GS-7	W(11-9)	4	6.0	8	5	4	4	4	0	0	3.36	3.99	30	9	10	3	0	3	38			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-1.71	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a2
							13-14		W-L:11-9	3.7	166.0	151	73	62	72	100	14	3	3.36	3.99	710	1.18		6%	2%	129	53		---%	18	6	1	624	25	8	2	15	4	13	.95	0.444	.13	-0.09%	8.44

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