Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1976
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1976
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 445
- W
- 146
- L
- 155
- ERA
- 3.68
- IP
- 2708.0
- K
- 1,473
- BB
- 857
- WHIP
- 1.33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | SF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3.24 | 25.0 | 11 | 7 | 1.32 |
| 1977 | SF | 27 | 11 | 9 | 3.36 | 166.0 | 100 | 72 | 1.34 |
| 1978 | SF | 36 | 17 | 11 | 2.63 | 260.0 | 147 | 85 | 1.17 |
| 1979 | SF | 34 | 9 | 12 | 4.64 | 207.1 | 123 | 77 | 1.53 |
| 1980 | SF | 35 | 9 | 16 | 4.10 | 215.1 | 103 | 61 | 1.41 |
| 1981 | HOU | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2.18 | 156.2 | 75 | 38 | 1.06 |
| 1982 | HOU | 33 | 5 | 15 | 4.45 | 180.0 | 108 | 60 | 1.41 |
| 1983 | HOU | 35 | 6 | 13 | 3.19 | 203.0 | 125 | 71 | 1.34 |
| 1984 | HOU | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3.20 | 233.2 | 140 | 55 | 1.19 |
| 1985 | HOU | 37 | 15 | 13 | 3.55 | 241.0 | 131 | 54 | 1.27 |
| 1986 | HOU | 40 | 17 | 12 | 3.14 | 258.0 | 143 | 62 | 1.14 |
| 1987 | HOU | 33 | 8 | 17 | 5.27 | 177.2 | 76 | 54 | 1.58 |
| 1988 | HOU | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3.14 | 175.0 | 103 | 67 | 1.27 |
| 1989 |  HOU/SF | 35 | 7 | 12 | 5.13 | 165.0 | 64 | 75 | 1.61 |
| 1990 | SF | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5.68 | 44.1 | 24 | 19 | 1.69 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 4.05
- IP
- 20.0
- K
- 13
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.10
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 78
- SHO
- 30
- K/9
- 4.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | SF | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | SF | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | SF | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | SF | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | HOU | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | HOU | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | HOU | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | HOU | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | HOU | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | HOU | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | HOU | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | HOU/SF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bob Knepper's career stats?
Bob Knepper played 15 seasons for the Giants and the Astros. He had 146 wins and 1,473 strikeouts with a 3.68 ERA over 2,708.0 innings. His best season was 1978: 17 wins, a 2.63 ERA and 147 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1976 to 1990
Bob Knepper finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 249th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,473)
- 267th in wins (pitching) (146)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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