1. Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
   
2. Strikeouts, walks, hits and homers per nine innings, and innings per game, are counted only if at least 50 innings were pitched during the season for the specified team. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
   

Joe Knight of the 1884 Philadelphia Quakers threw left-handed, was debuting in the majors, played on a losing team, played in Recreation Park, and was born in Canada.

• achievement score (-0.3 see References)
• assists (12)
• complete games (6)
• double plays (0)
• games finished (0)
• games played (6)
• games started (6)
• innings pitched (51.0)
• putouts (3)
• saves (0)
• shutouts (0)
• strikeouts (8)
• strikeouts per nine innings (1.4)
• wins (2)
• balks (0)
• earned run average (5.47)
• earned runs (31)
• errors (4)
• hit by pitch (0)
• hits (66)
• hits per nine innings (11.6)
• homers given up (2)
• homers per nine innings (.4)
• losses (4)
• runs allowed (53)
• walks (21)
• walks per nine innings (3.7)
• wild pitches (2)
• age (25 yrs)
• batters faced (246)
• height (5'11")
• innings pitched per game (8.5)
• weight (185 lbs)

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