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Paul
Knutson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 20, 1979 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2009   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 22 CT FF     0 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6
2003 23 CT FF     0 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
2004 24 CT FF $ 300,000   1 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
2005 25 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 9 9
2006 26 UT GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
2007 27 UT GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
2008 28 UT GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 29 UT GE $ 300,000 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
2010 30 UT GE $ 300,000 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2011 31 UT GE $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2012 32 MS FF $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2013 33 MS FF $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
2014 34 MS FF $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
2015 35 MS FF $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
2016 36 MS FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
2017 37 MS FF $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2018 38 MS FF $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 22 CT FF   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 23 CT FF   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 24 CT FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 25 NV GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 26 UT GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 27 UT GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 28 UT GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 29 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 30 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 31 UT GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 32 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 33 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 34 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 35 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 36 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 37 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 38 MS FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 22 AA   2 4 .333 7 7 1 0 0 46.7 47 33 11 20 43 6.37 .249 .321 .481 .802  
    A   11 2 .846 17 17 6 2 0 135.0 98 34 11 29 134 2.27 .200 .245 .312 .557  
2003 23 AA   10 9 .526 25 25 3 1 0 175.7 162 86 32 65 213 4.41 .239 .306 .430 .736  
2004 24 AA   13 10 .565 24 24 3 0 0 176.0 154 73 24 63 231 3.73 .231 .297 .396 .693  
2005 25 NV GE 4 10 .286 16 16 3 0 0 105.3 90 49 15 34 90 4.19 .227 .294 .380 .675 3.7
    AAA   6 3 .667 13 13 0 0 0 98.0 95 36 7 33 136 3.31 .255 .315 .362 .677  
2006 26 NV GE 6 8 .429 20 20 1 0 0 133.0 128 66 23 50 125 4.47 .251 .322 .441 .763 3.2
  UT GE 3 8 .273 14 14 0 0 0 101.0 98 56 18 32 98 4.99 .253 .312 .448 .761 0.0
  TOT   9 16 .360 34 34 1 0 0 234.0 226 122 41 82 223 4.69 .252 .318 .444 .762 3.2
2007 27 UT GE 16 12 .571 33 33 8 2 0 253.3 225 93 22 63 216 3.30 .234 .283 .355 .638 15.0
2008 28 UT GE 12 9 .571 26 26 6 1 0 192.0 171 71 20 57 184 3.33 .238 .297 .376 .673 10.9
2009 29 UT GE 19 10 .655 36 36 8 1 0 262.7 228 94 27 74 176 3.22 .231 .287 .378 .665 12.7
2010 30 UT GE 11 16 .407 36 36 1 0 0 250.3 252 114 30 54 158 4.10 .264 .306 .420 .726 5.3
2011 31 UT GE 11 10 .524 25 25 3 1 0 175.0 146 61 17 23 97 3.14 .221 .254 .361 .615 8.6
2012 32 UT GE 4 13 .235 22 22 1 1 0 124.3 127 68 22 43 81 4.92 .261 .325 .463 .788 0.0
  MS FF 7 4 .636 13 13 1 1 0 87.0 53 27 9 24 52 2.79 .175 .241 .307 .548 7.1
  TOT   11 17 .393 35 35 2 2 0 211.3 180 95 31 67 133 4.05 .228 .293 .403 .696 7.1
2013 33 MS FF 18 6 .750 34 34 4 2 0 225.0 179 76 19 42 135 3.04 .216 .258 .346 .604 14.7
2014 34 MS FF 14 9 .609 32 32 1 1 0 209.0 175 89 21 75 101 3.83 .230 .301 .358 .659 8.3
2015 35 MS FF 6 5 .545 14 14 1 0 0 81.0 74 43 11 38 39 4.78 .245 .331 .394 .725 1.0
2016 36 MS FF 4 5 .444 13 13 0 0 0 78.0 82 41 14 37 30 4.73 .269 .352 .446 .798 0.1
    AAA   4 4 .500 13 13 0 0 0 81.0 79 41 15 31 63 4.56 .256 .324 .442 .766  
2017 37 MS FF 3 14 .176 20 20 0 0 0 125.3 129 54 13 49 52 3.88 .267 .336 .385 .722 1.3
    AAA   3 5 .375 12 12 0 0 0 63.0 64 32 15 25 40 4.57 .256 .324 .464 .788  
2018 38 MS FF 5 4 .556 66 2 0 0 3 104.0 91 32 8 51 35 2.77 .232 .320 .319 .639 7.6
14 Years Sim 143 143 .500 420 356 38 10 3 2506.3 2248 1034 289 746 1669 3.71 .238 .297 .383 .680 99.7
3 Years AAA 13 12 .520 38 38 0 0 0 242.0 238 109 37 89 239 4.05 .256 .321 .416 .736  
3 Years AA 25 23 .521 56 56 7 1 0 398.3 363 192 67 148 487 4.34 .237 .304 .421 .725  
1 Years A 11 2 .846 17 17 6 2 0 135.0 98 34 11 29 134 2.27 .200 .245 .312 .557  
7 Years Minors 49 37 .570 111 111 13 3 0 775.3 699 335 115 266 860 3.89 .237 .300 .401 .701  
Season Average 10 10 .500 30 25 2 0 0 179.0 160 73 20 53 119 3.71 .238 .297 .383 .680  
Career Highs 19 17 .750 66 36 8 2 3 262.7 252 122 41 82 223 4.78 .269 .352 .446 .798  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1275 604 165 422 950   .236 .292 .379 .671
vs LH   973 430 124 324 719   .241 .297 .389 .686
Home 76 69 .524 216 182 16 5 2 1299.6 1165 530 146 385 870 3.67 .238 .294 .378 .672
Away 67 74 .475 204 174 22 5 1 1206.6 1083 504 143 361 799 3.76 .238 .295 .389 .683
Mar/Apr 21 18 .538 52 45 2 1 0 302.3 282 133 31 91 198 3.96 .245 .301 .381 .682
May 27 18 .600 67 54 6 1 0 394.3 353 161 38 100 300 3.67 .240 .288 .375 .664
June 19 27 .413 69 61 4 0 1 406.6 375 178 60 139 245 3.94 .240 .302 .405 .707
July 20 25 .444 71 60 8 2 1 419.3 373 174 50 123 269 3.73 .236 .291 .380 .671
August 24 30 .444 77 66 7 2 0 484.3 419 191 59 142 332 3.55 .231 .287 .380 .668
Sep/Oct 32 25 .561 84 70 13 4 1 499.3 446 197 51 151 325 3.55 .240 .297 .378 .675
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 25 NV GE 16 32 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .031 .061 .063 .123 -2.1 0.0
2006 26 NV GE 20 44 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 15 .068 .089 .159 .248 -1.1 0.0
  UT GE 14 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .030 .059 .061 .119 -1.9 0.0
  TOT   34 77 4 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 32 .052 .076 .117 .193 -3.0 0.0
2007 27 UT GE 33 81 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 .049 .072 .074 .146 -3.9 0.0
2008 28 UT GE 26 59 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 33 .034 .095 .051 .146 -2.8 0.0
2009 29 UT GE 36 89 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 25 .067 .116 .101 .217 -3.1 0.0
2010 30 UT GE 36 77 5 8 6 0 1 3 0 0 5 21 .104 .159 .221 .379 1.0 0.0
2011 31 UT GE 25 61 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .098 .113 .148 .260 -1.4 0.0
2012 32 UT GE 22 37 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .054 .100 .108 .208 -0.7 0.0
  MS FF 13 30 4 4 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 8 .133 .133 .333 .467 1.3 0.0
  TOT   35 67 6 6 5 0 1 7 0 0 2 25 .090 .114 .209 .323 0.6 0.0
2013 33 MS FF 34 71 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 24 .000 .065 .000 .065 -4.3 0.0
2014 34 MS FF 32 64 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 22 .031 .101 .047 .148 -3.0 0.0
2015 35 MS FF 14 27 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .037 .037 .074 .111 -2.0 0.0
2016 36 MS FF 13 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.0 0.0
2017 37 MS FF 20 37 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .108 .108 .162 .270 -0.5 0.0
2018 38 MS FF 66 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1 0.0
14 Years Sim 420 774 35 45 27 0 3 22 0 1 33 276 .058 .096 .105 .201 -26.4 0.0
162 Game Average 298 13 17 10 0 1 8 0 0 12 106 .058 .096 .105 .201 -10.2  
Career Highs 66 89 6 8 6 0 1 7 0 1 5 33 .111 .200 .221 .379 1.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   554 28 33 19 0 1 12 0 1 19 189 .060 .091 .099 .190 -22.3
vs LH   220 7 12 8 0 2 10 0 0 14 87 .055 .110 .118 .228 -5.6
Home 216 369 14 19 11 0 2 12 0 1 17 124 .051 .093 .098 .190 -14.3
Away 204 405 21 26 16 0 1 10 0 0 16 152 .064 .100 .111 .211 -13.5
RISP   186 0 5 4 0 0 17 0 0 8 59 .027 .066 .048 .114 -11.3
Close/Late   30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .033 .121 .067 .188 -1.0
Mar/Apr 51 91 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 31 .066 .122 .088 .210 -2.7
May 67 122 5 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 9 44 .033 .099 .066 .165 -5.4
June 68 119 4 9 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 39 .076 .112 .118 .230 -3.3
July 71 132 8 7 3 0 2 4 0 1 4 37 .053 .081 .121 .202 -4.9
August 66 153 7 9 7 0 1 4 0 0 4 64 .059 .083 .124 .207 -5.5
Sep/Oct 84 157 9 10 6 0 0 6 0 0 5 61 .064 .092 .102 .194 -6.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2005 25 NV GE P 16 16 105.3 4 12 1 0 .941 1.37    
2006 26 NV GE P 20 20 133.0 6 15 1 1 .955 1.42    
  UT GE P 14 14 101.0 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.43    
  TOT   P 34 34 234.0 11 26 1 2 .974 1.42    
2007 27 UT GE P 33 33 253.3 14 27 0 2 1.000 1.46    
2008 28 UT GE P 26 26 192.0 10 25 0 3 1.000 1.64    
2009 29 UT GE P 36 36 262.7 12 33 2 0 .957 1.54    
2010 30 UT GE P 36 36 250.3 12 46 2 3 .967 2.09    
2011 31 UT GE P 25 25 175.0 13 23 2 2 .947 1.85    
2012 32 UT GE P 22 22 124.3 7 19 1 0 .963 1.88    
  MS FF P 13 13 87.0 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.86    
  TOT   P 35 35 211.3 12 32 1 0 .978 1.87    
2013 33 MS FF P 34 34 225.0 20 26 1 1 .979 1.84    
2014 34 MS FF P 32 32 209.0 14 33 1 2 .979 2.02    
2015 35 MS FF P 14 14 81.0 7 16 1 1 .958 2.56    
2016 36 MS FF P 13 13 78.0 8 10 2 3 .900 2.08    
2017 37 MS FF P 20 20 125.3 3 14 2 0 .895 1.22    
2018 38 MS FF P 66 2 104.0 6 13 1 0 .950 1.64    
Career Totals   420 356 2506.3 146 336 17 19 .966 1.73    
Career Highs   66 36 262.7 20 46 2 3 1.000 2.56    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2007 27 UT GE 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 30.0 25 9 2 8 26 2.70 .223 .275 .330 .605
2008 28 UT GE 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 7 3 0 3 5 3.38 .269 .345 .308 .653
2009 29 UT GE 1 0 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 5 3 2 3 8 3.00 .161 .235 .355 .590
2011 31 UT GE 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 4 1 0 1 5 1.08 .143 .172 .179 .351
2012 32 MS FF 3 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 19.7 19 8 2 7 10 3.66 .247 .310 .390 .699
2013 33 MS FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 1 1 2 3 1.50 .273 .333 .455 .788
2014 34 MS FF 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 3 .700 12 11 2 0 0 82.0 67 25 7 24 58 2.74 .223 .281 .340 .621
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 27 UT GE 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 28 UT GE 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2009 29 UT GE 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 31 UT GE 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2012 32 MS FF 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .286 .429
2013 33 MS FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 11 30 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 .033 .033 .067 .100
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
2009-4-19
2013-3-18
 Losses
2006-4-16
2010-8-16
CAR-42-143
 Winning Pct
2013-2-.750
 Games Started
2009-4-36
2010-3-36
 Complete Games
2011-9-3
2013-2-4
 Shutouts
2007-9-2
2011-9-1
2012-8-1
2013-3-2
2014-10-1
Innings Pitched
2009-8-262.7
2010-6-250.3
2013-10-225.0
 Hits Allowed
2010-3-252
 Homeruns Allowed
2006-2-41
2010-7-30
CAR-28-289
 Strikeouts
2006-10-223
2009-8-176
2010-9-158
 Walks Allowed
2009-10-74
 Walks per 9IP
2011-8-1.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
2006-9-8.6
2008-7-8.6
2009-10-6.0
 WHiP
2011-7-0.97
 OOBP
2011-6-.254
2013-8-.258
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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  7. Derek Host (943)
  8. Roger Morrison (938)
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  1. Clarence McNatt (996)
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  6. Leo Cleland (990)
  7. Samson Steele (988)
  8. Robert Ford (988)
  9. Paul Wendler (986)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Connecticut in 2002
Traded from Connecticut to Nevada on 3/1/2005 (Going to Nev: P P. Knutson, C A. Hernandez. Going to Con: 1B D. Birnbaum, C M. Strom)
Earned first career win on 7/1/2005
Had first career hit (double) on 8/12/2005, off Alex Ramirez (Col)
Injured on 9/14/2005 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/22/2006, off Kurtis Johnson (Cal)
Traded from Nevada to Utah on 7/24/2006 (Going to Nev: P H. Tucker, P E. Jones. Going to Uta: P P. Knutson, P C. Reed)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/3/2007, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won National Cup with Utah in 2007
Injured on 4/10/2008 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Injured on 5/29/2011 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/13/2011 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/22/2011 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/20/2012 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Utah to Mississippi on 7/31/2012 (Going to Mis: P Paul Knutson, RF Bruce Wedge, P Michael Budge. Going to Uta: P Robert Marks)
Pitched NO-HITTER against Florida on 8/23/2012, striking out 5
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2012
Injured on 6/27/2013 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2014
Injured on 6/9/2015 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/25/2016 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/4/2017 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
 
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