Ray Knight
| Ray Knight | |
|---|---|
Knight on Nats Xtra in 2007 | |
| Third baseman / First baseman / Manager | |
| Born: December 28, 1952 Albany, Georgia, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 10, 1974, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 2, 1988, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .271 |
| Home runs | 84 |
| Runs batted in | 595 |
| Managerial record | 125–137 |
| Winning % | .477 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
As player
As manager | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Ray Knight (born December 28, 1952) is an American former infielder best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets in Major League Baseball (MLB). Originally drafted by the Reds in the tenth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft, he is best remembered to Reds fans as the man who replaced Pete Rose at third base, whereas Mets fans remember Knight for scoring the winning run of game six of the 1986 World Series, hitting a go-ahead home run in game 7 to give the Mets a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, and as the MVP of that series. He was most recently a studio analyst and occasional game analyst for the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network's coverage of the Washington Nationals from 2007 to 2018.