About the Knights

KNIGHTS All time record (2011-2025):      64-278-4 (Does not include forfeits)

 

1-28       (2011)                     2-20-1     (2016)                    4-12    (2021)        

9-17       (2012)                    10-17       (2017)                    2-20    (2022)

8-19       (2013)                    6-13-1      (2018)                    3-21    (2023)

4-25-1    (2014)                    1-21         (2019)                    3-20    (2024)

6-15-1    (2015)                    1-11         (2020)                    4-19    (2025)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is the complete Knights Baseball MVP list: as voted on by teammates (2023 - present), or AI (2011 - 2023):

 

Year MVP
2025 Jason Burney (#17)
2024 Jason Burney (#17)
2023

Bob Nevenner (#16) AI vote

Dan Clyne (#28) Team vote

2022 Dave Thompson (#5)
2021 Dave Thompson (#5)
2020 Dave Thompson (#5)
2019 Dave Thompson (#5)
2018 Mark Morse (#9)
2017 Ed Moore (#8)
2016 Steve Schoo (#44)
2015 Bill McDaniel (#15)
2014 Matt Meier
2013 Mike Dunnigan (#7)
2012 David "J.R." Gain (#33)
2011 Steve Harris (#27)

A few notable takeaways — Dave Thompson is the most decorated MVP in the dataset, winning four consecutive awards from 2019–2022. Jason Burney is the only other back-to-back MVP winner (2024–2025), and no other player has won the award more than once.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is the complete Knights Baseball All-Star list, as voted on by teammates (2023 - present), or AI (2011 - 2022):

 

Player Total Years
Dave Thompson 8 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Matt Meier 5 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Dan Clyne 4 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Jason Burney 3 2023, 2024, 2025
Bill McDaniel 3 2014, 2015, 2016
Terry Payne 3 2016, 2020, 2021
A.J. Koenig 2 2016, 2017
Bob Nevenner 2 2023, 2024
Bob Paarlberg 2 2013, 2015
David "J.R." Gain 2 2011, 2012
Gary Freymiller 2 2018, 2019
John Gammon 2 2012, 2013
Louie Wray 2 2012, 2015
Alan Arbuckle 1 2024
Bill Stewart 1 2022
Clay Hunter 1 2023
Ed Moore 1 2017
Erik Auger 1 2021
Jim Schaefer 1 2014
Ken Hagarty 1 2014
Mark Dauphin 1 2013
Mark Morse 1 2018
Mark Robert 1 2025
Mike Caraker 1 2025
Mike Dunnigan 1 2013
Mike Payne 1 2020
Paul Young 1 2012
Scott Ford 1 2022
Scott Stoner 1 2017
Steve Harris 1 2011
Steve Schoo 1 2016
Steven Hartsoe 1 2011
Tom Broy 1 2019
Tom DeWoskin 1 2018
Tom Wall 1 2021
Vince Hasen 1 2011

Dave Thompson stands alone at the top with 8 All-Star selections, nearly double the next closest player. He is truly the franchise player of the Knights' modern era.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Top ten all time offensive seasons ranked by AI

 

Rank Player Year AVG OBP SLG OPS H RBI SB G
1 Dave Thompson 2019 .615 .643 .865 1.508 32 8 10 18
2 Gary Barklage 2012 .512 .583 .756 1.339 21 16 4 13
3 Mark Morse 2018 .615 .634 .692 1.326 24 6 18 11
4 Tom DeWoskin 2018 .591 .625 .636 1.261 13 7 7 9
5 Scott Stoner 2017 .541 .595 .649 1.244 20 8 1 12
5 Jason Burney 2024 .442 .500 .744 1.244 19 5 3 17
7 Dave Thompson 2020 .486 .550 .686 1.236 17 4 13 12
8 Dave Thompson 2022 .486 .526 .700 1.226 34 17 7 22
9 Louie Wray 2012 .544 .581 .632 1.212 31 7 11 16
10 Terry Payne 2020 .520 .571 .640 1.211 13 6 0 9

A note about stats/records: Records were added for the team in the winter of 2022-23 using the available stats on the website. 

 

It was discovered from a review of game box scores that there are omissions in the stats for numerous games.

 

There are 11 games from 2014 - 2018 where there were no pitching or hitting stats entered. 

There are 14 games from 2011 - 2020 where there are no pitching stats. 

There are 49 games from 2011 - 2020 where partial stats are missing. 

Notably, there are at least 33 games where either a win or a loss was not assigned, or assigned incorrectly. 

 

If someone kept the old scoresheets for these games please let me know!  There is otherwise no way to correct these omissions at this time, with some exceptions of wins and losses by individual pitchers. 


No stats for hitting or pitching:

 

9/13/14, 9/17/13, 9/19/13, 9/10/15, 9/7/16, 6/11/17, 9/17/17, 9/22/17, 9/24/17, 6/8/18, 9/11/18

 

No Stats for pitching:

 

7/5/11, 8/23/13, 7/12/14, 7/13/14, 7/26/16, 8/25/16, 6/17/17, 7/2/19, 8/13/18, 8/19/19, 8/23/19, 8/25/19, 8/31/19, 9/19/20

 

Incomplete stats with all time record corrections noted:

 

4/17/11 (loss not assigned, should be Steve Harris), 7/9/11 (WIN not assigned, should be Steve Harris), 7/23/11 (loss not assigned, should be David "J.R." Gain), 8/31/11 (loss not assigned, should be David "J.R." Gain), 9/10/11 (win mistakenly assigned to Joe Mills, should be a loss).

 

5/29/12 (WIN not assigned, should be David "J.R." Gain), 9/9/12 (pitching stats incomplete).

 

4/6/13 (loss not assigned, should be Mike Dunnigan), 7/28/13 (loss not assigned, should be David "J.R." Gain), 7/31/13 loss not assigned, should be Mike Dunnigan), 8/10/13 (loss not assigned, should be David "J.R." Gain), 8/29/13 (RBI's missing).

 

6/8/14 (loss not assigned, should be Kerry McCombs), 7/27/14 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 8/19/14 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg), 8/20/14 (WIN not assigned, should be Bill McDaniel), 8/22/14 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 8/30/14 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg).

 

4/25/15 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg), 4/30/15 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg), 7/11/15 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg), 7/14/15 (WIN not assigned, should be Bill McDaniel), 8/27/15 (batting and pitching stats incomplete).

 

4/2/16 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg), 5/22/16 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg), 7/20/16 (loss not assigned, should be Bill McDaniel), 8/19/16 (pitching incomplete), 8/21/16 (pitching incomplete).

 

4/8/17 (loss not assigned, should be Ed Moore), 4/13/17 (loss not assigned, should be Terry Payne), 4/25/17 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 5/11/17 (loss not assigned, should be Ed Moore), 5/19/17 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 5/25/17 (loss not assigned, should be Ed Moore), 6/2/17 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 6/6/17 (WIN not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 6/26/17 (loss not assigned, should be Ed Moore), 7/7/17 (loss not assigned, should be Chris Crawford), 7/16/17 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 7/25/17 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 7/30/17 (loss not assigned, should be Ed Moore), 8/24/17 (WIN not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 8/25/17 (loss not assigned, should be Bob Paarlberg), 9/9/17 (loss not assigned, should be Ed Moore).

 

4/12/18 (loss not assigned, should be Bill McDaniel),  5/8/18 (loss not assigned, should be Dave Thompson), 5/12/18 (loss not assigned, should be J.C. Corcoran), 6/23/18 (loss not assigned, should be Rod Hoelzer), 7/18/18 (loss not assigned, should be Jay Burns), 8/5/18 (loss not assigned, should be Bill McDaniel), 8/9/18 (loss not assigned, should be Bill McDaniel), 8/13/18 (WIN not assigned, should be Terry Payne), 8/22/18 (loss not assigned, should be Terry Payne), 8/25/18 (pitching incomplete), 8/13/18 (WIN not assigned, should be Jack Eckhard).

 

4/2/19  (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 4/7/19 (loss not assigned, should be Tom Broy),  4/22/19  (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 4/28/19  (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier), 5/10/19 loss not assigned, should be Dave Thompson), 5/17/19 (loss not assigned, should be Dave Thompson), 5/31/19 (loss not assigned, should be Tom Broy), 6/13/19 (loss not assigned, should be  Matt Meier), 6/17/19 loss not assigned, should be Dave Thompson), 6/27/19 (loss not assigned, should be Tom Wall), 7/2/19 (no stats), 7/19/19 (loss not assigned, should be Tom Broy), 7/26/19 (loss not assigned, should be Tom Broy),  8/1/19 (loss not assigned, should be  Matt Meier),  8/5/19 (loss not assigned, should be  Matt Meier),  8/13/19 (no stats), 8/19/19 (no stats), 8/23/19 (no stats), 8/25/19 (no stats), 8/31/19 (no stats), 9/12/19 (loss not assigned, should be Matt Meier).

 

9/13/20 (pitching incomplete), 8/31/20 (pitching incomplete), 8/24/20 (pitching incomplete), 8/17/20 (pitching incomplete), 8/3/20 (pitching incomplete), 7/28/20 (pitching incomplete), 7/22/20 (pitching incomplete),


The official stats have 42 wins and 133 losses asigned to individual pitchers.  From our records through 2022, bases on a team record of  54-218-4, we are short 12 assigned wins and 85 assigned losses.

 

For the dates above I was able to determine some additional corrections to the all time records for wins and losses. 

 

Bill McDaniel +2 wins, Matt Meier + 2 wins, Steve Harris +1 win, David "J.R." Gain +1 win, Terry Payne +1 win, Jack Eckhard +1 win.

 

Joe Mills -1 win.

 

Matt Meier +14 losses, Bob Paarlberg +8 losses, Ed Moore +6 losses, Tom Broy +4 losses, David "J.R." Gain +4 losses, Dave Thompson +4 losses, Bill McDaniel, +4 losses, Mike Dunnigan +2 losses, Terry Payne +2 losses, Steve Harris +1 loss, Joe Mills +1 loss, Kerry McCombs +1 loss, Tom Wall +1 loss, Jay Burns +1 loss, Rod Hoelzer +1 loss, J.C. Corcoran +1 loss, Christopher Crawford + 1 loss. 

 

The all time records have been adjusted to reflect these changes.

 

Tom Wall, February 2023.