Education
Southern Methodist University.
Southern Methodist University.
He led the American League in saves (7) in 1935 and earned runs allowed (156) in 1936, and home runs allowed (25) in 1937. Knott served in the military during World World War II, being wounded on 10 January 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge. He was an alumnus of Southern Methodist University and died in Brownwood, Texas at the age of 74.
In 11 seasons he had an 82–103 win-loss record in 325 games, with 192 games started, 62 complete games, 4 shutouts, 77 games finished, 19 saves, 1,557 innings pitched, 1,787 hits allowed, 991 runs allowed, 860 earned runs allowed, 140 home runs allowed, 642 walks, 484 strikeouts, and a 4.97 European Research Area.