Chuck Knoblauch became a free agent after the 2001 season and the Yankees decided not to sign him. His performance continued to decline after the 1999 season. His last year with the Yankees he was moved from Second Base (where he continued to have throwing problems)to Left Field. While he showed great progress in this area, his bat coninued to slow, he was plagued with minor injuries and towards the end of the season was platooned at Left Field with David Justice and others. In 2002 he signed with the Kansas City Royals. Assigned to Left Field, he was again plagued with injuries. As far as I know, he retired after his one year with the Royals. When you are a second baseman who cannot throw to first, you become an expendable piece of a puzzle. In other words he stunk up the joint!
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Chuck Knoblauch played in just one game at designated hitter for the New York Yankees in 1998 and did not start. , equivalent to 0 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in).
Christian Guzman. Also sent to the Twins for Knoblauch were pitchers Eric Milton and Danny Mota and outfielder/first baseman Brian Buchanan.
Chuck Knoblauch played in 150 games at second base for the New York Yankees in 1999, starting in all of them. He played for a total of 3950 outs, equivalent to 146.3 9-inning games. He made 254 putouts, had 425 assists, and committed 26 errors, equivalent to .178 errors per 9-inning game. He had 67 double plays.
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