#11 : chuck knoblauch | lf

2000 highlights:
hit .283 with 5hr and 26rbi in 102 games (82 starts at second base, 18 starts at dh)... his 18 starts at dh were a career-high (previous high in a season was 2gs in 1996 with minnesota)... scored the 1,000th run of his career on 7/16 vs. philadelphia in the 10th inning... made ninth straight opening day start, his third straight for the yankees at 2b... hit first hr of the season and collected three hits (3-for-5, 2r) in 4/15 win vs. kansas city... was removed from game on 4/23 at toronto in fifth inning with soreness in left wrist - left wrist examined by team physician dr. stuart herson on 4/24 at beth israel north hospital in manhattan - imaging studies, including an mri, were negative... missed three-game series vs. minnesota (4/24-6) with sprained left wrist - started next four games but was scratched from line-up on 5/2 - was evaluated at beth israel north hospital on 5/4 by team physician dr. stuart hershon and hand specialist dr. susan scott - additional tests, consisting of a bone scan and arthrogram were normal... missed six games before returning to the lineup on 5/9 vs. tampa bay and was 2-for-5 with 1 double... was scratched from the line-up for two consecutive games (5/26-27) with a strained left forearm (suffered in 5/21 game at cleveland)... had season-high 13-game hitting streak from 5/9-25 - hit .327 (18-for-55) during the streak... homered to lead off game (#2) - his 28th career leadoff homer and first of 2000 - and was 2-for-5 in 5/30 loss vs. oakland... homered in back-to-back games on 5/30 and 5/31... was scratched from 6/5 lineup (at montreal) with soreness in his left forearm and missed next four games... made career-high three errors before being replaced at 2b in the seventh inning on 6/15 vs. chicago... was ejected in the sixth inning (throwing helmet) of 6/20 win at boston... started at d?h for the first time since 7/25/98 (with minnesota vs. chicago white sox) and was 1-for-5 with 2r and 1rbi in 621 loss at boston... did not play 6/28-29 at detroit with left ear infection... left 7/13 game vs. florida in top of seventh inning with bruised left wrist and thumb suffered while attempting to catch preston wilson\s line drive - missed 7/14 game vs. florida... reached base in all five plate appearances and was 2-for-2 with 1 double and 3bb in 7/20 loss vs. detroit... did not play from 7/25-29 (a span of five games) because of strained right elbow sustained while completing double play in fourth inning on 7/24 at baltimore - was evaluated in new york on 7/26 by dr. stuart hershon... returned to line-up and started at dh in 7/30 win at minnesota - started the next two games before being placed on the 15-day disabled list for the first time in his career on 8/7 (retroactive to 8/3) with tendinitis in his right elbow - underwent a dye-cast mri on 8/7 at columbia presbyterian medical center... took batting practice and fielded ground balls on 8/14 at the yankees\ player development complex in tampa... started for class-a tampa (fsl) at kissimmee on 8/25 and was 0-for-1 before being removed from the game in the fourth inning as a precaution after he was hit by a pitch on the left knee - was his only rehab appearance... was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list before 9/1 game vs. minnesota (missed 27 games)... made first start on 9/6 at kansas city since 8/2 vs. kansas city (a span of 33 games)... recorded his first hit since being reinstated from the disabled list on 9/1 (a span of 13ab) with a single in the seventh inning of 9/10 win at boston... in four-game series vs. detroit (9/22-25) was 7-for-14 with 7r, 1rbi, 1sb, 1hp and 2bb.

personal:
edward charles knoblauch...signed by marty esposito...nicknamed "knobby"...member of mickey mantle league national champions in 1984...is a 1986 graduate of bellaire high school in houston...played for clarinda (ia) in the jayhawk league in 1987...was named the cape cod league\s best professional prospect, batting .361 for wareham in 1988...was the mvp of the ncaa shootout at boardwalk and baseball in august, 1988...studied agricultural economics at texas a&m and was named to the freshman all-america team...batted .364 as a junior (1989) with 8 hr, 64 rbi and 36 stolen bases, earning second-team baseball america all-america honors as a shortstop...his father ray was a minor-league pitcher and uncle ed knoblauch was an outfielder.