# Jeff McKnight

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1963–2015)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jeff McKnight
|position=[Utility player](/source/Utility_player)
|image=1988 CandL Colorcraft - Jeff McKnight (cropped).jpg
|caption=McKnight with the [Tidewater Tides](/source/Tidewater_Tides) {{circa}} 1988
|width=200
|bats=Switch
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1963|2|18}}
|birth_place=[Conway, Arkansas](/source/Conway%2C_Arkansas), U.S.
|death_date= {{death date and age|2015|3|1|1963|2|18}}
|death_place=[Bee Branch, Arkansas](/source/Bee_Branch%2C_Arkansas), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 6
|debutyear=1989
|debutteam=New York Mets
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 11
|finalyear=1994
|finalteam=New York Mets
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.254
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=12
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=68
|teams=
*[New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets) ({{mlby|1989}}, {{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|1994}})
*[Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1991}})
}}

'''Jefferson Alan McKnight''' (February 18, 1963 – March 1, 2015) was an American [utility man](/source/utility_player) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) who played for the [New York Mets](/source/New_York_Mets) and [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) in parts of six seasons spanning 1989–1994. McKnight was able to play all positions except [center field](/source/Center_fielder) and [pitcher](/source/pitcher), making the largest number of appearances as a [first baseman](/source/first_baseman) with 39. He was the son of former major league player [Jim McKnight](/source/Jim_McKnight).

McKnight starred in high school baseball and basketball at [Southside-Bee Branch High School](/source/Southside_High_School_(Bee_Branch%2C_Arkansas)). He played college baseball at Westark Community College, which later became the [University of Arkansas-Fort Smith](/source/University_of_Arkansas-Fort_Smith).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/21705/jeff-mcknight/|title=Jeff McKnight Stats & Scouting Report - Baseball America}}</ref>

McKnight's professional career overall spanned 16 years. Originally drafted by the Mets in 1983, he finished his career in 1998 with the independent [Newark Bears](/source/Newark_Bears). He batted .171 in 16 appearances with the Orioles and .383 in 22 games for the [Rochester Red Wings](/source/Rochester_Red_Wings) during the [1991 season](/source/1991_Baltimore_Orioles_season) before his release on October 16 of that year.<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-10-17-1991290180-story.html "Orioles cut trio off roster," ''The Baltimore Sun'', Thursday, October 17, 1991.] Retrieved December 7, 2021</ref>

He died in 2015 at the age of 52 due to [leukemia](/source/leukemia), a disease he was battling for 10 years.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/bitterbill/met-jeff-mcknight-dead-52-blog-entry-1.2135001 ''New York Daily News'' (March 2, 2015)]</ref>

==See also==
* [List of second-generation Major League Baseball players](/source/List_of_second-generation_Major_League_Baseball_players)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|mlb=118786|espn=2180|br=m/mcknije01|brm=mcknig001jef}}, or [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmcknj001.htm Retrosheet]

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Category:1963 births
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Category:Arkansas Razorbacks baseball players
Category:Baltimore Orioles players
Category:Baseball players from Arkansas
Category:Columbia Mets players
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Category:Major League Baseball infielders
Category:Navegantes del Magallanes players
Category:American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Category:New York Mets players
Category:Newark Bears players
Category:Norfolk Tides players
Category:Rochester Red Wings players
Category:Sportspeople from Conway, Arkansas
Category:Tidewater Tides players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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