Ed Knouff

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ed Knouff

|image=Ed Knouff.jpg

|caption=1887 baseball card of Knouff

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date=June 1867

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1900|9|14|1867|6}}

|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 1

|debutyear=1885

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 7

|finalyear=1889

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=20–20

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.17

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=128

|teams=

}}

Edward Augustine "Fred" Knouff (June 1867 – September 14, 1900) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1885 to 1889. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns, and Cleveland Blues.

Biography

Knouff started his professional baseball career in 1884, at the age of seventeen, with Newark of the Eastern League. He played in various leagues until 1892.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=knouff001ed-|title = Ed Knouff Minor Leagues Statistics & History}}

In 1897, Knouff was serving as a Philadelphia firefighter when he fell and broke his back. Doctors were unable to help him, and Knouff remained in a hospital until his death in 1900.The New York Times obituary, September 16, 1900.