Otto Knabe

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Otto Knabe

|image=Ottoknabe.gif

|position=Second baseman

|birth_date={{Birth date|1884|6|12}}

|birth_place=Carrick, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1961|5|17|1884|6|12}}

|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 3

|debutyear=1905

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 25

|finalyear=1916

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=1278

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=1103

|stat3label=Batting average

|stat3value=.247

|teams=

As player

Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1905}})
Philadelphia Phillies ({{Baseball year|1907}}–{{Baseball year|1913}})
Baltimore Terrapins ({{Baseball year|1914}}–{{Baseball year|1915}})
Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1916}})
Chicago Cubs ({{Baseball year|1916}})

As manager

Baltimore Terrapins ({{Baseball year|1914}}–{{Baseball year|1915}})

|highlights=

Led the National League in Sacrifice Hits 4 times (1907–08, 1910 and 1913).
Philadelphia Phillies Career Leader in Sacrifice Hits (216).

}}

Franz Otto Knabe (June 12, 1884 – May 17, 1961), also known as "Dutch", was an American Major league second baseman from Carrick, Pennsylvania, who played for four teams.{{cite web |title=Otto Knabe Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knabeot01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}} Knabe received MVP votes in three-straight seasons, 1911-1913, as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and during his time with the Phillies, he led the National League in sacrifice hits.{{cite book |last1= Riccaboni |first1= Ian |author-link1= Ian Riccaboni |title= Phillies Nation Presents the 100 Greatest Phillies of All Time|chapter= Otto Knabe |edition= First |location= Glenside, PA |publisher= Phillies Nation |date= September 15, 2015 |page= 2 |isbn= 978-1515364795 |ref=PN100 }} He was the player-manager for the only two seasons the Baltimore Terrapins and the Federal League were in existence.{{cite web |title=Otto Knabe Managerial Record |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/knabeot01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}

Knabe twice received a single vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, once in 1939,{{Cite web |title=1939 Hall of Fame Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_1939.shtml |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} and the other in 1946.{{Cite web |title=1946 Hall of Fame Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_1946.shtml |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was interred at New Cathedral Cemetery.{{cite web |title=Otto Knabe Baseball Stats |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=knabeot01 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Baseball Almanac}}

File:Otto Knabe and Erskine Mayer.jpg (right), 1913]]