Tony McKnight

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1977)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=

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|name=Tony McKnight

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|6|29}}

|birth_place=Texarkana, Arkansas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 10

|debutyear=2000

|debutteam=Houston Astros

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 6

|finalyear=2001

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=7–7

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.63

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=69

|teams=

• Houston Astros ({{By|2000}}–{{By|2001}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{By|2001}})

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Tony Mark McKnight (born June 29, 1977) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the {{By|1995}} amateur draft. McKnight played his first professional season with their Rookie league Gulf Coast Astros in 1995, and his last with the Los Angeles Dodgers' Triple-A Las Vegas 51s in {{By|2003}}.

On July 31, 2001, the Astros traded McKnight to the Pirates for Mike Williams.{{cite news |last1=Rutter |first1=Joe |title=Pirates trade Williams, Mulholland |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/pirates-trade-williams-mulholland/ |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |date=July 31, 2001}}

Prior to the 2017 college baseball season, McKnight began volunteering as an assistant coach for the baseball team at Texas A&M University–Texarkana.{{cite news |title=TAMUT Baseball to Have 2nd Annual Midnight Madness |url=https://www.tamuteagles.com/article/242 |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=www.tamuteagles.com |publisher=Texas A&M University–Texarkana |date=September 26, 2016 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=John |title=Texas A&M-Texarkana Eagles Baseball Now in Its Second Year |url=https://kkyr.com/texas-am-texarkana-eagles-baseball-now-in-its-second-year/ |access-date=29 June 2021 |publisher=Kicker 102.5 |date=March 10, 2017 |language=en}}