until the age of 39. Career statistics In a twelve-year minor league career, Knothe played in 1,131 games, accumulating 1,165 hits in 4,196 at bats for a .277 career batting average, along with 23 home runs. He appeared in 6 major league games, getting 1 hit in 12 at bats and scored 2 runs. Later life After his baseball-playing career, Knothe served for 29 years as a supervisor for Curtiss-Wright Aeronautics in Woodbridge, New Jersey, before retiring in 1965. He also was a World War II Air Force veteran. George Knothe died on July 3, 1981, and is buried in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Toms River, New Jersey. References External links George Knothe at SABR (Baseball BioProject) 1898 births 1981 deaths Sportspeople from Bayonne, New Jersey Baseball players from New Jersey Major League Baseball second basemen Philadelphia Phillies players Penn Quakers baseball players Newark Bears (IL) players Lawrence Merry Macks players Pueblo Steelworkers players Providence Grays (minor league) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Fort Worth Cats players Memphis Chickasaws players