| Landon Knack | |
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 Knack at the 2024 championship parade | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 96 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1997-07-15)July 15, 1997 (age 27) Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 17, 2024, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics (through March 19, 2025) | |
| Win–loss record | 4–5 |
| Earned run average | 3.55 |
| Strikeouts | 72 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
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Landon Dakota Knack (born July 15, 1997) is an American professionalbaseballpitcher for theLos Angeles Dodgers ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Knack attendedScience Hill High School inJohnson City, Tennessee, andEast Tennessee State University, where he playedcollege baseball for theEast Tennessee State Buccaneers.[1][2] He was drafted by theLos Angeles Dodgers in the second round of the2020 MLB draft.[3][4] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Knack made his professional debut in 2021 with theGreat Lakes Loons and was promoted to theTulsa Drillers during the season.[6] Between the two levels, he was 7–1 with a 3.18 ERA in 16 appearances (11 starts) and struck out 82 batters while only walking eight.[7] He was selected to play for theGlendale Desert Dogs of theArizona Fall League after the season.[8] In 2022, he made 17 starts for Tulsa, with a 2–10 record and 5.01 ERA.[7]
Knack returned to Tulsa to start the 2023 season, making 12 starts with a 2–0 record, 2.20 ERA and 61 strikeouts in57+1⁄3 innings.[7] On June 17, he was promoted to the Triple-AOklahoma City Dodgers,[9] where he made 10 starts, with a 3–1 record, 2.93 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 43 innings.[7]
Knack was added to the Dodgers 40-man roster on November 14, 2023, in order to be protected from theRule 5 draft[10] and he made the Dodgers'Opening Day roster for the 2024 season.[11] However, he did not pitch in either of the Dodgers two games inSeoul, South Korea as part of theMLB World Tour and was optioned back to Oklahoma City for the start of the minor league season.[12] Knack drew the start for Oklahoma City on opening day and struck out six in five scoreless innings.[13] He was promoted to the majors again and made his debut as the starting pitcher against theWashington Nationals on April 17,[14] allowing two runs on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts. His first MLB strikeout was ofNick Senzel.[15] He picked up his first major league win on April 24, also against the Nationals.[16] Overall, Knack was 3–5 with a 3.65 ERA in 15 games (12 starts) with 69 strikeouts in the majors[17] and 4–3 with a 3.71 ERA in 14 games (12 starts) in the minors.[7]
Knack made the postseason roster for the Dodgers[18] and pitched one scoreless inning in theNational League Division Series (NLDS).[17] However, he struggled in his next appearance, in Game 2 of theNational League Championship Series (NLCS), allowing five runs on five hits and three walks in only two innings.[19] In the2024 World Series, Knack pitched four innings in Game 4, allowing one run on two hits and one walk, while striking out two. The Dodgers won the series in five games over theNew York Yankees.[20]