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After replacing the exiting Pete Rose at third base in 1979 , he wound up on the World Champion Mets team of 1986 . 's Bob Costas during the 1986 World Series .]] While he is notable as being a very quality hitter, making the Top 10 leaderboard in batting three times, he is mostly known for his role in the 1986 World Series , when he not only scored the winning run in Game 6 on Mookie Wilson's famous grounder through Bill Buckner's legs, but he also hit the tiebreaking Home Run in Game 7. He went on to win the World Series MVP award, and then became the first player to join a new team the season after winning the award, signing with the Orioles in 1987 . His all-time statistics in the postseason include a .279 BA, with 1 home run and 7 RBIs. In 1986, he also won the Babe Ruth Award for the National League and The Sporting News Comeback Player Of The Year Award . He was also a winner of the Hutch Award in 1983 . In a 13-season career, he put together a .271 Batting Average with 84 Home Run s and 595 RBIs in 1495 games. He had 490 Runs and 14 career Stolen Base s. He accumulated 266 Double s and 1311 Hits in total, in 4829 At Bat s. In his Managerial career, he is 125-137, managing the Reds from 1996-97 and in 2003 for 1 game. In 1997 , he forgot how many outs there were in a game and called for a Bunt at an inopportune time. He later fined himself 250 Dollar s for the incident. The team's lack of success would lead to his eventual firing and his replacement with Jack McKeon . Knight is married to Golf star, Nancy Lopez , and briefly Caddied for her after retiring. FACT
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