Three seasons removed from his Phillies tenure, Andrew Knapp has retired from professional baseball, the former catcher announced Sunday on Instagram.
Knapp, the Phillies’ second-round draft pick in 2013, spent nine years in the organization, including five at the big-league level. He slashed .214/.314/.322 in 309 games with the club. He backed up Cameron Rupp for a year, Jorge Alfaro for a year and J.T. Realmuto for three.
A rare switch-hitting catcher, Knapp’s best production came in the 2020 pandemic season, hitting .278/.404/.444 in 33 games as one of the better backups in the game — or, to many, the “BBCIB” himself.