John Knox

John Clinton Knox (born July 26, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He was a second baseman who played in four seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 1972 to 1975. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . As a senior, he played second base, hit .370 with a .990 fielding percentage, and won All-MAC first-team honors. He also won third-team All-America honors in 1970.

Professional baseball Knox was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the eighth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.

In 1971, Knox was promoted to the Montgomery Rebels of the Double A Dixie Association. He appeared in 128 games for Montgomery, batting .271 with a .368 on-base percentage. He was then called up by the Tigers and made his major-league debut on August 1, 1972. He appeared in 14 games with the Tigers in 1972, compiling a .077 batting average in 12 at-bats. He began the season with the Double-as Evansville Triplets, but was traded early in the season to the Cincinnati Reds who assigned Knox to the Triple-A Indianapolix Indians. Knox was inducted into the Bowling Green Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977.