Philip Louis Knell (March 12, 1865 – June 5, 1944) was an American professional baseball pitcher from 1888 to 1908.

He started his professional baseball career in 1888, and for the next few years, he bounced around between various major and minor league teams.

In 1888, Knell played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League (NL) and had a 1–2 win–loss record and a 3.76 earned run average.

[2] Knell led the league with 54 hit batsmen, which remains the MLB single-season record.

[2] Knell finished his MLB career with 1452.1 innings pitched, a 79–90 win–loss record, a 4.05 ERA, a 99 ERA+, 575 strikeouts, and 136 hit batsmen.