As manager Charles Ray Knight (born December 28, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets.

Originally drafted by the Reds in the tenth round of the 1970 Major League Baseball draft, he is best remembered to Reds fans as the man who replaced Pete Rose at third base, whereas Mets fans remember Knight as the man who scored the winning run of game six of the 1986 World Series and as the MVP of that series.

In 1976, with only one home run coming into the final month of the season, Knight borrowed a bat from Reds star George Foster and hit nine in the remaining games of the year.

On December 18, 1981, he was traded to the Houston Astros for César Cedeño, to accommodate Johnny Bench's move from behind the plate to third base.

During the off-season, the Mets attempted to trade Knight to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Lee Mazzilli, but were denied.

Knight took the throw from Mets catcher Gary Carter late, brought his glove to Davis' face and knocked his helmet off.

For the season, Knight batted .298 with eleven home runs and 76 RBIs to earn NL Comeback Player of the Year honors.

Unable to agree on a contract with general manager Frank Cashen for 1987, Knight became the first player to join a new team the season after winning the World Series MVP award, signing with the Baltimore Orioles.

The Orioles finished sixth in the American League East in 1987, narrowly avoiding one hundred losses (95).

For his own part, Knight batted .256 with 65 RBIs and tied his career high with fourteen home runs.

Knight served primarily as the Tigers' first baseman or designated hitter, though he did see some playing time at third and in the outfield.

He made his managerial debut on April 1, 1996, but the game was postponed when home plate umpire John McSherry suffered a severe cardiac episode and later died after only seven pitches.

[13] Johnny Holliday, Knight's fellow MASN broadcaster and Nats Xtra co-host, playfully referred to him as the "Silver Fox."

Knight was one of several members of the 1986 championship team not to attend the 20th anniversary celebration at Shea Stadium on August 19, 2006; the others included manager Davey Johnson, (who was managing Team USA in Cuba), Dwight Gooden (who was serving a jail sentence), Roger McDowell (who was the Atlanta Braves pitching coach at the time), Lee Mazzilli (who was the New York Yankees bench coach at the time), and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre.

[16] In 2013, Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany, Georgia, unveiled a street on the property named Ray Knight Way.

On October 23, 2017, Knight was arrested after an altercation at his condo in the Alexandria, Virginia, area with an unidentified 33-year-old man.