Complex sentence: John Clinton Knox (born July 26,1948 in Newark, New Jersey) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played four seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 1972-1975.
Split into simpler sentences: John Clinton Knox (born July 26,1948 in Newark, New Jersey) is a retired American professional baseball player. He was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played in four seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 1972--1975.