Frank Beck vs. Jack Knott — Career Comparison

Frank Beck
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore MonumentalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Beck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Knott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.97 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 6.62 and 1.765 for Frank Beck. By the career numbers, Jack Knott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Beck and Jack Knott

Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.88
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.11
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.47
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.6
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.32
44.32
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.08
59.08
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.06
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.36
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.62
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
4.97
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
13.24
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1787
10.33
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.24
13.24
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.33
10.33
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.81
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.65
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
3.71
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.76
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.8
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.824
0.824
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.85
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
44.47
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7007
40.5
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.45
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
11.12
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
5.73
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.765
1.765
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
40.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6345
36.68
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.47
44.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Frank Beck and Jack Knott

Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.59
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.53
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.24
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.94
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Beck and Jack Knott

Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
8
150
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
348.84
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
559
600
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
517.35
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
62.25
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
59.03
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
27.37
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.93
10.66
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
65.47
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
92.31
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
34.35
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
22.67
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.61
-0.65
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
212
227.55
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
52.59
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA