Archie Bradley vs. Tom Knowlson — Career Comparison

Archie Bradley
MillenialOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Knowlson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Knowlson built a career as a starting pitcher and Archie Bradley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Knowlson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.579 compared to 4.03 and 1.409 for Archie Bradley. By the career numbers, Tom Knowlson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Archie Bradley and Tom Knowlson

Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.13
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.61
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.64
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.8
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.53
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.54
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.85
50.85
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.72
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.59
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
4.03
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.49
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
27
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100.2
9
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
8.69
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
8.85
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.85
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.7
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.36
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.29
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
8.96
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.15
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.39
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.54
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
38.94
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
38.26
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.51
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.63
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
4.31
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.74
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.85
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1875
34.51
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
32.36
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Archie Bradley and Tom Knowlson

Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.13
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.64
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1467
27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.46
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.64
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.14
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.1
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.18
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.889
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.51
10.51
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Archie Bradley and Tom Knowlson

Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
333
2938.24
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
284.21
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
555.88
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.41
3.65
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
6.3
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.65
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.12
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
61.76
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-24.92
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.17
-18.54
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
344.12
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
363.16
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
1.74
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
1.65
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.29
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Archie Bradley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA