Doug Brocail vs. Jack Knott — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Brocail as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Brocail posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.97 and 1.560 for Jack Knott. By the career numbers, Doug Brocail had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Jack Knott

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.88
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.47
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.6
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.32
44.32
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.08
59.08
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
4.97
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1787
10.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.81
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
3.71
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
2.8
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7007
40.5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
5.73
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6345
36.68
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Jack Knott

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.43
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2640
27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.366
0.366
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Jack Knott

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
325
348.84
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
559
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
482
517.35
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
62.25
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
59.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
18.22
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.93
10.66
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
65.47
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
92.31
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
34.35
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
59.03
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
17.8
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.61
-0.65
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
134.12
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
212
227.55
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
52.59
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA