Art Decatur vs. Jack Knott — Career Comparison

Art Decatur
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Art Decatur as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Art Decatur posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.482 compared to 4.97 and 1.560 for Jack Knott. By the career numbers, Art Decatur had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Art Decatur and Jack Knott

Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.56
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.88
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.6
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.47
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.57
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.6
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.35
40.35
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.32
44.32
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.08
59.08
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.11
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
4.97
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1615
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
538.1
9
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
653
10.92
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1787
10.33
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.33
10.33
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.7
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.81
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.42
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
3.71
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
2.54
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.8
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.552
0.552
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.723
0.723
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.24
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.22
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2431
40.64
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7007
40.5
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.12
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
5.45
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
5.73
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2273
38
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6345
36.68
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.64
40.64
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Art Decatur and Jack Knott

Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Art Decatur and Jack Knott

Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
530.64
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
348.84
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
173
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
559
600
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
551.45
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
517.35
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
15
52.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
62.25
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
12
41.62
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.4
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.4
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
2.37
8.22
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.93
10.66
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
18
62.43
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
65.47
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
20
69.36
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
92.31
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.35
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.94
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.15
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.94
-13.65
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.61
-0.65
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.34
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
215.03
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
212
227.55
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.79
2.79
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
9
31.21
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
52.59
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Decatur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA