Dean Deetz vs. Elmer Knetzer — Career Comparison

Dean Deetz
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elmer Knetzer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elmer Knetzer built a career as a starting pitcher and Dean Deetz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elmer Knetzer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.334 compared to 5.4 and 1.500 for Dean Deetz. By the career numbers, Elmer Knetzer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dean Deetz and Elmer Knetzer

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.56
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.95
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.49
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.49
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.91
60.91
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
3.15
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3802
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1267.1
9
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1206
8.56
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.21
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.7
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
3.44
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
3.8
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
40.5
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5210
37
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.42
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
4.28
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
35.1
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4712
33.46
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37

Fielding Stats for Dean Deetz and Elmer Knetzer

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
11.72
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.01
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.18
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
19.76
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.17
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
23.11
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
21.94
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.93
94.93
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.873
1.873
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Deetz and Elmer Knetzer

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
303.43
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
437
600
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
386
529.98
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
57.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
52.17
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.75
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.75
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.49
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
10.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
65.9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
82.38
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
31.58
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.73
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.31
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.17
-4.35
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.24
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.48
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
151
207.32
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.31
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100