Rich DeLucia vs. Elmer Knetzer — Career Comparison

Rich DeLucia
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elmer Knetzer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elmer Knetzer built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich DeLucia 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 4.62 and 1.465 for Rich DeLucia. By the career numbers, Elmer Knetzer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich DeLucia and Elmer Knetzer

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
4.62
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.56
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.71
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.95
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.55
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.49
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.74
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.49
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.7
42.7
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.31
15.31
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.91
60.91
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
4.62
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
3.15
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3802
27
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1267.1
9
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
8.51
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1206
8.56
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.31
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.21
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
4.31
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
3.44
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
7.24
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
3.8
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
39.2
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5210
37
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.15
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.42
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
5
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
4.28
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.53
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.425
1.425
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.334
1.334
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2346
33.84
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4712
33.46
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37

Fielding Stats for Rich DeLucia and Elmer Knetzer

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
4.62
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
11.72
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.71
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.01
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.18
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.02
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
19.76
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.17
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.51
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
23.11
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.46
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
21.94
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.19
96.19
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.93
94.93
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.873
1.873
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.31
15.31
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich DeLucia and Elmer Knetzer

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
11294.12
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
221
303.43
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
600
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
14
494.12
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
386
529.98
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
57.67
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
52.17
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.75
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.75
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.49
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
23.79
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.5
10.3
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
65.9
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
176.47
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
82.38
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
31.58
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.73
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.31
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.01
35.65
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.17
-4.35
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.24
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
16.48
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
151
207.32
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.31
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100