Rich DeLucia vs. Gary Knotts — Career Comparison

Rich DeLucia
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Knotts
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gary Knotts 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. Rich DeLucia posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.62 and WHIP 1.465 compared to 5.45 and 1.519 for Gary Knotts. By the career numbers, Rich DeLucia had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich DeLucia and Gary Knotts

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
4.62
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.9
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.71
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.28
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.55
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.44
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.74
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.7
42.7
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.31
15.31
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
4.62
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
5.45
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
802
27
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
267.1
9
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
8.51
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
9.46
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.31
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.38
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
4.31
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.11
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
7.24
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
5.45
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.062
1.062
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.25
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2718
39.2
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1196
40.26
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.15
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.44
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
5
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
5.79
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.24
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.53
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.74
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.508
1.508
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2346
33.84
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
35.38
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.26
40.26

Fielding Stats for Rich DeLucia and Gary Knotts

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
4.62
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.9
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.71
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.28
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
802
27
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
267.1
9
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.81
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.02
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.98
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.51
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.78
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.46
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.78
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.19
96.19
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.616
0.616
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.31
15.31
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich DeLucia and Gary Knotts

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
11294.12
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
86
5733.33
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
494.12
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.588
0.588
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
23.79
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
54.44
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
176.47
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.527
0.527
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
1.01
35.65
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.08
72.31
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
5.67
5.67
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Gary Knotts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Knotts
Career
Per 600 PA