Harry Fanok vs. Tom Knowlson — Career Comparison

Harry Fanok
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Knowlson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Knowlson built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Fanok as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Knowlson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.579 compared to 5.4 and 1.620 for Harry Fanok. By the career numbers, Tom Knowlson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Fanok and Tom Knowlson

Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.32
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.61
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.8
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.54
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.72
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.49
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
27
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100.2
9
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.83
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
8.85
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.48
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.36
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9.45
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.15
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.54
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
41.58
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
38.26
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.63
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.94
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.74
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
34.83
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
32.36
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Harry Fanok and Tom Knowlson

Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.32
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.1
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.08
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.16
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87.18
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.375
0.375
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.889
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Fanok and Tom Knowlson

Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1600
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
284.21
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
568.42
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
6.3
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
93.53
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-18.54
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
363.16
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
1.65
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA