Gene Ford vs. Eric Knott — Career Comparison

Gene Ford
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eric Knott
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Gene Ford and Eric Knott are fairly close on the surface numbers. Eric Knott posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.5 vs 5.66) and WHIP (1.542 vs 1.857). Gene Ford had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.75). By the career numbers, Eric Knott had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Gene Ford and Eric Knott

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.66
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
13.11
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
11.63
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.63
11.63
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.6
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.25
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.14
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
7.88
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.971
0.971
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
42.69
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
41.63
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.54
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.71
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.88
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.542
1.542
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
38.57
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
37.88
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.372
0.372
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.69
42.69
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.63
41.63

Fielding Stats for Gene Ford and Eric Knott

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.09
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.77
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.11
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Ford and Eric Knott

Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
1600
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
1.99
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.37
-17.29
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-63.2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Eric Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Knott
Career
Per 600 PA