Jim Holmes vs. Jack Knott — Career Comparison

Jim Holmes
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Holmes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Holmes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.531 compared to 4.97 and 1.560 for Jack Knott. By the career numbers, Jim Holmes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Holmes and Jack Knott

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.88
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.47
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.6
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.32
44.32
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.08
59.08
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
4.97
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.63
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1787
10.33
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.81
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.14
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
3.71
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.8
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.02
2.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
37.47
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7007
40.5
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.84
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
5.73
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.531
1.531
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
31.59
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6345
36.68
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.47
37.47
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Holmes and Jack Knott

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.29
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.84
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Holmes and Jack Knott

Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
348.84
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
559
600
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
517.35
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
62.25
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
59.03
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
26.79
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.93
10.66
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
65.47
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
92.31
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
34.35
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
59.03
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
31.45
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.61
-0.65
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
212
227.55
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
52.59
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA