Brian Keyser vs. Bob Knepper — Career Comparison

Brian Keyser
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Knepper
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Knepper built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Keyser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Keyser led in home run suppression (HR9+ 187 vs 76), walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 106), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 107 vs 88). Bob Knepper held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 84 vs 56). Role difference aside, Brian Keyser holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Keyser and Bob Knepper

Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.02
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.48
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
1.37
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.49
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.47
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.52
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.5
48.5
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.61
19.61
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.81
92.81
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.26
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.97
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1106
3.68
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8124
27
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
9
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
11.37
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2737
9.1
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.76
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
3.26
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
2.85
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.53
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.26
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.97
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1473
4.9
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.2
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.16
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
679
40.2
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11488
38.18
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.21
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
4.18
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.45
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.24
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.18
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
0.87
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
36.18
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10377
34.49
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.2
40.2
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18

Fielding Stats for Brian Keyser and Bob Knepper

Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.02
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.48
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
1.37
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8124
27
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2708
9
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.34
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.95
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
1.5
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.96
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
1.94
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.84
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
1.84
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.86
94.86
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.61
19.61
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.81
92.81
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.11
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Keyser and Bob Knepper

Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
51
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
274.34
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
600
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
840
513.24
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
70.26
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
48.27
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
17.11
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.22
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.67
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
22
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.35
20.38
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
100.81
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
96.54
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
28.72
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
36.05
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
61.1
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.22
9.91
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.22
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
25.05
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 600 PA
333
203.46
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
2.95
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
54.99
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.5
Brian Keyser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.05
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.22
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.22
Brian Keyser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Knepper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100