Frank Knauss vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Frank Knauss
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Knauss as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Frank Knauss posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.254 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Frank Knauss had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Knauss and Danny McDevitt

Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.52
51.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
3.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
313.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
7.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
4.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.938
0.938
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1349
38.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
5.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1186
34.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.75
38.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Frank Knauss and Danny McDevitt

Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
942
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.01
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.74
89.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.591
1.591
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Knauss and Danny McDevitt

Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
44
194.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
136
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
120
529.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
114.71
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
101.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.5
55.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
145.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
180.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
88.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
66.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
150
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.93
61.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
61.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.33
45.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Knauss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA