Lou Knerr vs. Emil Kush — Career Comparison

Lou Knerr
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Emil Kush
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lou Knerr built a career as a starting pitcher and Emil Kush as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Emil Kush posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.392 compared to 5.04 and 1.667 for Lou Knerr. By the career numbers, Emil Kush had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Knerr and Emil Kush

Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.97
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.9
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.22
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.55
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.85
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.86
22.86
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.9
61.9
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.34
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
5.04
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
3.48
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
862
27
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1039
27
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
287.1
9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346.1
9
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
10.34
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
8.42
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.63
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.62
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
4.67
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
4.11
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.26
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.9
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.881
0.881
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.26
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1322
41.41
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
38.49
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.03
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
5.79
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.79
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1171
36.68
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1313
34.12
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.41
41.41
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Lou Knerr and Emil Kush

Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.1
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.064
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Knerr and Emil Kush

Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
64
376.47
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
1058.82
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
576.47
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
578.82
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
111.76
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
127.06
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
94.12
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.65
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.65
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
21.61
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.34
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
22
129.41
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
155.29
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
21
123.53
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
148.24
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
56.47
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
58.82
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.18
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
82.35
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
2.91
17.14
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
40.59
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.88
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
76.47
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.85
7.85
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
7.08
7.08
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA