Brandon Knight vs. Deacon Meyers — Career Comparison

Brandon Knight
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Meyers
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Meyers built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Knight as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Deacon Meyers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.75 and WHIP 1.422 compared to 8.62 and 1.851 for Brandon Knight. By the career numbers, Deacon Meyers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Knight and Deacon Meyers

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.65
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.97
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.41
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.49
53.49
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.75
58.75
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.62
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
4.75
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.62
8.62
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.316
0.316
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437.1
9
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
12.35
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
9.92
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.01
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.31
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.88
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
6.89
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.99
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.764
0.764
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
43.09
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
35.68
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.01
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.9
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
6.01
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.07
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.851
1.851
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
37.91
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
31.38
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.09
43.09
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.68
35.68

Fielding Stats for Brandon Knight and Deacon Meyers

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.76
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.07
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444.1
9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.86
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.17
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.44
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.67
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.44
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.48
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.977
1.977
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.92
60.92
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Knight and Deacon Meyers

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
271.96
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
532.71
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
81.31
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.88
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.02
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.43
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
30.19
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
114.95
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.45
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
112.15
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-43.52
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
26.68
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.25
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.61
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Meyers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67