Brandon Knight vs. Al Sima — Career Comparison

Brandon Knight
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Sima
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Sima 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. Al Sima posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.61 and WHIP 1.539 compared to 8.62 and 1.851 for Brandon Knight. By the career numbers, Al Sima had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Knight and Al Sima

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
2.92
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.87
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.61
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.38
34.38
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.62
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
4.61
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.62
8.62
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308.2
9
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
12.35
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
10
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.01
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.31
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.85
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
6.89
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
3.24
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.787
0.787
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
43.09
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1376
40.12
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.01
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.87
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.9
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
5.45
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.851
1.851
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.539
1.539
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
37.91
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1240
36.16
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.87
1.87
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.09
43.09
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Brandon Knight and Al Sima

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
4.31
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.42
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.83
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86.1
9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.42
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.44
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.57
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.44
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.15
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.65
93.65
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Knight and Al Sima

Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
645.16
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
529.03
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
13.32
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
83.87
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.26
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-43.52
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.52
-9.83
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
283.87
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.11
2.11
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
51.61
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0