Jack Knott vs. Mac MacArthur — Career Comparison

Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mac MacArthur
Pre-GenerationalScotlandThrows RightIndianapolis HoosiersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Mac MacArthur as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Knott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.97 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 5.02 and 1.500 for Mac MacArthur. By the career numbers, Jack Knott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Knott and Mac MacArthur

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.88
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.04
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.04
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.47
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.6
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.32
44.32
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.08
59.08
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.36
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.04
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
4.97
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1787
10.33
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
9.87
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.87
9.87
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.81
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
3.71
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.63
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.8
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.29
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.769
0.769
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7007
40.5
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
41.54
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.45
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
5.73
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
8.48
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6345
36.68
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
37.56
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Jack Knott and Mac MacArthur

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.04
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
9
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.08
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.87
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.12
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.167
2.167
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Knott and Mac MacArthur

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
348.84
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
6
163.64
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
559
600
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
517.35
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
572.73
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
62.25
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.93
10.66
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
7.33
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
65.47
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
92.31
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.35
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.61
-0.65
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-11.28
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
212
227.55
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
52.59
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Mac MacArthur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Mac MacArthur
Career
Per 600 PA