Jack Knott vs. Dustin McGowan — Career Comparison

Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dustin McGowan
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Dustin McGowan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dustin McGowan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.413 compared to 4.97 and 1.560 for Jack Knott. By the career numbers, Dustin McGowan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Knott and Dustin McGowan

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.88
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.01
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.95
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.47
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.6
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.32
44.32
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.72
50.72
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.08
59.08
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.79
23.79
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
4.97
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
4.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1951
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
650.1
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1787
10.33
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.57
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.81
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.08
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
3.71
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
3.86
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
2.8
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
7.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.64
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.36
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7007
40.5
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2818
39
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.86
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
5.73
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
4.94
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.68
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6345
36.68
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
34.32
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39

Fielding Stats for Jack Knott and Dustin McGowan

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.01
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.95
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1951
27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
650.1
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.64
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.18
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.98
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.81
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.61
91.61
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.452
0.452
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.79
23.79
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Knott and Dustin McGowan

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
348.84
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
6020.69
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
559
600
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
517.35
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
62.25
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.93
10.66
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
1.19
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
65.47
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
92.31
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.35
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.61
-0.65
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.83
-37.86
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
212
227.55
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
393.1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
1.53
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
52.59
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Dustin McGowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Dustin McGowan
Career
Per 600 PA