Jack Knott vs. Brian O'Connor — Career Comparison

Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian O'Connor 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 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. 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 Brian O'Connor

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.88
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.6
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.32
44.32
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.08
59.08
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
860
4.97
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1787
10.33
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.76
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.81
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
3.71
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.8
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.11
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7007
40.5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
5.73
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6345
36.68
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
35.03
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24

Fielding Stats for Jack Knott and Brian O'Connor

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.1
9
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Knott and Brian O'Connor

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
348.84
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
559
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
482
517.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
62.25
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
59.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.93
10.66
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
65.47
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
92.31
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.35
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.61
-0.65
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
212
227.55
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
52.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA