Jack Knott vs. Bryan Shaw — Career Comparison

Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 4.97 and 1.560 for Jack Knott. By the career numbers, Bryan Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Knott and Bryan Shaw

Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.88
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.47
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.6
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.32
44.32
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.08
59.08
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
4.97
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.96
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1787
10.33
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.81
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
3.71
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
3.52
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
2.8
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7007
40.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3270
38.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
5.73
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6345
36.68
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Jack Knott and Bryan Shaw

Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2293
27
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
764.1
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.92
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.71
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.58
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.41
92.41
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.168
0.168
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Knott and Bryan Shaw

Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
325
348.84
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
482
517.35
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
62.25
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.93
10.66
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
65.47
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
92.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.35
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
24.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
59.03
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.61
-0.65
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.98
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
212
227.55
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
2.64
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
52.59
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.22
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA