Jack Knott vs. Jim Walsh — Career Comparison

Jack Knott
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Walsh
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Knott built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Walsh as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Walsh posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.25 and WHIP 0.750 compared to 4.97 and 1.560 for Jack Knott. By the career numbers, Jim Walsh had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Knott and Jim Walsh

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.88
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
1.11
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.47
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.6
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.32
44.32
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.08
59.08
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
860
4.97
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4671
27
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1557
9
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1787
10.33
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.81
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
3.71
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
2.8
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7007
40.5
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
38.25
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.45
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
5.73
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6345
36.68
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
36
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.154
0.154
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Jack Knott and Jim Walsh

Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Walsh
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.84
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.019
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Knott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Walsh
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Knott and Jim Walsh

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