Ed Knouff vs. Bill McCall — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bill McCall
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill McCall built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Knouff as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill McCall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.271 compared to 4.17 and 1.487 for Ed Knouff. By the career numbers, Bill McCall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Bill McCall

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.61
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.13
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.82
59.82
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.6
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.17
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.97
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1879
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
626.1
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
8.79
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
8.65
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.79
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2185
31.4
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.37
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.95
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.55
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1910
27.45
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.4
31.4

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Bill McCall

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.97
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.18
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.46
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.68
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
2.41
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
2.11
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.15
94.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.566
1.566
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.18
60.18
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Bill McCall

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
267.69
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
199
600
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
546.92
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
35
105.53
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
117.69
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
30
90.45
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
103.85
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.54
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
13.85
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
11.08
33.39
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.75
36.35
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
42
126.63
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
133.85
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
47
141.71
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
152.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
16
48.24
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
48.46
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
36.92
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
85.38
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
11.12
33.53
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.55
42.8
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
9
27.14
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
32.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
41
123.62
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
4.85
4.85
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
260
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.46
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100