Ed Knouff vs. Joe Moeller — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Moeller
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Moeller 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. Joe Moeller posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 4.17 and 1.487 for Ed Knouff. By the career numbers, Joe Moeller had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Joe Moeller

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.56
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.13
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.14
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.4
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.56
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.58
44.58
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.17
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
4.01
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1751
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583.2
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.79
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
596
9.19
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.85
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.71
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.29
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
4.73
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.828
0.828
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.43
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2504
38.61
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.59
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.75
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2303
35.51
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Joe Moeller

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.56
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.14
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.54
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.46
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.68
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.41
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
2.3
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
2.11
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.22
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.64
96.64
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.868
0.868
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.58
44.58
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Joe Moeller

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
572.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
600
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
174
600
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
155
534.48
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
20
68.97
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
20
68.97
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.08
33.39
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
3.01
10.38
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
126.63
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
20
68.97
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
28
96.55
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.69
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.34
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
9
31.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.12
33.53
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.35
-1.19
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
27.14
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
27.59
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
123.62
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
78
268.97
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Moeller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
37.93
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Moeller
Career
Per 600 PA