Ed Knouff vs. Guy Morton — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Guy Morton
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Guy Morton 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. Guy Morton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.290 compared to 4.17 and 1.487 for Ed Knouff. By the career numbers, Guy Morton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Guy Morton

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.75
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.13
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.54
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.49
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.36
58.36
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.45
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.17
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
3.13
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4889
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629.2
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
8.79
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
8.39
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
3.22
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.58
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.19
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6750
37.28
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.44
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
4.13
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6145
33.94
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.28
37.28

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Guy Morton

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.23
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1278
27
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
9
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.46
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.41
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.11
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.72
87.72
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89.98
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.416
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Guy Morton

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
317
327.93
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
199
600
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
580
600
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
187
563.82
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
548
566.9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
88.97
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
74.48
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11.38
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.48
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.08
33.39
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.16
17.75
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
126.63
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
106.55
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
99.31
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
24.83
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
34.14
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
58.97
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.12
33.53
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
9.34
9.67
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.14
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
10.34
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
123.62
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
122
126.21
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.75
4.75
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.76
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.07
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.07
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Guy Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0