Ed Knouff vs. Joe Musgrove — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Musgrove
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Musgrove 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 Musgrove posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.176 compared to 4.17 and 1.487 for Ed Knouff. By the career numbers, Joe Musgrove had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Joe Musgrove

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.76
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.13
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.53
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.56
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.53
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.56
51.56
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.38
87.38
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.17
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.73
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3168
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
8.79
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
8.27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
1.13
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.23
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
8.95
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.18
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4385
37.37
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
4.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.65
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4002
34.11
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Joe Musgrove

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.76
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.53
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056.2
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.65
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.18
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.46
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.18
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
2.41
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
2.45
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
2.11
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.36
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.18
96.18
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.96
86.96
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Joe Musgrove

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
864.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
600
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
159
600
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
138
520.75
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.437
0.437
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
20
75.47
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
14
52.83
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.87
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.08
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.64
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.08
33.39
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
4.35
16.4
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
126.63
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
27
101.89
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
23
86.79
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
12
45.28
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
16
60.38
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.12
33.53
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
6.52
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.14
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.32
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
123.62
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
55
207.55
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
64.15
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Musgrove
Career
Per 600 PA