Ed Knouff vs. Alex Newkirk — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Alex Newkirk 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. Ed Knouff posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.487 compared to 5.38 and 1.602 for Alex Newkirk. By the career numbers, Ed Knouff had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Alex Newkirk

Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.71
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.13
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.89
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.72
51.72
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.17
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.79
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.31
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
3.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
689
40.71
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
6.03
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.77
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.487
1.487
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1382
36.26
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
36.45
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Alex Newkirk

Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.76
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.88
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.46
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
2.41
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
2.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.724
1.724
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Alex Newkirk

Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
347.37
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
600
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
69
544.74
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
105.53
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
90.45
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.03
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.08
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.08
33.39
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.59
59.91
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
126.63
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
181.58
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
141.71
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
47.37
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
5
39.47
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
11
86.84
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.12
33.53
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
74.26
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
27.14
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
41
123.62
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA