Ed Knouff vs. Bobo Newsom — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bobo Newsom
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bobo Newsom 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. Bobo Newsom posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 4.17 and 1.487 for Ed Knouff. By the career numbers, Bobo Newsom had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Bobo Newsom

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
1.44
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.13
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.16
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
0.51
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
0.53
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.73
48.73
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.5
80.5
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
0.59
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.07
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.17
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
3.98
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11278
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3759.1
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.79
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3769
9.02
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
0.49
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1732
4.15
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2082
4.98
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.015
1.015
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.14
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16467
39.42
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.17
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1908
4.57
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14674
35.13
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.42
39.42

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Bobo Newsom

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.23
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1278
27
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
9
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.46
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.41
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.11
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.72
87.72
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.85
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Bobo Newsom

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
253.57
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
199
600
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1441
600
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1337
556.7
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
105.34
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
30
90.45
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
92.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
11.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.25
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
13.32
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.08
33.39
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.22
20.91
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
126.63
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
120.75
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
112.84
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
35.81
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
14
42.21
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
42.47
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
77.86
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.12
33.53
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42.48
17.69
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.42
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.14
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
7.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
123.62
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
110.76
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
4.85
4.85
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.42
5.42
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
35.81
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
30
12.49
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.42
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobo Newsom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.83
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bobo Newsom
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50