Ed Knouff vs. Scott Sanderson — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Scott Sanderson
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Scott Sanderson 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. Scott Sanderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.275 compared to 4.17 and 1.487 for Ed Knouff. By the career numbers, Scott Sanderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Scott Sanderson

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
1.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.13
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.43
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.57
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.5
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.27
53.27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.23
86.23
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.15
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.17
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1093
3.84
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7685
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561.2
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.79
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2590
9.1
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
2.2
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.18
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
5.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10709
37.62
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1209
4.25
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.33
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.33
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.53
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9853
34.62
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.62
37.62

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Scott Sanderson

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
1.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.43
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7685
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561.2
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
0.54
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.46
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
0.93
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.41
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
1.53
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.11
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
1.47
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.86
95.86
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.884
0.884
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.23
86.23
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Scott Sanderson

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
473
497.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
199
600
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
571
600
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
498.07
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.34
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
32.57
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13.66
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.08
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.76
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.08
33.39
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.5
12.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
126.63
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
68.3
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
79.86
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
21.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
27.32
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
46.23
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.12
33.53
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.43
-4.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.2
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
9
27.14
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
27.32
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
123.62
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
224
235.38
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
69.35
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.05
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.15
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scott Sanderson
Career
Per 600 PA