Ed Knouff vs. Jose Silva — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jose Silva
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Silva 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 5.41 and 1.584 for Jose Silva. 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 Jose Silva

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.24
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.13
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.12
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.53
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.59
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.17
47.17
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.42
34.42
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.17
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
5.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1282
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427.1
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.79
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
10.68
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.68
10.68
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.99
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.24
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
6.28
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.29
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
40.33
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.67
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
6
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.53
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.74
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.487
1.487
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1706
35.93
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.33
40.33

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Jose Silva

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.24
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.12
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1282
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427.1
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.46
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.35
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.41
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.81
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.11
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.77
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.67
97.67
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.42
34.42
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Jose Silva

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
832.43
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
600
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
111
600
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
90
486.49
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.401
0.401
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
10
54.05
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
9
48.65
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.08
33.39
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
1.47
7.95
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
126.63
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
11
59.46
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
15
81.08
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
5
27.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.43
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.12
33.53
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.97
-5.22
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.14
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.22
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
123.62
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
205.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Silva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
86.49
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jose Silva
Career
Per 600 PA