Ed Knouff vs. Jim Slaton — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jim Slaton
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Slaton 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. Jim Slaton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.432 compared to 4.17 and 1.487 for Ed Knouff. By the career numbers, Jim Slaton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Jim Slaton

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
1.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.13
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.21
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
0.51
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.53
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.87
48.87
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.58
72.58
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.29
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.17
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1202
4.03
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8051
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2683.2
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.79
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2773
9.3
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
0.93
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
4.59
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
3.37
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.22
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
3.99
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.33
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.16
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11535
38.68
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.24
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
6.77
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1335
4.48
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.32
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.34
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.69
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10285
34.49
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.68
38.68

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Jim Slaton

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
1.66
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.2
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
0.6
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.46
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
1.27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.41
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
1.95
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.11
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
1.87
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.38
72.38
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.12
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Jim Slaton

Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
4376.47
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
600
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
68
600
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
57
502.94
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.08
33.39
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1.01
8.9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
126.63
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
88.24
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.461
0.461
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
48.24
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
90.45
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.12
33.53
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-2.66
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
27.14
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.29
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
123.62
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
202.94
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
61.76
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA