Ed Knouff vs. Bill Spanswick — Career Comparison

Ed Knouff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bill Spanswick
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ed Knouff posted a stronger line than Bill Spanswick. Ed Knouff posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.17 vs 6.89) and WHIP (1.487 vs 1.837). By the career numbers, Ed Knouff had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ed Knouff and Bill Spanswick

Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.99
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.13
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.14
24.14
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.97
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.17
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.89
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.79
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
10.33
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.24
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
4.59
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
6.06
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
3.36
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.58
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.15
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.83
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
41.85
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
301
41.46
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.55
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
6.77
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.03
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.487
1.487
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.821
1.821
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
36.26
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
34.99
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46

Fielding Stats for Ed Knouff and Bill Spanswick

Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.23
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.99
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1278
27
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
426
9
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.65
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.46
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.79
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.41
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.2
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
2.11
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.2
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.724
1.724
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.552
0.552
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.14
24.14
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Knouff and Bill Spanswick

Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
159.8
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
1087.5
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
600
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
563.82
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
14
525
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
105.53
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
90.45
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.08
33.39
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.63
61.24
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
126.63
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
141.71
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
48.24
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
42.21
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
90.45
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.12
33.53
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
77.67
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.05
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
27.14
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
123.62
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
150
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bill Spanswick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.06
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Knouff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Spanswick
Career
Per 600 PA