Tony McKnight vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Tony McKnight
Gen XArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tony McKnight built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.34 and WHIP 1.437 compared to 4.63 and 1.480 for Tony McKnight. By the career numbers, Alex Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony McKnight and Alex Young

Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.51
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.52
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.51
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
4.34
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.1
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
10.59
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9.24
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.69
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.59
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
3.44
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
5.08
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.51
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.51
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
40.61
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1219
39.51
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.06
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.74
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
37.01
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1089
35.3
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.61
40.61
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Tony McKnight and Alex Young

Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
27
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.1
9
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.45
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.84
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.77
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony McKnight and Alex Young

Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
21
286.36
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
3662.07
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
600
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
504.55
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.16
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.63
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.08
-42.02
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.27
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
218.18
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony McKnight
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA