Emery Adams vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Emery Adams
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Emery Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Darold Knowles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darold Knowles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 4.57 and 1.468 for Emery Adams. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emery Adams and Darold Knowles

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.83
52.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.17
65.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
439.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
9.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
3.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1957
40.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
5.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
35.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Emery Adams and Darold Knowles

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2281
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
760.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
2.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
2.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.04
92.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.496
1.496
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.47
65.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emery Adams and Darold Knowles

Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
152
249.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
562.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
193.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
159.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
34.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.66
88.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
236.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
220.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
69.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
146.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.39
100.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
26.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
45.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA