Jason Alexander vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jason Alexander
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jason Alexander 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 5.07 and 1.490 for Jason Alexander. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Alexander and Darold Knowles

Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
5.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
10.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
6.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.7
6.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.107
1.107
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
39.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
5.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
35.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jason Alexander and Darold Knowles

Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Alexander and Darold Knowles

Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
600
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA