Ted Alexander vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ted Alexander
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ted 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 3.28 and 1.295 for Ted 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 Ted Alexander and Darold Knowles

Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.48
40.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
8.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
38.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
4.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
34.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ted Alexander and Darold Knowles

Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.27
86.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.48
40.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Alexander and Darold Knowles

Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
42
400
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
533.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
6
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
6
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.91
8.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
6
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
9
85.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
2
19.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
2
19.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.39
-3.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
4
38.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ted Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA