Nick Altrock vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Nick Altrock
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Nick Altrock 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. Nick Altrock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.141 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Nick Altrock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Altrock and Darold Knowles

Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.53
52.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.85
73.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4542
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1514
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1455
8.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
425
2.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6024
35.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
3.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5730
34.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.81
35.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Nick Altrock and Darold Knowles

Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
1.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4512
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1504
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
4.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.485
3.485
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.56
62.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Altrock and Darold Knowles

Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 600 PA
230
228.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
605
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
550
545.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
96.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
84.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.96
28.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
113.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
135.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
26.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
76.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.5
28.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
10.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
28.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
90.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.65
6.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Nick Altrock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Altrock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA