Fred Applegate vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Fred Applegate
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Applegate 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 6.43 and 1.762 for Fred Applegate. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Applegate and Darold Knowles

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
12.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.43
12.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
5.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
41.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.762
1.762
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
37.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.57
41.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Fred Applegate and Darold Knowles

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.667
2.667
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Applegate and Darold Knowles

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
39.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
53.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA