Aaron Ashby vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Aaron Ashby
Gen ZMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Aaron Ashby 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 3.62 and 1.274 for Aaron Ashby. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Aaron Ashby and Darold Knowles

Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
3.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.74
40.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.8
26.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
3.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
7.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
10.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.54
10.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.568
1.568
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
997
38.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.274
1.274
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
883
33.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Aaron Ashby and Darold Knowles

Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
3.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.8
26.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Aaron Ashby and Darold Knowles

Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
14700
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
3147.95
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
7.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
21.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Aaron Ashby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Ashby
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA