Elden Auker vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Elden Auker 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 4.42 and 1.495 for Elden Auker. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elden Auker and Darold Knowles

Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
3.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8688
39.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
5.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Elden Auker and Darold Knowles

Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elden Auker and Darold Knowles

Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
700
535.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
100.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
77.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.05
35.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
139.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
133.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
55.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
106.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.57
34.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
31.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
232
177.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
3.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
31.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA