Bill Ayers vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bill Ayers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ayers 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 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Darold Knowles

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
1.019
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Darold Knowles

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Darold Knowles

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
42.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
45.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
180
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA