Mike Bacsik vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Mike Bacsik
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mike Bacsik 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 5.46 and 1.519 for Mike Bacsik. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Bacsik and Darold Knowles

Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.48
43.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.63
68.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
5.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
648
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
10.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.88
10.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
40
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
36.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Mike Bacsik and Darold Knowles

Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
648
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.63
68.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Bacsik and Darold Knowles

Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
51
527.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
517.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.87
8.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.89
-9.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mike Bacsik
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Bacsik
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA