Bill Bailey vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bill Bailey
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Bailey 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 3.57 and 1.441 for Bill Bailey. 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 Bailey and Darold Knowles

Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.64
57.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
3.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3253
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1084.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1035
8.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
527
4.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
570
4.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.012
1.012
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3622
30.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
593
4.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3051
25.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.06
30.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bill Bailey and Darold Knowles

Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
3.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1662
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
5.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
6.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
5.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.699
1.699
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.67
27.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bailey and Darold Knowles

Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
209
313.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
549
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
106.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.81
28.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
115.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
136.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
22.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.15
30.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
30
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
162
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.7
3.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA