Jesse Baker vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jesse Baker
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jesse Baker 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 3.93 and 1.394 for Jesse Baker. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jesse Baker and Darold Knowles

Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
9.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
4.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
0.862
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
36.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
33.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.86
36.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jesse Baker and Darold Knowles

Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.591
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jesse Baker and Darold Knowles

Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
22
412.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
543.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
11.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
131.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
4.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA