Brian Bannister vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Brian Bannister
MillenialArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brian Bannister 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. Brian Bannister led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 109 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 80 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 90). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brian Bannister.

Pitching Stats for Brian Bannister and Darold Knowles

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.53
42.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
5.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
9.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
5.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.911
0.911
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2914
39.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
5.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2627
35.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Brian Bannister and Darold Knowles

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
667.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
2.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Bannister and Darold Knowles

Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
117
2127.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
218.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
58.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Brian Bannister
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Bannister
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA