Bill Barnes vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bill Barnes
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Barnes 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 5.27 and 1.458 for Bill Barnes. 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 Barnes and Darold Knowles

Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
5.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
9.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
3.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
900
40.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
6.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
35.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bill Barnes and Darold Knowles

Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
610
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
203.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Barnes and Darold Knowles

Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
44
314.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
84
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
564.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
50
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.23
8.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
64.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
11
78.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
28.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
42.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.29
-9.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA