Rex Barney vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Rex Barney
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rex Barney 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 4.31 and 1.479 for Rex Barney. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rex Barney and Darold Knowles

Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
2.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.03
53.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
4.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1793
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
597.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
7.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
410
6.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
5.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2593
39.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
4.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.479
1.479
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2168
32.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Rex Barney and Darold Knowles

Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.548
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rex Barney and Darold Knowles

Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
155
432.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
560.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
83.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.24
14.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
100.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
111.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
33.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
53.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Rex Barney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
5.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
78
217.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Barney
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA