Ed Barry vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ed Barry
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ed Barry 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 3.53 and 1.253 for Ed Barry. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Barry and Darold Knowles

Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
8.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.747
0.747
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
37.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.253
1.253
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
33.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.59
37.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ed Barry and Darold Knowles

Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Barry and Darold Knowles

Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
12
266.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
23
511.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
12.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-4.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
200
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA