Bill Beckmann vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bill Beckmann
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Beckmann 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 4.79 and 1.405 for Bill Beckmann. 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 Beckmann and Darold Knowles

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.65
45.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
4.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
10.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.516
0.516
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
39.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
5.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1787
36.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.07
39.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bill Beckmann and Darold Knowles

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.833
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Beckmann and Darold Knowles

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
90
331.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
526.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
117.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
110.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.69
28.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
125.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
139.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
40.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
44.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
84.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
34.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
6
22.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
77.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
51.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA