Fred Beebe vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Fred Beebe
Pre-GenerationalNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Beebe 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. Fred Beebe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Fred Beebe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Beebe and Darold Knowles

Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
1.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.76
42.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.74
75.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
2.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3883
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1294.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1090
7.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
3.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
634
4.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.902
0.902
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5373
37.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
587
4.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4793
33.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.36
37.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Fred Beebe and Darold Knowles

Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
1.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3435
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
2.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
3.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.39
93.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.168
2.168
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.84
65.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Beebe and Darold Knowles

Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
205
255.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
481
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
570.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
89.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
73.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.77
19.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
113.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
99.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
29.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
37.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
67.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.12
12.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
9.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
116.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
5.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
19.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beebe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA