Vern Bickford vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Vern Bickford
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Vern Bickford 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 3.71 and 1.400 for Vern Bickford. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Bickford and Darold Knowles

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
1.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.66
53.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.87
81.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
3.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3229
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1076.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
8.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
3.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
3.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4641
38.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4149
34.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Vern Bickford and Darold Knowles

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
409.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
153
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
454.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
621
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
607.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Bickford and Darold Knowles

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
182
265.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
365
531.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
83.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
77.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.71
12.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
88.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
97.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
40.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
4.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
123.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA