Chad Billingsley vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Chad Billingsley
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Chad Billingsley 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. Chad Billingsley led in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 67), home run suppression (HR9+ 142 vs 106), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 116 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 90 vs 86). Role difference aside, Chad Billingsley holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Chad Billingsley and Darold Knowles

Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
1.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.46
56.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.17
87.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
3.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3637
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1212.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1162
8.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
3.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1052
7.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5202
38.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
4.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4557
33.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Chad Billingsley and Darold Knowles

Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
1.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3637
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1212.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
1.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
1.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.95
94.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.916
0.916
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.17
87.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Billingsley and Darold Knowles

Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
226
329.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
355
516.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
71.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
55.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.35
19.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
96.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
100.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
20.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
30.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
46.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
8.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
27.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
170
247.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
52.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA