Jake Bird vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jake Bird
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jake Bird a clear advantage over Darold Knowles across the core pitching metrics. Jake Bird led in strikeout rate (K%+ 89 vs 67), walk avoidance (BB%+ 96 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 85). Jake Bird was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jake Bird and Darold Knowles

Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
9.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.37
9.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
3.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
39.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
5.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
34.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jake Bird and Darold Knowles

Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.77
96.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Bird and Darold Knowles

Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
191
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
600
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA