Cliff Blackmon vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Cliff Blackmon
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Cliff Blackmon 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 6.28 and 1.797 for Cliff Blackmon. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Darold Knowles

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
11.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.34
11.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
4.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
42.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
7.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.797
1.797
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
36.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.89
42.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Darold Knowles

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.02
93.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Darold Knowles

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
34
309.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
66
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
518.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
63.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
23.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
90.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
127.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
81.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
18.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA