Gary Blaylock vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Gary Blaylock
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Gary Blaylock 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 4.8 and 1.655 for Gary Blaylock. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gary Blaylock and Darold Knowles

Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.71
31.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
10.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
40.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.631
1.631
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
36.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.61
40.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Gary Blaylock and Darold Knowles

Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.756
0.756
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.71
31.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gary Blaylock and Darold Knowles

Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
46
745.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
583.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.65
42.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
194.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
19.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
291.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA