Bernie Boland vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bernie Boland 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 3.25 and 1.278 for Bernie Boland. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Darold Knowles

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.2
56.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
3.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
3.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Darold Knowles

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Darold Knowles

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
531.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
58.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
65.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA