Dan Boone vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Dan Boone
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dan Boone 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 5.1 and 1.645 for Dan Boone. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Boone and Darold Knowles

Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
5.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
11.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.536
0.536
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
40.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
6.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.645
1.645
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
37.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.92
40.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Dan Boone and Darold Knowles

Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.691
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Boone and Darold Knowles

Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
42
475.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
26.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
24.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.67
17.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dan Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA