Jim Bouton vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jim Bouton 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. Jim Bouton led in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 67), walk avoidance (BB%+ 106 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 103). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Bouton.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bouton and Darold Knowles

Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.6
49.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
3.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
5.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
4.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4734
34.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jim Bouton and Darold Knowles

Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3715
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
2.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bouton and Darold Knowles

Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
307
467.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
528.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
48.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.26
8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
57.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
79.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
31.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
44.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.35
-9.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA