Lefty Bowers vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Lefty Bowers
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Lefty Bowers 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 11.81 and 2.625 for Lefty Bowers. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Bowers and Darold Knowles

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
17.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.44
17.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
50.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
14.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
41.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.448
0.448
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.06
50.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Lefty Bowers and Darold Knowles

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Bowers and Darold Knowles

Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
95.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lefty Bowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA