Ad Brennan vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ad Brennan
Lost GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ad Brennan 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. Ad Brennan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.312 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Ad Brennan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ad Brennan and Darold Knowles

Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.68
50.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.69
59.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
3.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2031
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
677
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
694
9.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.23
9.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
3.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.705
0.705
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2922
38.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
4.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2705
35.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ad Brennan and Darold Knowles

Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
14.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
19.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
23.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
22.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.81
94.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ad Brennan and Darold Knowles

Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
132
323.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
538.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
117.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
95.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
22.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.06
41.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
149.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
151.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
36.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
29.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
63.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.87
46.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
29.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
97.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.13
6.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
26.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ad Brennan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA