Myrl Brown vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Myrl Brown
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Myrl Brown 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 5.97 and 1.587 for Myrl Brown. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Myrl Brown and Darold Knowles

Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.9
10.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.635
0.635
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
40.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
37.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Myrl Brown and Darold Knowles

Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.571
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Myrl Brown and Darold Knowles

Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
7
280
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
52.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
200
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.657
0.657
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.76
70.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Myrl Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Myrl Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA