Clay Bryant vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Clay Bryant
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Clay Bryant 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 3.73 and 1.423 for Clay Bryant. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Bryant and Darold Knowles

Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
2.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.88
34.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
3.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1630
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
543.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
8.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
4.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
4.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.983
0.983
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2359
39.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
4.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.423
1.423
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2092
34.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Clay Bryant and Darold Knowles

Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.808
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Bryant and Darold Knowles

Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
185
544.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
564.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.694
0.694
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
114.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.41
62.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
220.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
170.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
141.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
82.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
208.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.69
69.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
7
20.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.71
9.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Clay Bryant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Bryant
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA