Bob Buhl vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bob Buhl
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bob Buhl 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 led in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 94), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 88 vs 85). Bob Buhl held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 75 vs 67). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Darold Knowles.

Pitching Stats for Bob Buhl and Darold Knowles

Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
1.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
1.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.7
55.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.74
80.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1019
3.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7761
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2587
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2446
8.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
3.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
4.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11045
38.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1162
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9903
34.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bob Buhl and Darold Knowles

Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
1.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7297
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2432.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
1.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
2.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
2.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.39
97.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.471
1.471
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.81
76.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Buhl and Darold Knowles

Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
457
288.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
952
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
857
540.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
47.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
46.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.72
5.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
49.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
73.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
19.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
16.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
35.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
-27.09
-17.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
23.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
389
245.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
33.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Buhl
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Buhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA