Wally Bunker vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Wally Bunker
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Wally Bunker 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. Wally Bunker led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 111 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 82 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 104). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Wally Bunker.

Pitching Stats for Wally Bunker and Darold Knowles

Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
3.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
976
8.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
2.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
4.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.832
0.832
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4472
37.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
3.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4115
34.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.08
37.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Wally Bunker and Darold Knowles

Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3256
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1085.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
2.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
2.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.89
96.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wally Bunker and Darold Knowles

Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
207
321.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
386
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
514.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
48.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
35.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.89
12.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
60.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
104.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
57.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.44
-2.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
55.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
145
225.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
29.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Bunker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA