Jim Bunning vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jim Bunning 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. Jim Bunning led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 67), walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 71). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Bunning.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Darold Knowles

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
3.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
8.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
2.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2855
6.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15618
37.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
3.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Darold Knowles

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
601
1.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Darold Knowles

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
601
257.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
106.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
35.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
32.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
64.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.33
11.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
362
155.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
36.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA