Ernest Burke vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ernest Burke
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ernest Burke 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 3.84 and 1.494 for Ernest Burke. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernest Burke and Darold Knowles

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
3.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
11.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.517
0.517
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
39.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.84
39.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ernest Burke and Darold Knowles

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernest Burke and Darold Knowles

Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
18
220.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
40
489.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
39.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
43.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ernest Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernest Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA