Mark Clark vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Mark Clark
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mark Clark 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. Mark Clark led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 77 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 101). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mark Clark.

Pitching Stats for Mark Clark and Darold Knowles

Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.03
51.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.95
89.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
4.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3739
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1246.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1364
9.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.85
9.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
5.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5367
38.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
4.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.389
1.389
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4891
35.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.76
38.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Mark Clark and Darold Knowles

Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3739
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1246.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
1.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.95
89.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Clark and Darold Knowles

Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
219
469.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
280
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
518.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
14
30
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
10
21.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
5.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
42.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
22
47.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
9
19.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
32.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
-11.96
-25.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
8
17.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
106
227.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mark Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
62.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA