Bert Cole vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bert Cole 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 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Darold Knowles

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Darold Knowles

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Darold Knowles

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA