Goldie Davis vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Goldie Davis
UnknownThrows RightIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Goldie Davis 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 6.29 and 1.890 for Goldie Davis. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Goldie Davis and Darold Knowles

Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.29
6.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.47
11.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.781
0.781
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
44.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
35.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.01
44.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Goldie Davis and Darold Knowles

Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Goldie Davis and Darold Knowles

Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.781
0.781
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
168.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
76.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
206.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
206.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
0.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.91
92.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA