Rookie Davis vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Rookie Davis
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rookie 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 8.05 and 2.077 for Rookie 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 Rookie Davis and Darold Knowles

Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.05
8.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
12.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.98
12.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
2.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
45.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
8.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.077
2.077
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
37.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.17
45.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Rookie Davis and Darold Knowles

Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rookie Davis and Darold Knowles

Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
12
800
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
39.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
28.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rookie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rookie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA