Dizzy Dean vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Dizzy Dean
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dizzy Dean 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. Dizzy Dean posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.02 and WHIP 1.206 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Dizzy Dean had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dizzy Dean and Darold Knowles

Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
1.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.38
64.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.56
72.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
3.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5902
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1919
8.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
2.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1163
5.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.821
0.821
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8171
37.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
3.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.206
1.206
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7691
35.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Dizzy Dean and Darold Knowles

Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dizzy Dean and Darold Knowles

Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
325
254.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
717
561.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
126.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
98.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
27.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.52
38.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
169.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
133.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
59.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
59.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
112.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.35
40.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
81.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.37
7.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
30.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
12
9.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA