Nelson Dean vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Nelson Dean
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Nelson 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. Darold Knowles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 3.67 and 1.287 for Nelson Dean. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Dean and Darold Knowles

Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.32
46.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
3.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2376
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
792
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
863
9.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
4.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.655
0.655
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2814
31.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
4.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.287
1.287
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2563
29.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.384
0.384
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.98
31.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Nelson Dean and Darold Knowles

Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2040
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.1
96.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.734
1.734
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.22
74.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Dean and Darold Knowles

Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
130
237.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
329
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
300
547.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
80.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
69.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.48
20.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
102.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
105.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
29.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
67.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.11
14.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
25.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164.5
164.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
27.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nelson Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA