Wayland Dean vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Wayland Dean
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Wayland 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 4.87 and 1.538 for Wayland 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 Wayland Dean and Darold Knowles

Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
4.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1457
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
485.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
10.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2174
40.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
5.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.538
1.538
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1973
36.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.29
40.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Wayland Dean and Darold Knowles

Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.573
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wayland Dean and Darold Knowles

Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
127
362.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
560
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.69
64.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
220
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
168.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.679
0.679
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
68.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
88.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.08
68.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
9
25.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
134.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wayland Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayland Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA