Ryan Dempster vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ryan Dempster
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ryan Dempster 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 led in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 83), walk avoidance (BB%+ 90 vs 73), and home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 90). Ryan Dempster held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 67). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Darold Knowles.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Dempster and Darold Knowles

Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.81
49.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
4.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2347
8.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
1.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1071
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
7.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10412
39.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1250
4.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9086
34.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ryan Dempster and Darold Knowles

Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
1.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.874
0.874
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Dempster and Darold Knowles

Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
586
512.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
686
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
514.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
50.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
41.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.19
7.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
20.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
14.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
34.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
-13.51
-11.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
11.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
221
193.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
74.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA