Jim Devlin vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville GraysNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jim Devlin 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. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.9 and WHIP 1.087 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Darold Knowles

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
1.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.65
48.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.45
97.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4215
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1405
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1437
9.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
1.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5901
37.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
776
4.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5811
37.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Darold Knowles

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
1.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7053
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2351
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
3.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
1.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1406
5.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1281
4.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.675
4.675
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.33
15.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Darold Knowles

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
266
132.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1202
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1186
592.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
169.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
139.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
22.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
30.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118.16
58.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
208.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
356
177.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.648
0.648
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
89.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
65.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
154.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140.04
69.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
7.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
27.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.85
21.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA