Jimmy Direaux vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jimmy Direaux
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Direaux 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 5.03 and 1.559 for Jimmy Direaux. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Darold Knowles

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
9.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
41.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
6.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
35.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.42
41.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Darold Knowles

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Darold Knowles

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
31
295.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
53
504.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.845
0.845
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
161.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
114.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.7
92.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
209.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
228.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.815
0.815
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
133.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
190.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
96.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
66.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA