Blix Donnelly vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Blix Donnelly
Greatest GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Blix Donnelly 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 3.49 and 1.395 for Blix Donnelly. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Blix Donnelly and Darold Knowles

Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
2.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
3.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2075
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
691.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
8.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
3.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
3.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2934
38.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2612
33.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Blix Donnelly and Darold Knowles

Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Blix Donnelly and Darold Knowles

Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
190
495.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
524.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
83.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
73.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.01
18.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
96.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
120
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
31.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
20.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
52.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.53
14.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
36.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
91.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.57
6.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Blix Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
39.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
6
15.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blix Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA