Whammy Douglas vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Whammy Douglas
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Whammy Douglas 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 3.26 and 1.702 for Whammy Douglas. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Whammy Douglas and Darold Knowles

Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
9.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
5.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
40.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
34.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Whammy Douglas and Darold Knowles

Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whammy Douglas and Darold Knowles

Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
11
412.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.13
-4.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.05
-76.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
375
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.6
1.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whammy Douglas
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA