Ryan Drese vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ryan Drese
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ryan Drese 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. Ryan Drese led in home run suppression (HR9+ 161 vs 106), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 88), and strikeout rate (K%+ 76 vs 67). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 87). Role difference aside, Ryan Drese holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Drese and Darold Knowles

Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.58
46.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
5.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
1697
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
565.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
673
10.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
3.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
301
4.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2528
40.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
5.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.566
1.566
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
35.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ryan Drese and Darold Knowles

Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
1697
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
565.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
2.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.98
93.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Drese and Darold Knowles

Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
106
1987.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
25
468.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
12.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
4
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
1.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
262.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ryan Drese
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Drese
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA