Bernie Duffy vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bernie Duffy
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bernie Duffy 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 5.56 and 1.853 for Bernie Duffy. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Duffy and Darold Knowles

Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
14.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.35
6.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.971
0.971
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
42.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.853
1.853
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
40.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.419
0.419
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.88
42.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bernie Duffy and Darold Knowles

Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Duffy and Darold Knowles

Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bernie Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA