Ed Durham vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ed Durham
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ed Durham 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 4.45 and 1.370 for Ed Durham. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Durham and Darold Knowles

Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
2.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.73
39.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.65
49.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
4.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1925
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
641.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
9.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
2.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.633
0.633
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2769
38.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
5.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2552
35.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ed Durham and Darold Knowles

Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.007
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Durham and Darold Knowles

Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
145
388.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
541.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
64.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.23
11.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
69.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
91.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
10
26.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
48.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-1.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
26.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
168.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
3.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
32.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA