Jimmy Dygert vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jimmy Dygert
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Dygert 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. Jimmy Dygert posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.198 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Jimmy Dygert had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Dygert and Darold Knowles

Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.77
53.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2958
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
986
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
7.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
5.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3957
36.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
3.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.198
1.198
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3519
32.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.12
36.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Dygert and Darold Knowles

Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2958
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
986
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
2.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
3.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
2.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Dygert and Darold Knowles

Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
175
287.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
338
555.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
64.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.57
17.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
96.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
95.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
41.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
27.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
67.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
6.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
18.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
147.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.06
4.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
26.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Dygert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA