Tom Earley vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Tom Earley
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tom Earley 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 3.78 and 1.368 for Tom Earley. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Earley and Darold Knowles

Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
3.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1079
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
359.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
8.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1546
38.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
4.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1394
34.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Tom Earley and Darold Knowles

Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.978
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Earley and Darold Knowles

Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
94
454.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
124
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
551.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
111.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
87.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.14
29.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
135.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
130.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
72.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
38.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
111.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.91
28.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
125.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Earley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA