Dennis Eckersley vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Dennis Eckersley
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dennis Eckersley 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. Dennis Eckersley led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 154 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 74). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dennis Eckersley.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Eckersley and Darold Knowles

Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1071
2.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
0.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.53
53.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.71
33.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
1.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1278
3.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9857
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3285.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3076
8.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
0.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
2.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2401
6.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.58
6.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13534
37.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
577
1.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1382
3.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12519
34.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Dennis Eckersley and Darold Knowles

Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1071
2.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
0.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9857
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3285.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
604
1.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573
1.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.71
33.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Eckersley and Darold Knowles

Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1073
3284.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
766
3147.95
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
554.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
73.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
55.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.75
23.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
110.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
101.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
27.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
36.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
55.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Dennis Eckersley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
8.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
27.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
84
257.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Eckersley
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA