Joe Engel vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Joe Engel
Lost GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Joe Engel 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 3.34 and 1.439 for Joe Engel. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Engel and Darold Knowles

Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
2.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.5
42.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.96
51.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
3.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1222
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
407.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
7.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
5.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
3.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1722
38.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
4.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1456
32.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Joe Engel and Darold Knowles

Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.373
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Engel and Darold Knowles

Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
103
506.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
122
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
104
511.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
7.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
103.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.59
-7.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
68.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
54
265.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
2.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA