Bill Essick vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bill Essick
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Essick 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. Bill Essick posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.95 and WHIP 1.410 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Bill Essick had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Essick and Darold Knowles

Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
9.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
37.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
33.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.48
37.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bill Essick and Darold Knowles

Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Essick and Darold Knowles

Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
225
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
525
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
4.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.98
-24.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA