Wes Ferrell vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Wes Ferrell
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Wes Ferrell 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 4.04 and 1.481 for Wes Ferrell. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Ferrell and Darold Knowles

Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
1.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
1.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.12
60.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1177
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7869
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2623
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2845
9.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
3.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
985
3.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11568
39.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1382
4.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.481
1.481
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10505
36.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.69
39.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Wes Ferrell and Darold Knowles

Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.773
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Ferrell and Darold Knowles

Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
548
244.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1345
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1176
524.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.809
0.809
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
146.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
99.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
25.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
5.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
16.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
47.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190.04
84.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
524
233.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
204.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.797
0.797
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
78.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
92.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
153.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201.62
89.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
57.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
185
82.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.27
7.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
17.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Ferrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA