Jack Ferry vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jack Ferry
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jack Ferry 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. Jack Ferry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.02 and WHIP 1.282 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Jack Ferry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Ferry and Darold Knowles

Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.79
29.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
8.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
3.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
660
36.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
3.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
33.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jack Ferry and Darold Knowles

Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
13.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
12.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
14.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
13.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.938
0.938
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Ferry and Darold Knowles

Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
50
508.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
518.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.712
0.712
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
132.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
81.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.07
61.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
193.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
172.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.605
0.605
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.49
65.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
5.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA