Brandon Finnegan vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Brandon Finnegan
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brandon Finnegan 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 4.11 and 1.408 for Brandon Finnegan. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Finnegan and Darold Knowles

Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
7.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
7.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
38.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
33.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.7
38.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Brandon Finnegan and Darold Knowles

Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.478
0.478
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Finnegan and Darold Knowles

Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
70
525
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
517.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
5.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
60
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-19.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
165
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA