Jack Flater vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jack Flater
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jack Flater 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 Flater posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.06 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Jack Flater had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Flater and Darold Knowles

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
35.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
31.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jack Flater and Darold Knowles

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flater and Darold Knowles

Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
20.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
12.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA