Chris Flexen vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Chris Flexen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Chris Flexen 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. Chris Flexen led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 103 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 76 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 90 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 94). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Chris Flexen.

Pitching Stats for Chris Flexen and Darold Knowles

Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
2.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.18
41.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
4.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2074
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
691.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
759
9.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.88
9.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
6.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.35
6.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.079
1.079
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3025
39.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
5.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2720
35.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Chris Flexen and Darold Knowles

Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
2.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2074
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
691.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
1.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.51
98.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Flexen and Darold Knowles

Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
174
5494.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
3147.95
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
20.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
11.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
221.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
2.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Chris Flexen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Flexen
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA