Gene Ford vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Gene Ford
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Gene Ford and Darold Knowles are fairly close on the surface numbers. Darold Knowles posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.12 vs 5.66) and WHIP (1.439 vs 1.857). Gene Ford had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.54). By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Gene Ford and Darold Knowles

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
13.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.971
0.971
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
42.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
38.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.69
42.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Gene Ford and Darold Knowles

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.25
81.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Ford and Darold Knowles

Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
1.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-17.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA