Bill Forman vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bill Forman
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Forman 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 5.4 and 1.371 for Bill Forman. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Forman and Darold Knowles

Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.94
6.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
38.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.371
1.371
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
31.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bill Forman and Darold Knowles

Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Forman and Darold Knowles

Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
99.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
112.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA