Fred Fussell vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Fred Fussell
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Fussell 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 4.86 and 1.537 for Fred Fussell. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Fussell and Darold Knowles

Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
2.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.75
33.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
294.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
11.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
3.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1307
39.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
5.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1214
37.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.92
39.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Fred Fussell and Darold Knowles

Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.838
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Fussell and Darold Knowles

Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
80
452.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
106
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
566.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
84.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
30.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
130.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
113.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
67.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
19.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
147.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Fussell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Fussell
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA