Bill Gatewood vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bill Gatewood
Pre-GenerationalTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Gatewood 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 3.67 and 1.354 for Bill Gatewood. 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 Gatewood and Darold Knowles

Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.07
49.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.47
66.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
3.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2996
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
998.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1053
9.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
4.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4246
38.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
5.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3739
33.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bill Gatewood and Darold Knowles

Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
1.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
2.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.292
2.292
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.84
25.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Gatewood and Darold Knowles

Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
270
269.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
514
512.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
143.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
109.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.83
75.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
194.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
207.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.739
0.739
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.708
0.708
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
72.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
63.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
130.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84.08
83.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
57.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
23.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gatewood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA