Rube Geyer vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Rube Geyer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rube Geyer 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 1.458 for Rube Geyer. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Geyer and Darold Knowles

Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.53
39.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.73
31.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
3.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1237
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
412.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
9.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
2.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1758
38.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
5.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
1.458
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1565
34.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.37
38.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Rube Geyer and Darold Knowles

Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
234
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
31.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
231.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
31.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
294.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
263.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.31
89.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
13.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Geyer and Darold Knowles

Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
104
445.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
140
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
570
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
111.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
94.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.66
28.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
132.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
124.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.7
28.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
90
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.67
6.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Geyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA