Dan Griner vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Dan Griner
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dan Griner 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 3.49 and 1.339 for Dan Griner. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Griner and Darold Knowles

Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.73
33.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
3.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2021
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
673.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
700
9.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
3.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2817
37.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
4.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.339
1.339
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2583
34.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.63
37.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Dan Griner and Darold Knowles

Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.404
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Griner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Griner and Darold Knowles

Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
138
336.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
219
534.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.638
0.638
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
126.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
95.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
31.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.61
52.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
163.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
175.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
39.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
82.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.14
56.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
48.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
76
185.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
3.24
3.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Dan Griner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Griner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA