Bob James vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Bob James a clear advantage over Darold Knowles across the core pitching metrics. Bob James led in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 67), walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 111). Bob James was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Darold Knowles

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
6.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
1.18
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
3.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
33.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Darold Knowles

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
6.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Darold Knowles

Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
3147.95
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA