Jeff James vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jeff James
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jeff James 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 4.51 and 1.429 for Jeff James. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jeff James and Darold Knowles

Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
4.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
9.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
6.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
637
38.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
4.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.409
1.409
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
34.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jeff James and Darold Knowles

Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.943
0.943
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff James and Darold Knowles

Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
35
466.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
586.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
6.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
6
80
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.18
-15.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
266.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff James
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA