Ken Johnson vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ken Johnson
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ken Johnson 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 4.58 and 1.656 for Ken Johnson. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Johnson and Darold Knowles

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
2.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.95
45.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
808
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
8.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
6.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
4.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
40.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
5.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1013
33.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.67
40.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ken Johnson and Darold Knowles

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.824
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Johnson and Darold Knowles

Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
111
723.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
580.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.498
0.498
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
123.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
104.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
33.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
143.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
136.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
110.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
163.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.31
34.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA