Vic Johnson vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Vic Johnson
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Vic 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 5.06 and 1.749 for Vic 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 Vic Johnson and Darold Knowles

Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
10.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.83
10.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
41.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
5.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
36.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.53
41.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Vic Johnson and Darold Knowles

Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.024
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vic Johnson and Darold Knowles

Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
9.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
71.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.73
-10.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Vic Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA