Sheldon Jones vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Sheldon Jones
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Sheldon Jones 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 3.96 and 1.437 for Sheldon Jones. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sheldon Jones and Darold Knowles

Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
2.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.65
48.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
3.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2760
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
920
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909
8.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
4.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.898
0.898
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4024
39.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
479
4.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3574
34.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Sheldon Jones and Darold Knowles

Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.754
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sheldon Jones and Darold Knowles

Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
260
536.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
257
529.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
72.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
57.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.41
13.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
92.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
86.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.334
0.334
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
24.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
26.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
1.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
7
14.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
146.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.1
4.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Sheldon Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
55.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sheldon Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA