Jair Jurrjens vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Jair Jurrjens
MillenialCuraçaoThrows RightBats Right CarribeanAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jair Jurrjens 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. Jair Jurrjens led in home run suppression (HR9+ 143 vs 106), strikeout rate (K%+ 92 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 88). Role difference aside, Jair Jurrjens holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jair Jurrjens and Darold Knowles

Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.24
58.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.46
98.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
3.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2302
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
767.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
761
8.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
6.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.014
1.014
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3254
38.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
4.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2914
34.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Jair Jurrjens and Darold Knowles

Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2302
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
767.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
2.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
2.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.46
98.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jair Jurrjens and Darold Knowles

Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
138
305.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
223
493.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
55.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
46.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.14
11.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
66.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
97.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
7
15.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
53.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
39.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
166.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
3.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
64.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jair Jurrjens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA