Nate Karns vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Nate Karns
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Nate Karns 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 4.3 and 1.358 for Nate Karns. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nate Karns and Darold Knowles

Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.58
83.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
8.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
9.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
38.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
4.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1210
34.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.76
38.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Nate Karns and Darold Knowles

Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
948
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.672
0.672
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.58
83.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nate Karns and Darold Knowles

Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
3654.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
3147.95
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
13.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Karns
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA