Ray Keating vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ray Keating
Lost GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ray Keating 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 3.29 and 1.329 for Ray Keating. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Keating and Darold Knowles

Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.04
37.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.77
70.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
3.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
2255
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
751.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
706
8.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
3114
37.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
4.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2804
33.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.29
37.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ray Keating and Darold Knowles

Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.054
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Keating and Darold Knowles

Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
133
292.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
273
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
542.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
92.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
81.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.64
25.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
107.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
125.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
50.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
37.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
85.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.29
22.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
28.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
84
184.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
24.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA