Dave Keefe vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Dave Keefe
Lost GenerationVermontThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dave Keefe 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 4.15 and 1.459 for Dave Keefe. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Keefe and Darold Knowles

Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.62
34.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.84
27.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
4.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
10.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.26
10.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
3.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.676
0.676
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1542
39.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
5.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
36.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Dave Keefe and Darold Knowles

Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.031
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Keefe and Darold Knowles

Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
98
525
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
112
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
107
573.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
117.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
107.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
30.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
133.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
139.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.22
33.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
91.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
6.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Dave Keefe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Keefe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA