Ed Kinsella vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Ed Kinsella
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ed Kinsella 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 3.49 and 1.493 for Ed Kinsella. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Kinsella and Darold Knowles

Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
3.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
10.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.88
10.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.597
0.597
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
37.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
4.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.493
1.493
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
34.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Ed Kinsella and Darold Knowles

Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.46
88.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.769
1.769
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Kinsella and Darold Knowles

Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
13
354.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
15
409.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
52.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
245.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.64
72.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
163.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ed Kinsella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Kinsella
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA