Lou Knerr vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Lou Knerr
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Lou Knerr 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 5.04 and 1.667 for Lou Knerr. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Knerr and Darold Knowles

Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.86
22.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.9
61.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
5.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
862
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
287.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
10.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
4.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.881
0.881
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1322
41.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
5.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1171
36.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.41
41.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Lou Knerr and Darold Knowles

Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.064
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Knerr and Darold Knowles

Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
64
376.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
102
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
576.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
111.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
94.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
21.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
129.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
123.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
58.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
82.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.91
17.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
76.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Lou Knerr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.85
7.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Knerr
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA