Darold Knowles vs. Tom Knowlson — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tom Knowlson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom Knowlson 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 1.579 for Tom Knowlson. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Tom Knowlson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
8.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
38.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
32.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Tom Knowlson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.889
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Tom Knowlson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
284.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
6.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-18.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
363.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
1.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA