Darold Knowles vs. Ernie Koob — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ernie Koob
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ernie Koob 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 3.13 and 1.348 for Ernie Koob. 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 Ernie Koob

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
2.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.4
43.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
3.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1500
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
8.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.614
0.614
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
2043
36.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1833
32.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Ernie Koob

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.168
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Ernie Koob

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
125
468.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
480
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
10.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
127.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0.96
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
93.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
64
240
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
7
26.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Ernie Koob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Ernie Koob
Career
Per 600 PA