Darold Knowles vs. Jerry Koosman — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jerry Koosman
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jerry Koosman 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. Jerry Koosman led in strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 67), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 88), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 90). Darold Knowles held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 95). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jerry Koosman.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Jerry Koosman

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
1.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
1.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.51
51.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1433
3.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11518
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3839.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3635
8.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1198
2.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2556
5.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15996
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1608
3.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14456
33.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Jerry Koosman

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
1.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
1.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11519
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3839.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
1.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
1.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
698
1.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.32
94.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Jerry Koosman

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
612
349.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1052
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
915
521.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
62.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
53.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.19
10.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
73.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
82.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
20.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
26.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
45.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.7
-5.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
18.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
418
238.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
57.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
19
10.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Koosman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100