Darold Knowles vs. Jack Kraus — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jack Kraus
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Kraus 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 4 and 1.472 for Jack Kraus. 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 Jack Kraus

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.71
55.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
919
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
306.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
9.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
2.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.705
0.705
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1354
39.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
4.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1216
35.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Jack Kraus

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Jack Kraus

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
71
413.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
103
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
88
512.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
5
29.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
1.05
6.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
9
52.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
11
64.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-16.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
180.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
3.32
3.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Jack Kraus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kraus
Career
Per 600 PA