Darold Knowles vs. Bob Kuzava — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bob Kuzava
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Kuzava 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 4.05 and 1.469 for Bob Kuzava. 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 Bob Kuzava

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
2.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.69
52.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.48
46.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
4.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
2586
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
862
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
849
8.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415
4.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
4.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.999
0.999
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3748
39.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
4.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3325
34.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Bob Kuzava

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
17.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
12.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
11.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.16
94.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.681
0.681
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Bob Kuzava

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
214
430.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
515.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
44.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
40.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.04
10.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
52.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
104.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
42.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
10
20.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
60.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.43
-4.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
58.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
96
193.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
3.1
3.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bob Kuzava
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Kuzava
Career
Per 600 PA