Darold Knowles vs. Bill LeFebvre — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill LeFebvre
Greatest GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill LeFebvre 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 5.03 and 1.610 for Bill LeFebvre. 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 Bill LeFebvre

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.78
27.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
11.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
40.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
6.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
36.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Bill LeFebvre

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.079
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Bill LeFebvre

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
75
441.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
102
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
87
511.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.809
0.809
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
141.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
94.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
29.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.54
85.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
211.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
229.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.785
0.785
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
105.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.07
88.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
88.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.27
9.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
1.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA