Darold Knowles vs. Steve Luebber — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Steve Luebber
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Luebber 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 4.62 and 1.585 for Steve Luebber. 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 Steve Luebber

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
4.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
619
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
206.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
9.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
4.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
4.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
39.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
4.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
785
34.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Steve Luebber

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
2.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.76
87.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.652
0.652
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Steve Luebber

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
67
1914.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-35.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
200
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA