Darold Knowles vs. Jack Nabors — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jack Nabors
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Nabors 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 3.87 and 1.472 for Jack Nabors. 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 Nabors

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.15
71.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
8.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
4.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
37.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
5.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
32.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Jack Nabors

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.615
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Jack Nabors

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
52
350.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
89
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
573.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
60.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1.18
7.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-12.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
45
303.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1.98
1.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA