Darold Knowles vs. Jim Nelson — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Nelson
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Nelson 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. Jim Nelson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.592 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Jim Nelson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Jim Nelson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
7.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.95
7.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.7
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.136
1.136
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
39.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
32.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Jim Nelson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.563
0.563
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Jim Nelson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
619.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
49.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
193.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
64.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
4.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jim Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA