Darold Knowles vs. Hal Newhouser — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Hal Newhouser
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star

Hal Newhouser 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. Hal Newhouser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.311 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Hal Newhouser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Hal Newhouser

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
1.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.98
57.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.64
76.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
3.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8979
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2993
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2674
8.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1249
3.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1796
5.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.017
1.017
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12648
38.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1197
3.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11380
34.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Hal Newhouser

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
89.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
24.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
112.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
141.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
137.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.529
1.529
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
7.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Hal Newhouser

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
492
254.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1160
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
999
516.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
103.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
90.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
11.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
13.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.45
30.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
120.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
36.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
41.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
77.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.85
34.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
46.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
77.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.73
7.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
0.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
37.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Hal Newhouser
Career
Per 600 PA
24
12.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Newhouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50