Darold Knowles vs. Alex Newkirk — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Alex Newkirk 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 5.38 and 1.602 for Alex Newkirk. 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 Alex Newkirk

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
40.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
36.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Alex Newkirk

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Alex Newkirk

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
44
347.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
544.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.59
59.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
181.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
5
39.47
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
86.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
74.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
23.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA