Darold Knowles vs. Rod Nichols — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Rod Nichols
Baby BoomersIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rod Nichols 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. Rod Nichols led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 144 vs 90), home run suppression (HR9+ 147 vs 106), and strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 67). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 103). Role difference aside, Rod Nichols holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Rod Nichols

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
2.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.19
26.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
4.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1238
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
412.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
10.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.03
10.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
4.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
39.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
5.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
35.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Rod Nichols

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
2.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1238
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
412.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Rod Nichols

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
100
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
600
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rod Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Rod Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA