Darold Knowles vs. Fred Rath — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Fred Rath
Silent GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Rath 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 4.7 and 1.391 for Fred Rath. 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 Fred Rath

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.7
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
39.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.304
1.304
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
34.83
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.192
0.192
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.52
39.52

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Fred Rath

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.875
0.875
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Fred Rath

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Fred Rath
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath
Career
Per 600 PA