Darold Knowles vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mariano Rivera a clear advantage over Darold Knowles across the core pitching metrics. Mariano Rivera led in home run suppression (HR9+ 195 vs 106), walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 90), and run prevention (ERA+ 177 vs 117). Mariano Rivera was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Mariano Rivera

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.18
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
3.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Mariano Rivera

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
2.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
2.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Mariano Rivera

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
766
3147.95
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA