Darold Knowles vs. Nate Robertson — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Nate Robertson
Gen XKansasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Nate Robertson 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. Nate Robertson led in strikeout rate (K%+ 90 vs 67), walk avoidance (BB%+ 96 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 91). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Nate Robertson.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Nate Robertson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.54
42.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.86
83.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
5.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3457
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1152.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1279
9.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
6.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5064
39.55
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
5.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.474
1.474
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4535
35.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Nate Robertson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3457
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1152.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.64
90.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.825
0.825
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.86
83.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Nate Robertson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
223
2477.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
54
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
44
488.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
9.98
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
77.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
88.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-1.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
166.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Nate Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
88.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Nate Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA