Darold Knowles vs. Lefty Robinson — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lefty Robinson
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty Robinson 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 6.95 and 1.728 for Lefty Robinson. 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 Lefty Robinson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
6.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.95
6.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
13.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.45
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
30.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
8.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.728
1.728
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
26.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.566
0.566
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.33
30.33

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Lefty Robinson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Lefty Robinson

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
320.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
530.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
97.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
35.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
111.63
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
69.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.87
40.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
69.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Lefty Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA