Darold Knowles vs. Buck Rogers — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Buck Rogers
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buck Rogers 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 7.2 and 2.200 for Buck Rogers. 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 Buck Rogers

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
14.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.4
14.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.3
6.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
47.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
13.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
42.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.7
47.7

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Buck Rogers

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
27
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
9
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Buck Rogers

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Buck Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA