Darold Knowles vs. Sal Romano — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Sal Romano
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sal Romano 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 5.23 and 1.522 for Sal Romano. 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 Sal Romano

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
5.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
9.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
6.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1227
40.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
5.72
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1088
35.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Sal Romano

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
816
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.89
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.59
95.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Sal Romano

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
88
713.51
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
518.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
2.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.31
-34.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
332.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA