Darold Knowles vs. Rafael Roque — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Rafael Roque
Gen XD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rafael Roque 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 5.36 and 1.598 for Rafael Roque. 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 Rafael Roque

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.14
32.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
5.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
9.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.77
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
6.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
40.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
5.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.584
1.584
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
34.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Rafael Roque

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.536
0.536
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.14
32.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Rafael Roque

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
56
908.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
30
486.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
4.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
-1
-16.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
259.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Rafael Roque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Rafael Roque
Career
Per 600 PA