Darold Knowles vs. Jack Rowan — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jack Rowan
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Rowan 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. Jack Rowan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.334 compared to 3.12 and 1.439 for Darold Knowles. By the career numbers, Jack Rowan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Jack Rowan

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.66
43.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.18
62.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
3.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2012
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
670.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
8.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
3.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2742
36.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
4.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4048
33.36
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2455
32.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.8
36.8

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Jack Rowan

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1635
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
2.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
2.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.57
93.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.26
51.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Jack Rowan

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
119
310.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
519.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
78.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
70.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.28
26.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
91.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
143.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
23.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
57.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.89
25.79
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
76
198.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
15.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100