Darold Knowles vs. Kirk Rueter — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Kirk Rueter
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirk Rueter 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 led in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 94), strikeout rate (K%+ 67 vs 53), and home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 99). Kirk Rueter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 90). Role difference aside, Darold Knowles holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Kirk Rueter

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
1.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.56
58.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
911
4.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2092
9.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
2.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
3.84
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8210
38.52
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1004
4.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7450
34.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Kirk Rueter

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
1.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
2.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581
2.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
2.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.8
98.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.688
1.688
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Kirk Rueter

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
349
282.97
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
740
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
622
504.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
77.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.76
14.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
84.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
98.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
35.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
32.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
68.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.98
9.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
21.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
85.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
4.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50