Darold Knowles vs. Jason Ryan — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jason Ryan
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jason Ryan 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 5.94 and 1.650 for Jason Ryan. 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 Jason Ryan

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
11.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
4.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
41.45
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
36.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Jason Ryan

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
3.24
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.35
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Jason Ryan

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
600
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA