Darold Knowles vs. Bob Sebra — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bob Sebra
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Sebra 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 4.71 and 1.497 for Bob Sebra. 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 Bob Sebra

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
2.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.09
34.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.32
55.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
4.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1100
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
366.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
9.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
6.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.173
1.173
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1626
39.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
5.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.54
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.54
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
34.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Bob Sebra

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
2.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1100
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
366.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.59
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.64
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.06
93.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.713
0.713
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.32
55.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Bob Sebra

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
95
537.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
106
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
543.4
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
79.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
67.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.9
16.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
90.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
107.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.66
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
8.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
152.83
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bob Sebra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.66
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Sebra
Career
Per 600 PA