Darold Knowles vs. Bob Veale — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bob Veale
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bob Veale 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. Bob Veale led in strikeout rate (K%+ 129 vs 67), home run suppression (HR9+ 164 vs 106), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 90 vs 70). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bob Veale.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Bob Veale

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.81
55.81
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.23
64.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
3.12
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
658
3.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5778
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1926
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
8.29
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1684
7.87
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
4.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1703
7.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8163
38.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
3.6
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
3.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7245
33.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Bob Veale

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5777
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1925.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
1.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
1.53
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
1.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.773
0.773
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.23
64.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Bob Veale

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
399
354.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
676
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
559.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
63.91
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
56.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.07
8.93
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
71.89
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
79.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
23.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
15.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
39.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
-12.15
-10.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
15.98
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
337
299.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
2.01
2.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Bob Veale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
24.85
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
8
7.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Veale
Career
Per 600 PA