Darold Knowles vs. Mike Venafro — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mike Venafro
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Mike Venafro a clear advantage over Darold Knowles across the core pitching metrics. Mike Venafro led in home run suppression (HR9+ 253 vs 106), walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 113). Mike Venafro was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Mike Venafro

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
9.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.39
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
39.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.42
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.58
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.413
1.413
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
34.28
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Mike Venafro

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
765
6.3
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
10.91
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
2.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.428
0.428
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.209
0.209
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Mike Venafro

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
307
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
600
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Mike Venafro
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Venafro
Career
Per 600 PA