Darold Knowles vs. Frank Viola — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Frank Viola 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. Frank Viola led in strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 67), walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 88). Darold Knowles held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 73). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Frank Viola.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Frank Viola

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.99
53.99
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1175
3.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2827
8.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
2.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1844
5.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11933
37.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.28
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10870
34.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Frank Viola

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
1.18
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
1.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.43
93.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Frank Viola

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
421
1202.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
528.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
74.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.01
11.46
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
82.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
6
17.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.93
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
5.12
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA