Darold Knowles vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 88 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 67). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Darold Knowles.

Pitching Stats for Darold Knowles and Tim Wakefield

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Tim Wakefield

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Tim Wakefield

Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
61.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
176.71
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA