Darold Knowles vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup 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 4.44 and 1.454 for Roy Witherup. 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 Roy Witherup

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.61
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.25
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4658
38.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Roy Witherup

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Roy Witherup

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
13.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
6.99
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.74
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
45.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
53.42
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
4.62
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-13.74
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA