Darold Knowles vs. Lewis Woolfolk — Career Comparison

Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lewis Woolfolk
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lewis Woolfolk 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 5.08 and 1.506 for Lewis Woolfolk. 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 Lewis Woolfolk

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.36
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.14
47.14
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
11.07
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.96
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.49
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
41.69
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.78
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.35
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
37.17
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.69
41.69

Fielding Stats for Darold Knowles and Lewis Woolfolk

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.69
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.2
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.37
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.24
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.93
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.82
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.49
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.85
91.85
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
88
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darold Knowles and Lewis Woolfolk

Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
15
257.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
513.7
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
29
497.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
13.39
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
69.86
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
11.26
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
41.1
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Lewis Woolfolk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
Lewis Woolfolk
Career
Per 600 PA