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Darold Knowles
Darold Duane Knowles
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 9, 1941 in Brunswick, MO
Schools: University of Missouri
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1965
Final Game: April 18, 1980
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 23 BAL AL 0 1 .000 9.20 5 1 2 0 0 0 14.2 14 15 15 2 10 2 12 3 1 2 69 38 1.636 8.6 1.2 6.1 7.4 1.20
1966 24 PHI NL 6 5 .545 3.05 69 0 39 0 0 13 100.1 98 38 34 4 46 10 88 7 1 5 440 117 1.435 8.8 0.4 4.1 7.9 1.91
1967 25 WSA AL 6 8 .429 2.70 61 1 35 0 0 14 113.1 91 37 34 5 52 12 85 4 3 2 465 116 1.262 7.2 0.4 4.1 6.8 1.63
1968 26 WSA AL 1 1 .500 2.18 32 0 16 0 0 4 41.1 38 11 10 0 12 2 37 1 1 2 175 134 1.210 8.3 0.0 2.6 8.1 3.08
1969 27 WSA AL 9 2 .818 2.24 53 0 40 0 0 13 84.1 73 25 21 8 31 3 59 4 0 2 352 154 1.233 7.8 0.9 3.3 6.3 1.90 AS
1970 28 WSA AL 2 14 .125 2.04 71 0 49 0 0 27 119.1 100 36 27 4 58 16 71 4 0 3 510 173 1.324 7.5 0.3 4.4 5.4 1.22
1971 29 TOT AL 7 4 .636 3.57 55 0 27 0 0 9 68.0 57 28 27 5 22 5 56 3 0 0 277 94 1.162 7.5 0.7 2.9 7.4 2.55
1971 29 WSA AL 2 2 .500 3.52 12 0 6 0 0 2 15.1 17 6 6 2 6 1 16 0 0 0 70 94 1.500 10.0 1.2 3.5 9.4 2.67
1971 29 OAK AL 5 2 .714 3.59 43 0 21 0 0 7 52.2 40 22 21 3 16 4 40 3 0 0 207 94 1.063 6.8 0.5 2.7 6.8 2.50
1972 30 OAK AL 5 1 .833 1.37 54 0 29 0 0 11 65.2 49 12 10 1 37 4 36 0 0 1 272 208 1.310 6.7 0.1 5.1 4.9 0.97
1973 31 OAK AL 6 8 .429 3.09 52 5 26 1 1 9 99.0 87 44 34 7 49 3 46 3 1 3 422 115 1.374 7.9 0.6 4.5 4.2 0.94
1974 32 OAK AL 3 3 .500 4.22 45 1 18 0 0 3 53.1 61 29 25 6 35 3 18 2 0 2 250 79 1.800 10.3 1.0 5.9 3.0 0.51
1975 33 CHC NL 6 9 .400 5.81 58 0 36 0 0 15 88.1 107 61 57 3 36 9 63 3 1 2 410 66 1.619 10.9 0.3 3.7 6.4 1.75
1976 34 CHC NL 5 7 .417 2.89 58 0 28 0 0 9 71.2 61 30 23 6 22 4 39 2 1 0 284 132 1.158 7.7 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.77
1977 35 TEX AL 5 2 .714 3.22 42 0 27 0 0 4 50.1 50 22 18 3 23 2 14 2 1 4 216 128 1.450 8.9 0.5 4.1 2.5 0.61
1978 36 MON NL 3 3 .500 2.38 60 0 27 0 0 6 72.0 63 20 19 5 30 3 34 0 0 0 294 148 1.292 7.9 0.6 3.8 4.3 1.13
1979 37 STL NL 2 5 .286 4.07 48 0 18 0 0 6 48.2 54 27 22 5 17 7 22 0 1 2 214 94 1.459 10.0 0.9 3.1 4.1 1.29
1980 38 STL NL 0 1 .000 10.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 34 1.800 16.2 5.4 0.0 5.4
16 Seasons 66 74 .471 3.12 765 8 417 1 1 143 1092.0 1006 437 378 65 480 85 681 38 11 30 4658 112 1.361 8.3 0.5 4.0 5.6 1.42
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .471 3.12 67 1 37 0 0 13 96 88 38 33 6 42 7 60 3 1 3 410 112 1.361 8.3 0.5 4.0 5.6 1.42
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
TEX (6 yrs) 25 29 .463 2.46 271 1 173 0 0 64 424.0 369 137 116 22 182 36 282 15 5 13 1788 138 1.300 7.8 0.5 3.9 6.0 1.55
OAK (4 yrs) 19 14 .576 2.99 194 6 94 1 1 30 270.2 237 107 90 17 137 14 140 8 1 6 1151 110 1.382 7.9 0.6 4.6 4.7 1.02
STL (2 yrs) 2 6 .250 4.29 50 0 18 0 0 6 50.1 57 29 24 6 17 7 23 0 1 2 222 89 1.470 10.2 1.1 3.0 4.1 1.35
CHC (2 yrs) 11 16 .407 4.50 116 0 64 0 0 24 160.0 168 91 80 9 58 13 102 5 2 2 694 85 1.413 9.5 0.5 3.3 5.7 1.76
PHI (1 yr) 6 5 .545 3.05 69 0 39 0 0 13 100.1 98 38 34 4 46 10 88 7 1 5 440 117 1.435 8.8 0.4 4.1 7.9 1.91
MON (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.38 60 0 27 0 0 6 72.0 63 20 19 5 30 3 34 0 0 0 294 148 1.292 7.9 0.6 3.8 4.3 1.13
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.20 5 1 2 0 0 0 14.2 14 15 15 2 10 2 12 3 1 2 69 38 1.636 8.6 1.2 6.1 7.4 1.20
AL (10 yrs) 44 44 .500 2.80 470 8 269 1 1 94 709.1 620 259 221 41 329 52 434 26 7 21 3008 120 1.338 7.9 0.5 4.2 5.5 1.32
NL (6 yrs) 22 30 .423 3.69 295 0 148 0 0 49 382.2 386 178 157 24 151 33 247 12 4 9 1650 100 1.403 9.1 0.6 3.6 5.8 1.64

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 29 OAK AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1973 31 OAK AL WS W NYM 0 0 0.00 7 0 2 0 0 2 6.1 4 1 0 0 5 2 5 1 0 0 30 1.421 5.7 0.0 7.1 7.1 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 8 0 2 0 0 2 6.2 5 1 0 0 5 2 5 1 0 1 32 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 7 0 2 0 0 2 6.1 4 1 0 0 5 2 5 1 0 0 30 1.421 5.7 0.0 7.1 7.1 1.00
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 23 BAL AL 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 24 PHI NL 69 16 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 25 WSA AL 61 17 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .063 .118 .063 .180 -44 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 26 WSA AL 32 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .750 1.000 198 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 27 WSA AL 53 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .077 .250 .077 .327 -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1970 28 WSA AL 71 23 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .050 .095 .050 .145 -58 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
1971 29 TOT AL 55 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -42 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1971 29 WSA AL 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 29 OAK AL 43 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -28 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 30 OAK AL 54 14 12 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 72 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 31 OAK AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 32 OAK AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 33 CHC NL 58 18 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1976 34 CHC NL 58 12 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143 .400 .143 .543 55 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1978 36 MON NL 60 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 37 STL NL 48 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1980 38 STL NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Seasons 634 146 125 2 15 0 1 0 11 0 0 9 43 .120 .184 .136 .320 -7 17 1 1 10 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 37 32 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .120 .184 .136 .320 -7 4 0 0 3 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
WSA (6 yrs) 229 63 55 1 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 24 .073 .150 .109 .259 -23 6 0 1 3 0 0
OAK (4 yrs) 105 24 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .200 .227 .200 .427 28 4 0 0 2 1 0
STL (2 yrs) 50 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 116 30 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .091 .231 .091 .322 -9 2 0 0 4 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 69 16 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 4 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 60 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 1 0 0 1 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 339 91 79 1 8 0 1 0 8 0 0 5 29 .101 .163 .127 .289 -14 10 0 1 5 1 0
NL (6 yrs) 295 55 46 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 14 .152 .220 .152 .372 5 7 1 0 5 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 BAL AL 23 P 5 1 14.2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.68 1.20 .950 2.02 0.76
1966 PHI NL 24 P 69 0 100.1 36 3 28 5 1 .861 0.0 0.0 2.78 0.45 .953 1.96 0.74
1967 WSA AL 25 P 61 1 113.1 39 6 28 5 4 .872 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.56 .962 1.96 0.74
1968 WSA AL 26 P 32 0 41.1 10 1 8 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 1.96 0.28 .960 1.89 0.73
1969 WSA AL 27 P 53 0 84.1 18 6 12 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.92 0.34 .950 1.88 0.69 AS
1970 WSA AL 28 P 71 0 119.1 35 8 25 2 2 .943 0.0 0.0 2.49 0.46 .951 1.86 0.67
1971 TOT AL 29 P 55 0 68.0 19 1 17 1 0 .947 0.0 0.0 2.38 0.33 .958 1.99 0.77
1971 WSA AL 29 P 12 0 15.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.17 .950 2.00 0.77
1971 OAK AL 29 P 43 0 52.2 17 1 15 1 0 .941 0.0 0.0 2.73 0.37 .959 1.98 0.77
1972 OAK AL 30 P 54 0 65.2 29 2 26 1 0 .966 0.0 0.0 3.84 0.52 .948 1.86 0.75
1973 OAK AL 31 P 52 5 99.0 35 3 27 5 0 .857 0.0 0.0 2.73 0.58 .957 1.86 0.86
1974 OAK AL 32 P 45 1 53.1 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.36 0.31 .943 1.81 0.83
1975 CHC NL 33 P 58 0 88.1 32 6 26 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.26 0.55 .944 1.85 0.72
1976 CHC NL 34 P 58 0 71.2 28 3 23 2 2 .929 0.0 0.0 3.27 0.45 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 TEX AL 35 P 42 0 50.1 19 3 14 2 2 .895 0.0 0.0 3.04 0.40 .953 1.95 0.84
1978 MON NL 36 P 60 0 72.0 23 2 20 1 2 .957 0.0 0.0 2.75 0.37 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 STL NL 37 P 48 0 48.2 13 2 7 4 0 .692 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.19 .962 1.79 0.66
1980 STL NL 38 P 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 0.70
16 Seasons P 765 8 1092.0 356 51 276 29 16 .919 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.43 .953 1.90 0.74
16 Seasons TOT 765 8 1092.0 356 51 276 29 16 .919 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.43 .871 1.90 0.74
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1969 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--3.115--208th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.291--213th

Games Played s c a p y
1966 NL--69--3rd
1967 AL--61--6th
1970 AL--71--3rd
1971 AL--55--10th
1973 AL--52--4th
Career--765--48th

Saves s c a p y
1966 NL--13--7th
1967 AL--14--6th
1969 AL--13--8th
1970 AL--27--3rd
1972 AL--11--10th
1975 NL--15--4th
Career--143--71st

Losses s c a p y
1970 AL--14--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 NL--7--9th

Games Finished s c a p y
1966 NL--39--5th
1967 AL--35--7th
1969 AL--40--5th
1970 AL--49--4th
Career--417--51st

Oldest s c a p y
1980 NL--born 1941-12-09--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 23 (969), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (432), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (887), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

February 9, 1961: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1965: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jackie Brandt to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jack Baldschun.

November 30, 1966: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with cash to the Washington Senators for Don Lock.

May 8, 1971: Traded by the Washington Senators with Mike Epstein to the Oakland Athletics for Frank Fernandez, Paul Lindblad, Don Mincher and cash.

October 23, 1974: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Bob Locker and Manny Trillo to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Williams.

February 5, 1977: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Texas Rangers for cash. The Texas Rangers sent Gene Clines (February 15, 1977) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

November 10, 1977: Purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Texas Rangers.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 9, 1980: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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