Darold Knowles
1965–1980 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
766G
.120AVG
.184OBP
.136SLG
More career statistics
15H
0HR
11RBI
0SB
66–74W–L
1,092.0IP
681K
3.12ERA
8GS
143SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 146 | 145 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,657 | 4,658 |
| Pitching · p er | 378 | 379 |
| Pitching · p r | 437 | 438 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 766 | 146 | 125 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .120 | .184 | .136 | .320 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,092.0 | 765 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 74 | 143 | 1,006 | 437 | 378 | 65 | 480 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 1.361 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1972-08-30 to 1972-09-12
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1967-08-09 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1973-08-14 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 11 | 5 walks allowed | 1973-08-01 | 1 in 30 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |  Baltimore Orioles | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 14 | 12 |
| 1966 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 16 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .250 | 100 | 88 |
| 1967 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 61 | 16 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .062 | 113 | 85 |
| 1968 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 32 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .250 | 41 | 37 |
| 1969 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 53 | 13 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .077 | 84 | 59 |
| 1970 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 71 | 20 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .050 | 119 | 71 |
| 1971 | Athletics, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 55 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 68 | 56 |
| 1972 |  Athletics | 54 | 12 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 65 | 36 |
| 1973 | Athletics | 53 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 99 | 46 |
| 1974 | Athletics | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 18 |
| 1975 |  Chicago Cubs | 58 | 15 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .067 | 88 | 63 |
| 1976 | Chicago Cubs | 58 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 71 | 39 |
| 1977 |  Texas Rangers | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 14 |
| 1978 |  Montreal Expos | 60 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 72 | 34 |
| 1979 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 48 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 48 | 22 |
| 1980 | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |