Darold
Knowles
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 9, 1941 in Usa, MO, BRUNSWICK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1965    1966    1967    1969    1972   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 23 MON NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1966 24 MON NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1967 25 MON NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 9 8 9
1968 26 MON NL $ 788,571 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 9 9 9
1969 27 MON NL $ 788,571 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 9 9 9
1970 28 MON NL $ 450,000 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 9 8 8
1971 29 TOR AL $ 450,000 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 9 8 9
1972 30 TOR AL $ 450,000 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 10 9 9
1973 31 TOR AL $ 450,000 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 10 9 9
1974 32 SDP NL $ 500,000 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
1975 33 SDP NL $ 500,000 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 788,571 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 10 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 23 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 26 MON NL $ 788,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 27 MON NL $ 788,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 28 MON NL $ 450,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 29 TOR AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 30 TOR AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 31 TOR AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 32 SDP NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 33 SDP NL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 788,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 23 MON NL 3 7 .300 32 2 0 0 2 50.0 66 41 4 32 26 7.38 .311 .409 .439 .848 0.0
1966 24 MON NL 2 2 .500 29 1 0 0 6 41.0 30 10 2 9 24 2.20 .199 .244 .285 .529 6.0
1967 25 MON NL 6 9 .400 97 1 0 0 12 109.0 110 52 10 56 59 4.29 .268 .358 .380 .737 8.5
1968 26 MON NL 1 4 .200 108 0 0 0 2 52.7 50 21 6 16 26 3.59 .248 .305 .401 .706 4.9
1969 27 MON NL 10 10 .500 71 0 0 0 15 113.3 135 71 8 40 72 5.64 .293 .350 .438 .789 4.5
1970 28 MON NL 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 2 31.7 35 11 0 13 16 3.13 .271 .338 .310 .648 2.9
    AAA   2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 0 15.7 19 13 1 5 13 7.47 .302 .353 .397 .750  
1971 29 MON NL 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 9.3 11 10 1 10 1 9.64 .324 .477 .441 .918 0.0
  TOR AL 5 0 1.000 27 0 0 0 4 54.3 42 11 4 31 33 1.82 .218 .328 .316 .644 8.4
  TOT   6 0 1.000 34 0 0 0 4 63.7 53 21 5 41 34 2.97 .233 .352 .335 .686 8.4
    AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 16.0 25 7 0 12 10 3.94 .338 .430 .419 .849  
1972 30 TOR AL 4 4 .500 27 0 0 0 13 23.0 28 12 1 14 11 4.70 .301 .389 .409 .797 2.8
1973 31 TOR AL 5 2 .714 25 0 0 0 3 42.3 55 31 2 20 18 6.59 .325 .392 .438 .830 1.4
    AAA   3 1 .750 33 0 0 0 4 24.3 19 12 2 12 17 4.44 .218 .313 .356 .669  
1974 32 SDP NL 4 2 .667 49 0 0 0 7 81.3 95 38 5 33 43 4.21 .295 .360 .388 .748 7.2
1975 33 AAA   7 4 .636 68 0 0 0 2 77.3 79 39 6 51 35 4.54 .269 .377 .350 .727  
10 Years Sim 42 40 .512 494 4 0 0 66 608.0 657 308 43 274 329 4.56 .276 .352 .390 .743 46.6
4 Years AAA 12 6 .667 127 0 0 0 6 133.3 142 71 9 80 75 4.79 .274 .371 .367 .738  
Season Average 4 4 .500 49 0 0 0 6 60.8 65 30 4 27 32 4.56 .276 .352 .390 .743  
Career Highs 10 10 1.000 108 2 0 0 15 113.3 135 71 10 56 72 7.38 .325 .409 .439 .848  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   476 235 30 201 213   .286 .363 .404 .767
vs LH   181 73 13 73 116   .255 .324 .359 .683
Home 30 20 .600 259 2 0 0 25 336.6 384 181 25 161 172 4.84 .289 .366 .406 .772
Away 12 20 .375 235 2 0 0 42 271.3 273 127 18 113 157 4.21 .261 .333 .371 .703
Mar/Apr 6 9 .400 76 1 0 0 11 95.0 111 67 12 36 52 6.35 .291 .352 .435 .786
May 7 10 .412 99 2 0 0 9 129.0 146 87 10 73 60 6.07 .283 .372 .417 .790
June 11 6 .647 86 1 0 0 14 113.6 128 53 4 45 66 4.20 .285 .350 .385 .736
July 7 4 .636 80 0 0 0 10 98.6 87 28 4 51 57 2.56 .235 .328 .305 .633
August 5 3 .625 74 0 0 0 14 79.6 83 35 3 34 44 3.96 .272 .345 .364 .709
Sep/Oct 6 8 .429 79 0 0 0 9 92.0 102 38 10 35 50 3.72 .287 .350 .421 .772
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 23 MON NL 32 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0
1966 24 MON NL 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1967 25 MON NL 97 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1968 26 MON NL 108 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
4 Years Sim 266 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.1 0.3
162 Game Average 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.1  
Career Highs 108 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .273 .455 0.4
vs LH   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Home 77 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Away 137 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 14 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
June 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 20 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 23 MON NL P 32 2 50.0 4 8 1 1 .923 2.16    
1966 24 MON NL P 29 1 41.0 1 6 1 1 .875 1.54    
1967 25 MON NL P 97 1 109.0 4 20 1 1 .960 1.98    
1968 26 MON NL P 108 0 52.7 3 8 1 2 .917 1.88    
1969 27 MON NL P 71 0 113.3 4 19 2 0 .920 1.83    
1970 28 MON NL P 22 0 31.7 4 6 1 1 .909 2.84    
1971 29 MON NL P 7 0 9.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.96    
  TOR AL P 27 0 54.3 2 7 1 0 .900 1.49    
  TOT   P 34 0 63.7 2 8 1 0 .909 1.41    
1972 30 TOR AL P 27 0 23.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1973 31 TOR AL P 25 0 42.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1974 32 SDP NL P 49 0 81.3 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.88    
Career Totals   494 4 608.0 30 99 8 6 .942 1.91    
Career Highs   108 2 113.3 5 20 2 2 1.000 2.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1965 23 MON NL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 5.0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .063 .118 .063 .180
1966 24 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .182 .182 .182 .364
1971 29 TOR AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 0 2 18.00 .400 .400 1.200 1.600
1974 32 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 1 1 0 1 3.86 .125 .125 .500 .625
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 1 11.3 6 3 2 1 6 2.38 .150 .171 .325 .496
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1967-7-12
1969-2-15
1972-5-13
Games Pitched
1967-1-97
1968-2-108
1969-1-71
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Montreal in 1965
Earned first career win on 4/30/1965
Had first career hit on 5/22/1965, off Red Swanson (LAD)
Injured on 5/31/1965 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $788,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $788,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $450,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Toronto on 6/1/1971 (Going to MON: SS Al Weis. Going to TOR: P Blue moon Odom, P Darold Knowles)
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/4/1974 to a 3-year deal worth $500,000 per year