Darold Knowles

Full Name: Darold Duane Knowles	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 18, 1965
Birthdate: December 9, 1941	Final Game: April 18, 1980
Birthplace: Brunswick, Missouri	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on December 9, 1941 in Brunswick, Missouri, Darold Knowles (Darold Duane Knowles) played for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 16 year career. Knowles broke into the bigs on April 18, 1965 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 3.05 ERA in 100.1 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Darold Knowles's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 2.04 ERA, notched 27 saves and struck out 71 batters. However, others believe that it was 1972, when he posted a 1.37 ERA and notched 11 saves. Another season that some believe was Darold Knowles's best was 1969, when he posted a 2.24 ERA, notched 13 saves and struck out 59 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1965	BAL	A	5	1	0	1	9.20	12	15	15	0	0	0	14.2	14	2	10	2	2	3
1966	PHI	N	69	0	6	5	3.05	88	38	34	0	0	13	100.1	98	4	46	10	5	7
1967	WAS	A	61	1	6	8	2.70	85	37	34	0	0	14	113.1	91	5	52	12	2	4
1968	WAS	A	32	0	1	1	2.18	37	11	10	0	0	4	41.1	38	0	12	2	2	1
1969	WAS	A	53	0	9	2	2.24	59	25	21	0	0	13	84.1	73	8	31	3	2	4
1970	WAS	A	71	0	2	14	2.04	71	36	27	0	0	27	119.1	100	4	58	16	3	4
1971	WAS	A	12	0	2	2	3.52	16	6	6	0	0	2	15.1	17	2	6	1	0	0
1971	OAK	A	43	0	5	2	3.59	40	22	21	0	0	7	52.2	40	3	16	4	0	3
1971	TOT	A	55	0	7	4	3.57	56	28	27	0	0	9	68	57	5	22	5	0	3
1972	OAK	A	54	0	5	1	1.37	36	12	10	0	0	11	65.2	49	1	37	4	1	0
1973	OAK	A	52	5	6	8	3.09	46	44	34	1	1	9	99	87	7	49	3	3	3
1974	OAK	A	45	1	3	3	4.22	18	29	25	0	0	3	53.1	61	6	35	3	2	2
1975	CHI	N	58	0	6	9	5.81	63	61	57	0	0	15	88.1	107	3	36	9	2	3
1976	CHI	N	58	0	5	7	2.89	39	30	23	0	0	9	71.2	61	6	22	4	0	2
1977	TEX	A	42	0	5	2	3.22	14	22	18	0	0	4	50.1	50	3	23	2	4	2
1978	MON	N	60	0	3	3	2.38	34	20	19	0	0	6	72	63	5	30	3	0	0
1979	STL	N	48	0	2	5	4.07	22	27	22	0	0	6	48.2	54	5	17	7	2	0
1980	STL	N	2	0	0	1	1.80	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		295	0	22	30	3.69	247	178	157	0	0	49	382.2	386	24	151	33	9	12
Total	AL		470	8	44	44	2.80	434	259	221	1	1	94	709.1	620	41	329	52	21	26
Total			765	8	66	74	3.12	681	437	378	1	1	143	1092	1006	65	480	85	30	38

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	BAL	A	P	5	1	14.2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1966	PHI	N	P	69	0	100.1	3	28	5	1	1	1	3	7	.861
1967	WAS	A	P	61	1	113.1	6	28	5	4	1	1	2	4	.872
1968	WAS	A	P	32	0	41.1	1	8	1	0	1	1	0	1	.900
1969	WAS	A	P	53	0	84.1	6	12	0	0	2	4	2	1	1.000
1970	WAS	A	P	71	0	119.1	8	25	2	2	1	2	0	5	.943
1971	WAS	A	P	12	0	15.1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1971	OAK	A	P	43	0	52.2	1	15	1	0	0	2	0	3	.941
1971	TOT	A	P	55	0	68	1	17	1	0	0	3	0	3	.947
1972	OAK	A	P	54	0	65.2	2	26	1	0	0	0	2	3	.966
1973	OAK	A	P	52	5	99	3	27	5	0	1	2	2	7	.857
1974	OAK	A	P	45	1	53.1	2	12	0	2	1	1	1	1	1.000
1975	CHI	N	P	58	0	88.1	6	26	0	1	0	5	3	1	1.000
1976	CHI	N	P	58	0	71.2	3	23	2	2	1	2	5	7	.929
1977	TEX	A	P	42	0	50.1	3	14	2	2	0	0	1	1	.895
1978	MON	N	P	60	0	72	2	20	1	2	0	2	1	4	.957
1979	STL	N	P	48	0	48.2	2	7	4	0	2	4	0	0	.692
1980	STL	N	P	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Total			P	765	8	1092	51	276	29	16	11	29	22	46	.919

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1965	BAL	A	5	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1966	PHI	N	69	16	0	4	2	.250	.250	.250	0	0	3	0	0	0
1967	WAS	A	61	16	0	1	1	.063	.118	.063	0	1	6	0	0	0
1968	WAS	A	32	4	0	1	2	.250	.250	.750	1	0	1	0	1	0
1969	WAS	A	53	13	1	1	2	.077	.250	.077	0	3	8	0	0	0
1970	WAS	A	71	20	0	1	1	.050	.095	.050	0	0	9	1	2	0
1971	WAS	A	12	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	OAK	A	43	8	0	1	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	0	1	0
1971	TOT	A	55	10	0	1	0	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	0	1	0
1972	OAK	A	54	12	0	3	1	.250	.308	.250	0	1	3	0	1	0
1973	OAK	A	53	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	OAK	A	45	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CHI	N	58	15	0	1	1	.067	.125	.067	0	1	8	0	2	0
1976	CHI	N	58	7	0	1	0	.143	.400	.143	0	3	0	0	2	0
1977	TEX	A	42	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	MON	N	60	6	1	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	3	0	1	0
1979	STL	N	48	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	STL	N	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		295	46	1	7	3	.152	.220	.152	0	4	14	0	5	1
Total	AL		471	79	1	8	8	.101	.163	.127	1	5	29	1	5	0
Total			766	125	2	15	11	.120	.184	.136	1	9	43	1	10	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (February 9, 1961).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Jackie Brandt to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jack Baldschun (December 6, 1965).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with cash to Washington Senators in exchange for Don Lock (November 30, 1966).
Traded by Washington Senators with Mike Epstein to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Frank Fernandez, Don Mincher, Paul Lindblad and cash (May 8, 1971).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Bob Locker and Manny Trillo to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Billy Williams (October 23, 1974).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Texas Rangers in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (February 5, 1977); Chicago Cubs received Gene Clines (February 15, 1977).
Sold by Texas Rangers to Montreal Expos (November 10, 1977).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 16, 1979).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (May 9, 1980).

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