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b. December 9, 1941 · Baltimore Orioles 1965, Philadelphia Phillies 1966, Washington Senators 1967–1971, Oakland Athletics 1971–1974, Chicago Cubs 1975–1976, Texas Rangers 1977, Montreal Expos 1978, St. Louis Cardinals 1979–1980

In October 1973 he appeared in every game of the World Series between Oakland and the Mets — seven games, six and a third innings, no earned runs, two saves — and no pitcher has done it before or since.

Sixteen seasons gave him 143 saves, 66 wins and a 3.12 earned run average across 1,092 innings and 765 games. He saved 27 for Washington in 1970 with a 2.04 earned run average and had a 1.37 for Oakland in 1972, and he was an All-Star in 1969 for a club that lost 96 games.

He was a left-hander with a screwball who never started a game after 1966. He coached pitchers in the Phillies' organization for thirty years afterward. The 1986 ballot gave him no votes at all.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1969

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1965	BAL	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1966	PHI	69	16	0	4	0	2	0	3	.250
1967	WSA	61	16	0	1	0	1	1	6	.063
1968	WSA	32	4	0	1	1	2	0	1	.250
1969	WSA	53	13	1	1	0	2	3	8	.077
1970	WSA	71	20	0	1	0	1	0	9	.050
1971	OAK/WSA	55	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.100
1972	OAK	54	12	0	3	0	1	1	3	.250
1973	OAK	53	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—
1974	OAK	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1975	CHC	58	15	0	1	0	1	1	8	.067
1976	CHC	58	7	0	1	0	0	3	0	.143
1977	TEX	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1978	MON	60	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167
1979	STL	48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	STL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	766	125	2	15	1	11	9	43	.120

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1965	BAL	0	1	5	1	0	14.2	14	15	10	12	9.20
1966	PHI	6	5	69	0	13	100.1	98	34	46	88	3.05
1967	WSA	6	8	61	1	14	113.1	91	34	52	85	2.70
1968	WSA	1	1	32	0	4	41.1	38	10	12	37	2.18
1969	WSA	9	2	53	0	13	84.1	73	21	31	59	2.24
1970	WSA	2	14	71	0	27	119.1	100	27	58	71	2.04
1971	OAK/WSA	7	4	55	0	9	68.0	57	27	22	56	3.57
1972	OAK	5	1	54	0	11	65.2	49	10	37	36	1.37
1973	OAK	6	8	52	5	9	99.0	87	34	49	46	3.09
1974	OAK	3	3	45	1	3	53.1	61	25	35	18	4.22
1975	CHC	6	9	58	0	15	88.1	107	57	36	63	5.81
1976	CHC	5	7	58	0	9	71.2	61	23	22	39	2.89
1977	TEX	5	2	42	0	4	50.1	50	18	23	14	3.22
1978	MON	3	3	60	0	6	72.0	63	19	30	34	2.38
1979	STL	2	5	48	0	6	48.2	54	22	17	22	4.07
1980	STL	0	1	2	0	0	1.2	3	2	0	1	10.80
Career	—	66	74	765	8	143	1092.0	1006	378	480	681	3.12

On this day & linked events

1941

Born December 9, 1941

Brunswick, MO, USA

1965

Major-league debut: Darold Knowles

Darold Knowles made a major-league debut on April 18, 1965.

1980

Final major-league game: Darold Knowles

Darold Knowles played a final major-league game on April 18, 1980.

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