How Kelly Downs's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players
Kelly Downs posted a career Component ERA of 3.56, near the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1988, posting 2.51, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.55 that year. The highest point came in 1993 at 5.36, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.11 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.78 in 1991 to 3.93 in 1992 and 5.36 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.
Kelly Downs Lifetime Component ERA
Stats similar to Component ERA for Kelly Downs
| Kelly Downs Component ERA |
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| Career | 3.56 |
| Season Avg. | 3.56 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.56 |
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Kelly Downs Component ERA Per Season
Kelly Downs's Component ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Kelly Downs Component ERA by Team
Kelly Downs's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Kelly Downs Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Kelly Downs's career Component ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Kelly Downs Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Kelly Downs's seasonal Component ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Kelly Downs Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Kelly Downs's MLB career with Component ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.