How Kelly Downs's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Kelly Downs posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 8.52, near the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1988, posting 7.5, below the starting pitcher average of 8.66 that year. The highest point came in 1993 at 10.15, above the starting pitcher average of 9.18 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.98 in 1991 to 8.54 in 1992 and 10.15 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 8 seasons.
Kelly Downs Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for Kelly Downs
| Kelly Downs
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 8.52 |
| Season Avg. | 8.52 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 8.52 |
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Kelly Downs Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Kelly Downs's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Kelly Downs's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Kelly Downs Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Kelly Downs's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Kelly Downs's seasonal Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Kelly Downs's MLB career with Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.
