Jim Acker vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kelly Downs led in home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 92), strikeout rate (K%+ 96 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 86). Jim Acker held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 98 vs 88). Role difference aside, Kelly Downs holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Kelly Downs

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Kelly Downs

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Kelly Downs

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0