Dewey Adkins vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kelly Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.389 compared to 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Kelly Downs

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
4.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Kelly Downs

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Kelly Downs

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
991.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0