Buck Alexander vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Buck Alexander
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Buck Alexander and Kelly Downs are fairly close on the surface numbers. Kelly Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.86 vs 6.04) and WHIP (1.389 vs 1.622). Buck Alexander had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.45 per nine innings vs 0.68). By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Buck Alexander and Kelly Downs

Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.19
26.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
6.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.39
7.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1073
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
357.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
432
10.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
3.7
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
28.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
7.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.4
7.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.619
1.619
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
950
23.9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.519
0.519
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.96
28.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Buck Alexander and Kelly Downs

Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.26
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
258.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.18
95.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.026
1.026
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Alexander and Kelly Downs

Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
77
330
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
140
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
548.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
90
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.13
26.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
124.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
115.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
55.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
90
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.44
23.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Buck Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Buck Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0