Al Atkinson vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson 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 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Kelly Downs

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Kelly Downs

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Kelly Downs

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.98
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0