Ed Blake vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Ed Blake
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Blake 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 6.23 and 2.308 for Ed Blake. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Blake and Kelly Downs

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.54
11.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
15.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.58
15.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.577
0.577
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
47.77
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
8.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.192
2.192
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.77
47.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Ed Blake and Kelly Downs

Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
43.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
21.6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
5.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
32.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
5.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Blake and Kelly Downs

Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
600
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ed Blake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ed Blake
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0