Danny Boone vs. Dave Downs — Career Comparison

Danny Boone
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dave Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Boone as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 3.36 and 1.397 for Danny Boone. By the career numbers, Dave Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Boone and Dave Downs

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.36
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
9.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.74
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
5.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
37.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.72
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
33.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.27
37.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83

Fielding Stats for Danny Boone and Dave Downs

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.04
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.83
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.66
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.492
0.492
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Boone and Dave Downs

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
3327.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
61.18
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
34.02
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
70.39
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
41.68
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA