Bill Butland vs. Dave Downs — Career Comparison

Bill Butland
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dave Downs posted a stronger line than Bill Butland. Dave Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.74 vs 3.88) and WHIP (1.217 vs 1.288). By the career numbers, Dave 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 Bill Butland and Dave Downs

Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.91
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.54
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.88
46.88
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
3.88
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150.2
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
8.24
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
3.35
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.7
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.783
0.783
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
38.35
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
4.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.288
1.288
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
34.83
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.35
38.35
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83

Fielding Stats for Bill Butland and Dave Downs

Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.438
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butland and Dave Downs

Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
391.84
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
477.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
4.29
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-8.63
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
195.92
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA