Nick Carter vs. Darin Downs — Career Comparison

Nick Carter
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darin Downs
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nick Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Darin Downs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 4.76 and 1.401 for Darin Downs. By the career numbers, Nick Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Carter and Darin Downs

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.08
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.97
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.76
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
8.6
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
8.14
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.69
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.52
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.87
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.52
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
8.34
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
34.71
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
38.22
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.99
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.86
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
4.96
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.89
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.236
1.236
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.335
1.335
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
31.9
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
33.35
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Nick Carter and Darin Downs

Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.25
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.99
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.43
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.28
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.071
2.071
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.152
0.152
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Carter and Darin Downs

Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
420
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
5.34
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.69
-20.83
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Nick Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Nick Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA