Leon Chagnon vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Leon Chagnon
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Chagnon 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 4.51 and 1.391 for Leon Chagnon. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Chagnon and Kelly Downs

Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.3
16.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
4.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
10.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
3.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
39.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
4.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
36.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.49
39.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Leon Chagnon and Kelly Downs

Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.726
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Chagnon and Kelly Downs

Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
135
736.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
572.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
65.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
23.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
130.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
103.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
49.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
17.34
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0