Ed Chandler vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Ed Chandler
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Chandler 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 6.37 and 1.449 for Ed Chandler. 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 Chandler and Kelly Downs

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.74
6.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
39.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.98
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
36.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Ed Chandler and Kelly Downs

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Chandler and Kelly Downs

Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
7.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
22.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
52.28
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ed Chandler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ed Chandler
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0