Tom Cheney vs. Dave Downs — Career Comparison

Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dave Downs posted a stronger line than Tom Cheney. Dave Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.74 vs 3.77) and WHIP (1.217 vs 1.358). 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 Tom Cheney and Dave Downs

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.74
61.74
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
3.77
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
7.38
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.02
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
6.66
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1981
38.26
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
4.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1730
33.41
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83

Fielding Stats for Tom Cheney and Dave Downs

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.74
61.74
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cheney and Dave Downs

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
474.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
521.57
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
70.59
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
62.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
11.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
78.43
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
90.2
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
31.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
35.29
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
66.67
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.25
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.61
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
125.49
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
58.82
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA