Dad Clarke vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Dad Clarke
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dad Clarke 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 4.16 and 1.475 for Dad Clarke. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dad Clarke and Kelly Downs

Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
1.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.32
46.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.03
76.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
4.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2551
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
850.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1063
11.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3744
39.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
6.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.475
1.475
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3519
37.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Dad Clarke and Kelly Downs

Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2559
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.39
90.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.697
1.697
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dad Clarke and Kelly Downs

Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
123
188.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
391
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
552.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
119.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
104.35
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.35
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.81
42.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
144.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
165.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
62.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
104.35
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.67
48.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
76.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.82
7.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0