Walter Clarkson vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Walter Clarkson
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Clarkson posted a stronger line than Kelly Downs. Walter Clarkson posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.17 vs 3.86) and WHIP (1.260 vs 1.389). By the career numbers, Walter Clarkson 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 Walter Clarkson and Kelly Downs

Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.44
47.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1124
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
374.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
8.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.827
0.827
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1549
37.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
4.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1393
33.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Walter Clarkson and Kelly Downs

Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.65
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.02
94.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.44
47.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Clarkson and Kelly Downs

Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
78
341.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
137
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
578.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
87.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
61.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.76
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
20.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
131.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
91.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.42
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
91.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
13.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
118.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0