Pat Clements vs. Dave Downs — Career Comparison

Pat Clements
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dave Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Clements as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 3.77 and 1.524 for Pat Clements. By the career numbers, Dave Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Clements and Dave Downs

Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
7.19
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.71
60.71
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
3.77
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1081
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360.1
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
9.04
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.04
9.04
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.42
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
4
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.95
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.42
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1547
38.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
2.12
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
4.07
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.7
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1332
33.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83

Fielding Stats for Pat Clements and Dave Downs

Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
7.19
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1081
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360.1
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.35
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.95
98.95
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Clements and Dave Downs

Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
9600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
566.67
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.74
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.1
-36.68
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
10
333.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Clements
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA