Roger Clemens vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Roger Clemens
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Roger Clemens a clear advantage over Kelly Downs across the core pitching metrics. Roger Clemens led in strikeout rate (K%+ 143 vs 96), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 101). Kelly Downs held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 115). Roger Clemens was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Roger Clemens and Kelly Downs

Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
1.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
707
1.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.26
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
0.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.34
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.8
65.8
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.72
99.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.08
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1707
3.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14750
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4916.2
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4185
7.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
2.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
8.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20240
37.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1885
3.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
4.24
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.173
1.173
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18279
33.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.05
37.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Roger Clemens and Kelly Downs

Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
1.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
707
1.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.26
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14750
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4916.2
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
0.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
1.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
920
1.68
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
895
1.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.262
1.262
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.72
99.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roger Clemens and Kelly Downs

Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
709
1997.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
213
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
179
504.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
87.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
70.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.7
24.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
104.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
129.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
33.8
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
17
47.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
23.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
171.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
3.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Roger Clemens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
18
50.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Roger Clemens
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0