Dick Cogan vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Dick Cogan
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Cogan 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 5 and 1.852 for Dick Cogan. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Cogan and Kelly Downs

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.83
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
11.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
43.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
6.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.17
43.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Dick Cogan and Kelly Downs

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.16
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.48
81.48
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.833
1.833
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Cogan and Kelly Downs

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.24
49.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
169.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
153.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
50.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0