Syd Cohen vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Syd Cohen
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Syd Cohen 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 4.54 and 1.560 for Syd Cohen. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Syd Cohen and Kelly Downs

Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
4.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
4.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
10.98
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.98
10.98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
4.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.789
0.789
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
39.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
36.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Syd Cohen and Kelly Downs

Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.929
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Syd Cohen and Kelly Downs

Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
988.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
582.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
14.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
105.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
7.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.33
11.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Syd Cohen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Syd Cohen
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0