Gerrit Cole vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Gerrit Cole a clear advantage over Kelly Downs across the core pitching metrics. Gerrit Cole led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 88), strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 99). Gerrit Cole was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Kelly Downs

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
4.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Kelly Downs

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Kelly Downs

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
526.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
35.66
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
21
52.28
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0