Bill Connors vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Bill Connors
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Connors 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 7.53 and 1.628 for Bill Connors. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Connors and Kelly Downs

Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
7.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.26
10.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.47
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.98
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
5.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
42.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
7.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.581
1.581
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
37.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.07
42.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Connors and Kelly Downs

Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Connors and Kelly Downs

Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
3120
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.57
188.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.27
152.88
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
52.28
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0