Bill Cox vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Bill Cox
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Cox 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 6.56 and 1.817 for Bill Cox. 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 Cox and Kelly Downs

Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
6.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
10.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.65
10.65
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
550
42.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.77
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
7.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.817
1.817
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
36.72
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Cox and Kelly Downs

Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Cox and Kelly Downs

Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
1177.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
555.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
11.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.47
-10.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
200
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0