Bill Coyle vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Bill Coyle
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Coyle 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 9 and 2.125 for Bill Coyle. 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 Coyle and Kelly Downs

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.368
0.368
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
15.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.75
15.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
46.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.125
2.125
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.13
46.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Coyle and Kelly Downs

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Coyle and Kelly Downs

Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-61.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Coyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Coyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0