Leo Cristante vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Leo Cristante
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Leo Cristante as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leo Cristante posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 3.86 and 1.389 for Kelly Downs. By the career numbers, Leo Cristante had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leo Cristante and Kelly Downs

Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
9.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
3.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.648
0.648
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
39.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
36.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Leo Cristante and Kelly Downs

Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leo Cristante and Kelly Downs

Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
1285.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
2.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.65
-28.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0