Ken Crosby vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Ken Crosby
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Crosby 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 8.41 and 2.213 for Ken Crosby. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Crosby and Kelly Downs

Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
13.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.28
13.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.64
6.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
46.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
8.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.213
2.213
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
38.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.92
46.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Ken Crosby and Kelly Downs

Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Crosby and Kelly Downs

Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
199
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.89
178.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ken Crosby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Ken Crosby
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0