Bill Daley vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Bill Daley
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston RedsPlayers' LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Daley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Daley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.655 compared to 3.86 and 1.389 for Kelly Downs. By the career numbers, Bill Daley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Daley and Kelly Downs

Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.34
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.44
64.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.31
70.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
427.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
8.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
6.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2010
42.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
6.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1688
35.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Daley and Kelly Downs

Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1362
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.56
91.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.044
2.044
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Daley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Daley and Kelly Downs

Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
68
193.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
211
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
563.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
93.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
76.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.06
31.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
125.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
130.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
68.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
51.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
113.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.61
27.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
34.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
85.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.03
7.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Daley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.98
Bill Daley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0