Bill Dammann vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Bill Dammann
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dammann 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 4.06 and 1.599 for Bill Dammann. 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 Dammann and Kelly Downs

Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.33
63.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
4.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1103
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
367.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
11.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.58
11.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.81
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.514
0.514
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1655
40.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
5.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.599
1.599
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
37.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.51
40.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Bill Dammann and Kelly Downs

Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.42
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dammann and Kelly Downs

Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
60
241.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
149
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
131
527.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
88.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
64.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.41
41.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
136.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
157.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
72.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
60.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
132.89
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.61
42.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
64.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
124.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Dammann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Dammann
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0