Pete Daniels vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Pete Daniels
Pre-GenerationalIrelandThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Daniels 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 4.79 and 1.548 for Pete Daniels. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Daniels and Kelly Downs

Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.65
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.79
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
11.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
11.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.569
0.569
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
40.72
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
7.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.548
1.548
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
37.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.72
40.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Pete Daniels and Kelly Downs

Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Daniels and Kelly Downs

Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
14
254.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
61.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
65.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
8.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Pete Daniels
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Pete Daniels
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0