Dan Daub vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Dan Daub
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Daub 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 4.75 and 1.548 for Dan Daub. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Daub and Kelly Downs

Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.39
46.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.75
81.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
4.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
2698
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
899.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
1065
10.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
3.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.569
0.569
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4047
40.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
654
6.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.54
6.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.548
1.548
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3666
36.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Dan Daub and Kelly Downs

Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
1.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
2706
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
902
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
2.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
2.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
2.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.49
93.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Daub
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Daub and Kelly Downs

Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
126
190.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
525.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
105.79
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
95.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.78
41.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
120.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
170.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
69.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
68.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
137.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.43
47.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
84.63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.09
7.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
0.68
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Daub
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.98
Dan Daub
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0