Jimmy Direaux vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Jimmy Direaux
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jimmy Direaux and Kelly Downs are fairly close on the surface numbers. Kelly Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.86 vs 5.03) and WHIP (1.389 vs 1.559). Jimmy Direaux had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.29 per nine innings vs 0.68). By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Kelly Downs

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
9.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
3.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
41.42
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
6.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
35.81
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.42
41.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Kelly Downs

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.65
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Direaux and Kelly Downs

Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
31
295.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
53
504.76
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.845
0.845
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
161.9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
114.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.7
92.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
209.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
228.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.815
0.815
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
133.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
190.48
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
96.85
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
66.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jimmy Direaux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.98
Jimmy Direaux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0