Frank Donnelly vs. Kelly Downs — Career Comparison

Frank Donnelly
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Donnelly 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 6.36 and 1.757 for Frank Donnelly. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Donnelly and Kelly Downs

Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
6.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
10.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.99
10.99
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
4.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
43.01
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
9.64
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.757
1.757
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
37.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.01
43.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Frank Donnelly and Kelly Downs

Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.34
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.95
80.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.125
2.125
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Donnelly and Kelly Downs

Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
8
208.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
19
495.65
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.174
1.174
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.96
181.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
339.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
313.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.206
1.206
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.546
1.546
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.59
171.89
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.5
11.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Frank Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Frank Donnelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0