Dave Downs vs. Alex Lange — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Lange
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dave Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Lange as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 3.7 and 1.392 for Alex Lange. By the career numbers, Dave Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Downs and Alex Lange

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
9.55
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.41
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
3.7
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184.2
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
7.07
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.78
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
5.36
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
10.82
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.798
1.798
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.41
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.78
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
39.82
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.56
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
4.58
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
33.26
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
33.19
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.82
39.82

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Alex Lange

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
9.55
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184.2
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.78
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.32
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.133
0.133
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Alex Lange

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Alex Lange
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Lange
Career
Per 600 PA