Dave Downs vs. Sam LeCure — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam LeCure
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dave Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam LeCure 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 3.51 and 1.291 for Sam LeCure. 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 Sam LeCure

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
7.02
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
3.51
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
962
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320.2
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.89
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.87
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.48
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
8.42
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1346
37.78
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.54
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
3.73
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.84
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.263
1.263
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1188
33.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Sam LeCure

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
7.02
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
962
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320.2
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.81
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.98
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Sam LeCure

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
5769.23
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
507.69
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.81
18.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA