Dave Downs vs. Dutch Leonard — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dutch Leonard
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Dave Downs and Dutch Leonard are fairly close on the surface numbers. Dave Downs had the edge in ERA (2.74 vs 3.25). By the career numbers, Dave 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 Dave Downs and Dutch Leonard

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
1.79
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.53
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.34
51.34
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.44
58.44
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.54
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1162
3.25
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9655
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3218.1
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3304
9.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.44
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
2.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1170
3.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.16
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13487
37.72
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.48
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1432
4
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12694
35.5
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Dutch Leonard

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
27
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
925
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
893
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.54
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.395
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Dutch Leonard

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
640
330.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1161
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1054
544.7
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
91.47
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
80.1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
9.3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.07
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
11.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.89
16.48
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
104.91
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
102.84
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
27.39
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
35.66
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
63.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.84
10.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.03
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
10.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
183
94.57
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.34
6.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
43.93
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
27
13.95
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.52
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.52
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Dutch Leonard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100