Dave Downs vs. Jon Lieber — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Lieber
Gen XIowaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Dave Downs posted a stronger line than Jon Lieber. Dave Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.74 vs 4.27) and WHIP (1.217 vs 1.302). 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 Jon Lieber

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
1.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
1.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.54
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.55
81.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1043
4.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6594
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2198
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2388
9.78
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.17
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
1.73
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.21
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1553
6.36
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.36
6.36
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.899
0.899
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.2
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9300
38.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1158
4.74
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.38
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.67
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8660
35.46
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Jon Lieber

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
1.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
1.34
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6594
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2198
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.69
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.1
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
1.88
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
1.79
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.63
95.63
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.092
1.092
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.55
81.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Jon Lieber

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
405
347.64
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
699
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
612
525.32
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
72.96
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
58.37
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.59
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.59
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.38
13.21
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
87.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
98.71
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
30.9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
21.46
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
52.36
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.53
1.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
25.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
234
200.86
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
2.99
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
47.21
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.72
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
20
17.17
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lieber
Career
Per 600 PA