Dave Downs vs. Bill Merritt — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Merritt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dave Downs posted a stronger line than Bill Merritt. Dave Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.74 vs 3.85) and WHIP (1.217 vs 1.476). 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 Bill Merritt

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.09
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.65
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.8
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
3.85
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
4.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.903
0.903
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
38.69
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
5.08
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.94
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
33.26
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
33.02
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Bill Merritt

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.21
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.66
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.58
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.129
2.129
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.32
90.32
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Bill Merritt

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
192
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
552
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
108
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
84
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
34.02
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.23
37.39
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
132
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
138
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
72
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
30
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
102
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.33
37.98
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
18
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100