Dave Downs vs. Jim Mertz — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dave Downs posted a stronger line than Jim Mertz. Dave Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.74 vs 4.63) and WHIP (1.217 vs 1.431). 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 Jim Mertz

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.3
30.3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.63
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
8.41
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.47
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.09
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
38.49
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.01
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
34.02
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Jim Mertz

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Jim Mertz

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
460.47
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
97.67
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
34.02
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.88
26.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
41.68
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.83
25.55
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA