Dave Downs vs. Bill Steele — Career Comparison

Dave Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Steele
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dave Downs posted a stronger line than Bill Steele. Dave Downs posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.74 vs 4.02) 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 Bill Steele

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.72
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.05
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.49
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.57
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.25
46.25
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.24
61.24
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.53
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
4.02
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2030
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
676.2
9
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
9.78
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
9.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
3.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
3.14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.696
0.696
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.39
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
34.83
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2881
38.32
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.43
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
5.43
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
33.26
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2617
34.81
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.83
34.83
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Dave Downs and Bill Steele

Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.57
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
16.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
27
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
9
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
26.38
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
31.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
30.38
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.59
97.59
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.884
1.884
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Downs and Bill Steele

Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
296.58
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
600
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
527
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
107.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
79.85
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.25
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.13
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
27.38
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
34.02
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.58
44.68
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
143.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
164.26
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
45.63
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
68.44
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
114.07
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
41.68
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
47.73
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
54.75
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
107.22
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.97
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA