Darin Downs vs. Mike Harkey — Career Comparison

MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Harkey built a career as a starting pitcher and Darin Downs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Harkey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.49 and WHIP 1.474 compared to 4.76 and 1.401 for Darin Downs. By the career numbers, Mike Harkey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darin Downs and Mike Harkey

Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.8
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.43
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.49
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.76
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
4.49
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
27
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
9
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
8.14
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
9.88
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.88
9.88
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.69
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.03
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.87
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.09
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
8.34
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
4.34
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.825
0.825
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.25
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
38.22
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2852
39.13
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.99
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.96
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
4.88
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.89
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.64
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
33.35
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2560
35.12
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Darin Downs and Mike Harkey

Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.8
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.44
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
27
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
9
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.67
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.99
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.11
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.89
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.78
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.2
94.2
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.152
0.152
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.992
0.992
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.15
80.15
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darin Downs and Mike Harkey

Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
92
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
419.05
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
600
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
520.63
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
95.24
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.37
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.87
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.87
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.97
22.12
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
111.11
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
107.94
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.1
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.22
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
60.32
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.52
20.71
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.52
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
51
161.9
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
66.67
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA