Darin Downs vs. Chris Short — Career Comparison

Darin Downs
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Short
Silent GenerationDelawareThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Chris Short 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. Chris Short posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.331 compared to 4.76 and 1.401 for Darin Downs. By the career numbers, Chris Short had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darin Downs and Chris Short

Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
1.94
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.19
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.52
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.4
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.51
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.56
50.56
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.48
61.48
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.34
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.76
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
3.43
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6975
27
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2325
9
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
8.14
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
2215
8.57
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.14
8.14
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.69
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
0.71
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.87
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.12
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.29
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
8.34
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629
6.31
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.047
1.047
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.28
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.6
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.24
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
38.22
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9801
37.94
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.99
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.96
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
3.84
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.89
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.335
1.335
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
33.35
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8900
34.45
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.22
38.22
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Darin Downs and Chris Short

Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
9.13
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.94
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.2
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
27
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6975
27
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
9
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2325
9
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.43
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.99
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.39
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.89
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.39
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
1.82
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.52
96.52
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.152
0.152
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.938
0.938
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.55
61.55
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darin Downs and Chris Short

Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
92
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
506
391.74
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
775
600
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
539.61
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
68.13
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
62.71
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.87
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.55
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.42
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.14
9.4
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
75.1
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
81.29
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
22.45
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
18.58
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
41.03
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.74
-5.22
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.32
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.84
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
198
153.29
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.91
3.91
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
44.13
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.1
Darin Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
13
10.06
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.77
Darin Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100