Kelly Downs vs. Harry Eccles — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eccles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kelly Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.389 compared to 4.71 and 1.143 for Harry Eccles. By the career numbers, Kelly Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Harry Eccles

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Harry Eccles

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Harry Eccles

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA