Kelly Downs vs. Bill Essick — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Essick
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Essick posted a stronger line than Kelly Downs. Bill Essick posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.95 vs 3.86) and home runs allowed (0.15 per nine innings vs 0.68). By the career numbers, Bill Essick 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 Kelly Downs and Bill Essick

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.95
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
9.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
37.48
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
33.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.48
37.48

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Essick

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Essick

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
225
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
21
525
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
4.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.98
-24.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.98
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100