Kelly Downs vs. Jack Fanning — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Fanning
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fanning 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 9.17 and 2.292 for Jack Fanning. 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 Jack Fanning

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.26
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
14.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.52
14.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
47.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
14.01
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.01
14.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
40.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.86
7.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.12
47.12

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Jack Fanning

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Jack Fanning

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
18.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
18.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA