Kelly Downs vs. Matt Festa — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Festa
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Festa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Festa led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 127 vs 88), strikeout rate (K%+ 113 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 99). Kelly Downs held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 93). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Matt Festa.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Matt Festa

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.68
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
4.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
7.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
3.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
9.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
729
38.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.88
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
33.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Matt Festa

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.193
0.193
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Matt Festa

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
171
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
600
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Matt Festa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Festa
Career
Per 600 PA