Kelly Downs vs. Harley Parker — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker 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 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. 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 Harley Parker

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Harley Parker

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Harley Parker

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA