Kelly Downs vs. Bobby Parnell — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bobby Parnell
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Parnell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Parnell led in home run suppression (HR9+ 251 vs 117), walk avoidance (BB%+ 128 vs 88), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 136 vs 99). Role difference aside, Bobby Parnell holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Bobby Parnell

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
336.2
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
9.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
3.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
7.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1480
39.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
4.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1309
34.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Bobby Parnell

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
8.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
336.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.68
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
2.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Bobby Parnell

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
14357.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
385.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
4.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-3.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
52.28
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bobby Parnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Parnell
Career
Per 600 PA