Kelly Downs vs. Russell Pence — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Russell Pence
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Russell Pence 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 8.44 and 2.438 for Russell Pence. 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 Russell Pence

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
8.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.96
7.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
11.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.688
1.688
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
52.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
8.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.438
2.438
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
38.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.31
52.31

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Russell Pence

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Russell Pence

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Russell Pence
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russell Pence
Career
Per 600 PA