Kelly Downs vs. Glen Perkins — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Glen Perkins
MillenialMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Glen Perkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Glen Perkins led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 178 vs 88), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 101). Kelly Downs held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Glen Perkins.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Glen Perkins

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.76
10.76
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
3.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1873
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
624.1
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
9.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
7.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2635
37.98
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
3.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
4.24
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.79
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2411
34.76
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Glen Perkins

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1873
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
624.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.76
10.76
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Glen Perkins

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
35057.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.35
-29.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
52.28
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Glen Perkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glen Perkins
Career
Per 600 PA