Kelly Downs vs. Howard Petway — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Howard Petway
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Relief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Howard Petway as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Howard Petway posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.071 compared to 3.86 and 1.389 for Kelly Downs. By the career numbers, Howard Petway had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Howard Petway

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
34.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
4.24
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.071
1.071
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
30.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Howard Petway

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Howard Petway

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
24.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA