Kelly Downs vs. Sean Poppen — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sean Poppen
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Poppen 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 5.08 and 1.663 for Sean Poppen. 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 Sean Poppen

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
8.42
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
5.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.1
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.5
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
8.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
40.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.31
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.34
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.589
1.589
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
35.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.369
0.369
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Sean Poppen

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
8.42
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.064
0.064
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Sean Poppen

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
37800
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA