Kelly Downs vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Ricks posted a stronger line than Kelly Downs. Bill Ricks posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.23 vs 3.86) and WHIP (1.329 vs 1.389). By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Ricks

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
5.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Ricks

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.92
56.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Ricks

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
159
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA