Kelly Downs vs. Bill Short — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Short
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Short 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 4.7 and 1.485 for Bill Short. 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 Bill Short

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.92
21.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
8.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
4.84
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
39.34
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.11
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
34.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.34
39.34

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Short

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
131.1
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.62
97.62
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.562
0.562
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.92
21.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Short

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
1327.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
581.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
14.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-3.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
290.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA