Kelly Downs vs. Clyde Shoun — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clyde Shoun
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Clyde Shoun 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 3.91 and 1.343 for Clyde Shoun. 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 Clyde Shoun

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
3.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.3
55.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.72
18.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
3.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3861
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1287
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1325
9.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
2.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
3.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5466
38.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
631
4.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5052
35.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Clyde Shoun

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2891
27
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
963.2
9
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.98
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.68
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.6
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Clyde Shoun

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
454
698.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
390
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
556.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
112.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
100
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.08
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.13
24.81
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
127.69
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
124.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
36.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
38.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
75.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.68
25.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
69.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
20
30.77
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA