Kelly Downs vs. Tony Sipp — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Sipp
MillenialMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Sipp as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kelly Downs led in home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 58), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 76), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 81). Tony Sipp held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 96). Role difference aside, Kelly Downs holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Tony Sipp

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
11.01
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
3.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1511
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
503.2
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
7.24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
3.95
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
9.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.493
1.493
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2110
37.7
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
2.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
4.24
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.46
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1846
32.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Tony Sipp

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
11.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1512
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.68
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.152
0.152
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Tony Sipp

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
616
369600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Tony Sipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Sipp
Career
Per 600 PA