Kelly Downs vs. Levale Speigner — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Levale Speigner
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Levale Speigner 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 9.19 and 2.146 for Levale Speigner. 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 Levale Speigner

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
13.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.31
13.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.5
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
45
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.31
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.083
2.083
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
38.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Levale Speigner

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.88
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.56
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Levale Speigner

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
1950
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
300
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
2.01
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
52.28
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Levale Speigner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Levale Speigner
Career
Per 600 PA