Kelly Downs vs. Gerry Staley — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gerry Staley
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Kelly Downs a clear advantage over Gerry Staley across the core pitching metrics. Kelly Downs led in home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 76), strikeout rate (K%+ 96 vs 62), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 87). Gerry Staley held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 149 vs 88). Kelly Downs was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Gerry Staley

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
2.91
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
0.84
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.69
54.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.06
29.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
3.7
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5945
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1981.2
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2070
9.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.85
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
2.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
727
3.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8398
38.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
1.12
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
946
4.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7806
35.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Gerry Staley

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
6.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2587
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
862.1
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.52
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
6.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
6.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.34
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Gerry Staley

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
640
622.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
617
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
525
510.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
64.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
59.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
4.86
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.42
11.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
70.99
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
102.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
34.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
18.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
51.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
1.35
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
36.95
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
112.8
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.32
5.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Gerry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
49.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
15
14.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.94
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0