Kelly Downs vs. Bill Steele — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Steele
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Kelly Downs and Bill Steele are fairly close on the surface numbers. Kelly Downs carried a career ERA of 3.86 against Bill Steele's 4.02. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Kelly Downs and Bill Steele — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Steele

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.72
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.05
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.57
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.25
46.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.24
61.24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.53
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
4.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2030
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
676.2
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
9.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
3.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
3.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.696
0.696
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.23
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2881
38.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
5.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2617
34.81
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Steele

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
16.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
26.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
31.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
30.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.59
97.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.884
1.884
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Bill Steele

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
130
296.58
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
527
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
107.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
79.85
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
18.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
27.38
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.58
44.68
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
143.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
164.26
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
45.63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
68.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
114.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
47.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
54.75
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
107.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
7
15.97
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Bill Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Steele
Career
Per 600 PA