Kelly Downs vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Sutter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Sutter led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 88), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 101), and strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 96). Kelly Downs held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 81). Role difference aside, Bruce Sutter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Bruce Sutter

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.73
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3650
34.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Bruce Sutter

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Bruce Sutter

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
525.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
64.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
54.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
9.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
10.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.85
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
62.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.23
-3.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
189.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100