Kelly Downs vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kelly Downs built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek 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 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. 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 Dick Tomanek

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.53
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.86
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.68
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
3.48
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
5.58
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
1.008
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.39
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4122
38.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
4.24
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
35.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Dick Tomanek

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
2.21
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.3
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.03
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.95
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.722
0.722
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Dick Tomanek

Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
592.53
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.39
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.82
4.82
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA