Kelly Downs vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Kelly Downs
Baby BoomersUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Cy Young posted a stronger line than Kelly Downs. Cy Young posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 3.86) and WHIP (1.130 vs 1.389). By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Kelly Downs and Cy Young

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
1
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.82
51.82
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.96
56.96
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
3.86
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.52
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.68
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
3.48
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
5.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.39
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4122
38.5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
4.24
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.38
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.31
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.73
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3650
34.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Kelly Downs and Cy Young

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.26
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.29
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2891
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
963.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.62
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
1.68
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.6
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
93.87
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.96
56.96
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.47
25.47
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kelly Downs and Cy Young

Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
592.53
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
241
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
211
525.31
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
22
54.77
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.47
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
9.96
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
10.78
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
31
77.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
33
82.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
11
27.39
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
25
62.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.23
-3.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
189.21
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.17
3.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
52.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
9.67
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Kelly Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.98
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Kelly Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100