Scott Downs vs. Jack Wieneke — Career Comparison

Scott Downs
Gen XKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Wieneke
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Wieneke built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Downs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Downs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.387 compared to 8.17 and 2.211 for Jack Wieneke. By the career numbers, Scott Downs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Downs and Jack Wieneke

Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
7.41
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.55
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.6
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.46
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.48
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.72
48.72
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
3.56
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
8.17
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.17
8.17
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2254
27
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.1
9
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
729
8.73
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
13.86
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.86
13.86
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.8
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.42
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
3.34
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.04
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
6.89
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.55
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.066
1.066
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3213
38.49
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
47.25
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
1.35
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.13
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
3.99
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
8.53
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.96
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.342
1.342
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.211
2.211
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2870
34.38
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
40.86
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.347
0.347
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25

Fielding Stats for Scott Downs and Jack Wieneke

Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
7.41
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.6
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2254
27
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
751.1
9
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.57
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
2.43
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.34
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.06
96.06
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Downs and Jack Wieneke

Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
619
6403.45
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
10
666.67
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
600
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
465.52
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.4
4.1
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
6.61
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.34
-13.82
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-16.76
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
175.86
Jack Wieneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
200
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Downs
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Wieneke
Career
Per 600 PA