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Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Pitching Comparison

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	11	6	.647	2.97	119	0	36	0	0	4	157.2	141	62	52	13	64	15	104	3	2	2	670	216	124	3.82	1.300	8.0	0.7	3.7	5.9
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	57	53	.518	3.86	237	135	29	11	6	1	963.2	912	454	413	73	373	54	598	25	17	42	4122	1362	94	3.81	1.333	8.5	0.7	3.5	5.6

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	1	1	.500	4.24	8	0	1	0	0	0	17.0	15	10	8	2	9	1	10	0	0	0	72	24		2.55	1.412	7.9	1.1	4.8	5.3

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Value

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	1.1	-0.1
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2	5.1	-3.4

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals Against

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	216	589	96	28	4	20	7	74.07	0	9	5	9	.239	.313	.367	.680	97	.127	.266	69	216	45	208	216
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2	1362	3650	658	172	9	89	34	72.36	1	78	41	33	.250	.321	.362	.683	97	.112	.279	430	1321	254	1310	1362

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	0	17.0	24	62											.242	.338					.260				24	24

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	0			75	23	31	6	40.0	36	119
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	66	49	50.7	81	18	22	3	25.0	29	102

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992									1	8

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Ratios

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2	15.5	9.6	6.0
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2	14.5	9.0	5.5

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	0	17.0	13.9	12.5	1.4

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	0	157.2
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	237	135	963.2		84

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	0	17.0

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	John Costello	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	15	0.692	2.1	0.0	4.2	8.3
2	Kelly Downs	1	0	1.000	5.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	10	5	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	40	1.333	10.0	2.0	2.0	4.0

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Game Logs

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Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	John Costello	SDP	1991-09-20	4-6, W	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		34	21	0.1	1.16	1	0	0.54
2	Kelly Downs	SFG	1991-09-20	4-5	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2		30	19	-0.1	-2.06	0	0	0.51
3	John Costello	STL	1988-07-09	3-4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		25	15	0.0	0.83	0	0	0.22
4	Kelly Downs	SFG	1988-07-09	GS-7, W	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	9	29	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	57	96	64	0.1	0.89			0.50

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kelly Downs (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kelly Downs (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1991	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Kelly Downs (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kelly Downs (Pitcher) vs. John Costello (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1991	1991-09-20	SDP	SFG	ahead 4-6	b4	1--	0	4 (2-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; T. Howard to 2B

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Costello (Pitcher) vs. Kelly Downs (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-07-09	SFG	STL	ahead 2-5	b4	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Comparison

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Totals

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	211	14	26	3	1	0	11	0	2	7	76	.123	.150	.147	.297	-15	31	1	0	21	2	0

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Value

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-4	0	0	0
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	-0.6	-0.6	-0.7	0.0	-35	1	-2	0

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Sabermetric

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	0	0	0	15	0	.000	0	-3	-0.3	.000	1.3		0
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	4	33	34	211	6	.190	25	-33	-3.4	.024	2.8	0.00	2

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Kelly Downs	26-31	1987	1992	8	4	0	0	0	4		.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Win Probability

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Costello	27-30	1988	1991	119	15	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-4.23		-3.54	0.86
2	Kelly Downs	25-32	1986	1993	178	241	-3.2	-3.3	-0.3	-31.30		-34.16	0.90

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Head-to-Head Batting

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Costello	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Kelly Downs	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0

Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Game Logs

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Kelly Downs vs. John Costello: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	John Costello	SDP	1991-09-20		3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	0.92	-0.009	0.00	0.00%	-0.19			P
2	Kelly Downs	SFG	1991-09-20		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	John Costello	STL	1988-07-09		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Kelly Downs	SFG	1988-07-09	*	7	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	0.102	0.68	0.12%	1.87			P

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