Matt Downs

Russell Matt Downs

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 19, 1984 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Bibb County HS (Centreville, AL)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 36th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 2009
Teams (by GP): Astros/Giants 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$488k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.111, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2006	22	SFG-min	Rk	46	196	168	34	52	16	4	0	29	6	1	17	9	.310	.373	.452	.825		76	5	3	3	5	0		GNT · ARIZ
2007	23	SFG-min	A-	73	336	287	68	97	33	0	8	48	16	2	28	34	.338	.410	.537	.947		154	5	10	7	4	0		SLM · NORW
2008	24	SFG-min	A+,AAA	131	583	523	84	154	35	1	20	82	25	13	38	67	.294	.347	.480	.827		251	11	8	7	7	1		SJO,FRE · CALL,PCL
2009	25	SFG-min	AAA	109	467	424	68	127	33	3	14	74	8	2	25	58	.300	.343	.491	.834		208	6	7	4	7	0		FRE · PCL
2009	25	SFG	NL	17	60	53	6	9	2	0	1	2	1	0	6	13	.170	.250	.264	.514	35	14	2	0	0	1	1	4
2010	26	HOU-SFG-min	AAA,Rk	64	257	223	38	54	11	1	7	32	4	5	27	38	.242	.336	.395	.731		88	5	5	1	1	0		RRK,FRE,GNT · PCL,ARIZ
2010	26	TOT	NL	40	109	97	8	21	7	0	1	7	0	0	9	20	.216	.294	.320	.613	68	31	1	2	0	1	0	4/56D
2010	26	SFG	NL	29	88	78	6	19	7	0	1	7	0	0	8	18	.244	.318	.372	.690	88	29	1	1	0	1	0	4/D
2010	26	HOU	NL	11	21	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.105	.190	.105	.296	-16	2	0	1	0	0	0	/456
2011	27	HOU	NL	106	222	199	29	55	18	0	10	41	0	0	17	47	.276	.347	.518	.864	137	103	3	5	0	1	0	453/96
2012	28	HOU	NL	32	69	64	7	9	2	1	3	6	0	0	4	10	.141	.203	.344	.547	47	22	2	1	0	0	1	/359
4 Yrs				195	460	413	50	94	29	1	15	56	1	0	36	90	.228	.300	.412	.712	93	170	8	8	0	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	382	343	42	78	24	1	12	47	1	0	30	75	.228	.300	.412	.712	93	141	7	7	0	2	2

HOU (3 yrs)				149	312	282	38	66	20	1	13	47	0	0	22	59	.234	.304	.450	.755	106	127	5	7	0	1	1
SFG (2 yrs)				46	148	131	12	28	9	0	2	9	1	0	14	31	.214	.291	.328	.619	66	43	3	1	0	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2009	25	SFG	NL	17	60	-5	-0	0	1	0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.476	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	4
2010	26	SFG	NL	29	88	-1	0	0	3	0	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.510	.502	0.2	0.3	2	$	4/D
2010	26	HOU	NL	11	21	-2	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/456
2011	27	HOU	NL	106	222	12	-1	-0	-7	-0	4	0.5	6	10	1.1	.504	.503	1.8	-0.7	17	$421,000	453/96
2012	28	HOU	NL	32	69	-5	0	0	-1	-1	-6	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.478	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	/359
4 Seasons				195	460	-1	0	-0	-3	0	-4	-0.4	13	9	0.9	.498	.499	1.2	-0.2	12	$421,000

HOU (3 yrs)				149	312	5	0	-0	-7	-1	-3	-0.3	9	6	0.6	.498	.499	1.3	-0.7	13	$421,000
SFG (2 yrs)				46	148	-6	0	0	4	1	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.498	.500	-0.1	0.5	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2009	25	SFG	NL	60	47	4	2.3	108	.200	.170	.268	.250	.342	.264	.426	.514	.767	35	.204	-5.1	-0.5	.457	.226	.094	1.0
2010	26	TOT	NL	109	78	10	3.4	100	.260	.216	.258	.294	.328	.320	.407	.613	.735	68	.371	-4.0	-0.4	.545	.196	.103	.0
2010	26	SFG	NL	88	61	10	4.4	100	.300	.244	.258	.318	.328	.372	.407	.690	.735	88	.480	-0.9	-0.1	.633	.231	.128	.0
2010	26	HOU	NL	21	17	0	0.0	100	.118	.105	.258	.190	.328	.105	.407	.296	.735	-16	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.235	.053	.000
2011	27	HOU	NL	222	148	36	6.6	97	.315	.276	.257	.347	.324	.518	.400	.864	.724	137	.671	10.2	1.0	.850	.327	.241	.0
2012	28	HOU	NL	69	57	4	1.9	99	.118	.141	.258	.203	.326	.344	.408	.547	.734	47	.167	-5.2	-0.5	.474	.266	.203	.0
4 Yrs				460	330	54	4.4	99	.254	.228	.259	.300	.327	.412	.406	.712	.734	93	.486	-4.2	-0.4	.657	.274	.184	1.9
162 Game Avg.				382	274	45	4.4	99	.254	.228	.259	.300	.327	.412	.406	.712	.734	93	.486	-4.2	-0.4	.657	.274	.184	2

HOU (3 yrs)				312	222	40	4.8	97	.251	.234	.257	.304	.325	.450	.402	.755	.727	106	.536	1.8	0.2	.706	.294	.216	.0
SFG (2 yrs)				148	108	14	3.5	103	.260	.214	.262	.291	.333	.328	.415	.619	.748	66	.367	-6.0	-0.6	.557	.229	.115	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	25	SFG	NL	60	1.7%	21.7%	10.0%	5.0%	33%	2.17	4.1	53.0	26.5	1.00	1.06	67%	7%	6.3%	20%
2010	26	TOT	NL	109	0.9%	18.4%	8.3%	7.3%	38%	2.22	4.9	97.0	13.9	0.59	0.60	71%	19%	2.5%	18%
2010	26	SFG	NL	88	1.1%	20.5%	9.1%	9.1%	42%	2.25	4.3	78.0	11.1	0.53	0.50	68%	21%	3.1%	20%
2010	26	HOU	NL	21	0.0%	9.5%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	2.00	9.5			0.89	1.00	81%	12%	0.0%	11%
2011	27	HOU	NL	222	4.5%	21.2%	7.7%	12.6%	51%	2.76	4.2	19.9	4.9	0.56	0.65	64%	16%	12.8%	20%
2012	28	HOU	NL	69	4.4%	14.5%	5.8%	8.7%	67%	2.50	6.4	21.3	10.7	0.80	1.04	74%	7%	12.0%	17%
4 Yrs				460	3.3%	19.6%	7.8%	9.8%	48%	2.50	4.6	27.5	7.4	0.65	0.75	68%	14%	9.4%	19%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	25	SFG	NL	-5.1	-0.5	62	-0.5	0.4	-1.0	.78	-0.5	-0.2	-5.9	-0.6	0.93	-5.9		0
2010	26	TOT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	111	0.0	1.9	-1.9	1.06	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.91	0.2	0.91	14
2010	26	SFG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	89	0.1	1.7	-1.6	1.14	0.2	-0.0	1.5	0.1	0.93	1.8	0.74	8
2010	26	HOU	NL	-3.1	-0.3	22	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.75	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.86	-1.5	1.14	6
2011	27	HOU	NL	10.2	1.0	225	0.9	5.7	-4.7	1.26	1.3	-0.6	17.4	1.7	1.09	12.4	1.57	43
2012	28	HOU	NL	-5.2	-0.5	71	-1.1	0.6	-1.8	1.09	-0.4	-0.6	-6.6	-0.7	0.97	-4.4	1.94	12
4 Yrs				-4.2	-0.4	469	-0.7	8.7	-9.4	1.12	0.5	-1.1	5.9	0.6	1.01	2.4	1.50	69

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	25	SFG	NL	1	36%	15	1	100%	1	0	1	1	40%	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	1
2010	26	TOT	NL	2	23%	51	0		0	0	0	4	38%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	1	2
2010	26	SFG	NL	1	19%	46	0		0	0	0	3	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
2010	26	HOU	NL	1	50%	5	0		0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2011	27	HOU	NL	5	28%	59	0		0	1	5	3	39%	9	6	2	3	1	2	6	2	3
2012	28	HOU	NL	0	36%	17	0		0	0	0	1	20%	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
4 Yrs				8	29%	142	1	100%	1	1	6	9	36%	16	12	3	5	2	3	15	5	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	25	SFG	NL	60	18%	9	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	8	2	25%	37	1	3%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	0
2010	26	TOT	NL	109	42%	21	1	0	14	2	0	2	0.91	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		17	1	6%	6	2	33%	60	7	12%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
2010	26	SFG	NL	88	44%	19	1	0	8	1	0	2	0.74	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	5	2	40%	48	7	15%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
2010	26	HOU	NL	21	33%	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	12	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2011	27	HOU	NL	222	24%	55	5	0	43	15	3	9	1.57	10	0	7	7	3	5	5	0	0	0		56	3	5%	16	1	6%	165	34	21%	13	7	54%	9	7	78%	0
2012	28	HOU	NL	69	38%	9	0	0	12	0	0	1	1.94	3	0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		11	2	18%	5	1	20%	44	3	7%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				460	30%	94	7	1	69	17	3	12	1.50	15	0	12	10	5	7	8	0	0	0		95	8	8%	35	6	17%	306	45	15%	21	11	52%	16	11	69%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	25	SFG	NL	60	228	3.80	138	61%	16%	22%	33%	30%	84%	4%	51%	74%	38%	7%	4	0	12%	7	3	17%	10	7	0%	0	0	0
2010	26	TOT	NL	109	423	3.88	247	58%	26%	18%	25%	32%	74%	0%	43%	76%	35%	4%	4	0	15%	16	11	13%	14	7	25%	0	0	0
2010	26	SFG	NL	88	334	3.80	195	58%	27%	18%	24%	31%	73%	0%	43%	75%	35%	5%	4	0	15%	13	8	13%	11	5	28%	0	0	0
2010	26	HOU	NL	21	89	4.24	52	58%	21%	17%	29%	33%	79%	0%	46%	78%	33%	0%	0	0	14%	3	3	14%	3	2	0%	0	0	0
2011	27	HOU	NL	222	827	3.73	530	64%	22%	19%	31%	29%	78%	0%	50%	76%	38%	4%	8	2	14%	32	19	7%	15	5	19%	0	0	0
2012	28	HOU	NL	69	249	3.61	158	63%	22%	16%	28%	34%	78%	3%	50%	79%	41%	6%	4	1	10%	7	2	10%	7	5	20%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				460	1727	3.75	1073	62%	22%	19%	29%	30%	78%	1%	49%	76%	38%	4%	20	3	13%	62	35	10%	46	24	18%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2009	25	17	60	53	6	9	2	0	1	2	1	6	13	.170	.250	.264	.514	35	14	2	0	1	1
2010	26	57	169	150	14	30	9	0	2	9	1	15	33	.200	.278	.300	.578	56	45	3	2	2	1
2011	27	163	391	349	43	85	27	0	12	50	1	32	80	.244	.317	.424	.741	101	148	6	7	3	1
2012	28	195	460	413	50	94	29	1	15	56	1	36	90	.228	.300	.412	.712	93	170	8	8	3	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	25	17	58	52	5	8	2	0	1	2	1	5	13	.154	.224	.250	.474	3	17
2010	26	40	112	99	9	23	8	0	1	7	0	10	20	.232	.313	.343	.656	10	40
2011	27	106	226	202	32	58	19	0	11	45	0	18	47	.287	.358	.545	.903	38	106
2012	28	32	70	65	8	10	2	1	3	7	0	4	10	.154	.214	.354	.568	5	32
4 Yrs		195	466	418	54	99	31	1	16	61	1	37	90	.237	.309	.431	.740	56	195
162 Game Avg.		162	387	347	45	82	26	1	13	51	1	31	75	.237	.309	.431	.740	47	195

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