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Matt Downs

Russell Matt Downs

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 19, 1984 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Bibb County (Centreville, AL)
School: University of Alabama
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   vs. LAA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Astros/Giants 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$421k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.111, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
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 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
3 Seasons 163 391 349 43 85 27 0 12 50 1 0 32 80 .244 .317 .424 .741 101 148 6 7 0 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 389 347 43 84 27 0 12 50 1 0 32 80 .244 .317 .424 .741 101 147 6 7 0 3 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
HOU (2 yrs) 117 243 218 31 57 18 0 10 41 0 0 18 49 .261 .333 .482 .815 123 105 3 6 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 25 SFG NL 60 -5 -0 0 0 1 0 2 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 4
2010 26 SFG NL 88 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 4/D
2010 26 HOU NL 21 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /456
2011 27 HOU NL 222 10 -1 2 -0 -8 0 6 10 1.1 18 1.9 -0.8 $421,000 453/96
3 Seasons 391 1 -0 4 -0 -7 1 11 8 0.8 16 1.7 -0.9 $421,000
SFG (2 yrs) 148 -6 0 1 0 1 0 4 -0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
HOU (2 yrs) 243 7 -0 3 -0 -8 0 7 9 0.9 17 1.8 -0.9 $421,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2009 SFG NL 25 2B 17 73 31 42 0 13 1.000 1 1 4.29 .984 4.82
2010 TOT NL 26 2B 21 19 18 186.0 80 32 47 1 12 .988 -1 2 -7 12 3.82 3.76 .984 43.04 4.73
2010 SFG NL 26 2B 19 18 17 174.1 78 30 47 1 12 .987 -1 2 -6 14 3.98 4.05 .984 43.03 4.73
2010 SFG NL 26 DH 1 1
2010 HOU NL 26 2B 2 1 1 11.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -31 0 1.54 1.00 .985 43.20 4.75
2010 HOU NL 26 3B 2 1 1 11.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1 1 65 109 2.45 1.50 .950 50.07 2.50
2010 HOU NL 26 SS 2 1 0 10.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0 0 -48 0 3.60 2.00 .970 0.00 4.25
2011 HOU NL 27 2B 27 16 12 162.0 86 37 46 3 9 .965 -4 -3 -28 -22 4.61 3.07 .985 4.76 4.75
2011 HOU NL 27 3B 19 12 11 126.0 25 4 19 2 4 .920 -4 -3 -42 -29 1.64 1.21 .954 2.53 2.53
2011 HOU NL 27 1B 13 3 2 42.0 41 37 4 0 4 1.000 0 1 5 29 8.79 3.15 .994 9.32 9.31
2011 HOU NL 27 OF 3 3 1 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 46 0 1.44 1.33 .985 2.16 2.13
2011 HOU NL 27 RF 3 3 1 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 46 0 1.44 1.33 .982 2.05 2.03
2011 HOU NL 27 SS 2 1 1 10.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -1 0 -77 0 3.60 2.00 .972 4.41 4.40
3 Seasons 2B 65 35 30 348.0 239 100 135 4 34 .983 -4 0 -12 0 4.19 3.62 .984 25.22 4.76
2 Seasons 3B 21 13 12 137.0 28 4 22 2 5 .929 -4 -2 -33 -17 1.71 1.24 .954 6.35 2.53
1 Season 1B 13 3 2 42.0 41 37 4 0 4 1.000 0 1 5 28 8.79 3.15 .994 9.32 9.31
2 Seasons SS 4 2 1 20.0 9 5 3 1 1 .889 -1 0 -62 0 3.60 2.00 .971 2.20 4.32
1 Season OF 3 3 1 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 46 0 1.44 1.33 .985 2.16 2.13
1 Season RF 3 3 1 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 46 0 1.44 1.33 .982 2.05 2.03
3 Seasons TOT 106 56 46 572.0 321 150 164 7 44 .978 -7 -1 -15 -2 3.79 2.96 .983 17.72 4.79
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201127Houston Astros$421,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$421,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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