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Scott Downs

Scott Jeremy Downs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY
High School: Pleasure Ridge Park HS (Louisville, KY)
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2000 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Angels/Cubs/Expos 2000-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$15M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 10.121, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Greg Landry), previously: SFX [*]
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1070. Ray Benge… #1071. Daisuke Matsuzaka… #1072. Jim Bagby… #1073. SCOTT DOWNS… #1074. Si Johnson… #1075. John Wyatt… #1076. Jim Wilson…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1070. Ray Benge… #1071. Daisuke Matsuzaka… #1072. Jim Bagby… #1073. SCOTT DOWNS… #1074. Si Johnson… #1075. John Wyatt… #1076. Jim Wilson…

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More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1997	21	CHC-min	A,A-	3	2	.600	1.83	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.0	32	16	12	1	15	0	71	1	4	2	221		0.797	4.9	0.2	2.3	10.8	4.73	RFD,WPT · MIDW,NYPL
1998	22	CHC-min	A+	8	9	.471	3.90	27	27	0	2	0	0	161.2	179	83	70	12	55	0	117	4	4	12	713		1.447	10.0	0.7	3.1	6.5	2.13	DYT · FLOR
1999	23	CHC-MIN-min	A+,AA	13	2	.867	2.35	28	24	1	2	1	0	157.1	137	49	41	9	55	1	173	3	1	6	648		1.220	7.8	0.5	3.1	9.9	3.15	WTN,DYT,FTM,NBR · SOUL,FLOR,EL
2000	24	TOT	NL	4	3	.571	5.29	19	19	0	0	0	0	97.0	122	62	57	13	40	1	63	5	0	1	442	87	1.670	11.3	1.2	3.7	5.8	1.58
2000	24	CHC	NL	4	3	.571	5.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	94.0	117	59	54	13	37	1	63	5	0	1	426	88	1.638	11.2	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.70
2000	24	MON	NL	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	59	2.667	15.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002	26	WSN-min	AAA,A+	2	1	.667	5.01	24	0	3	0	2	1	32.1	38	24	18	6	5	0	22	2	1	0	142		1.330	10.6	1.7	1.4	6.1	4.40	OTT,BRE · IL,FLOR
2003	27	WSN-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.29	21	21	0	3	0	0	121.2	119	67	58	13	39	0	54	1	0	1	502		1.299	8.8	1.0	2.9	4.0	1.38	EDM · PCL
2003	27	MON	NL	0	1	.000	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	2	3	2	4	0	1	0	17	33	2.667	15.0	6.0	9.0	12.0	1.33
2004	28	WSN-min	AAA	10	6	.625	3.52	22	22	0	2	2	0	135.1	143	57	53	16	26	0	67	3	1	1	559		1.249	9.5	1.1	1.7	4.5	2.58	EDM · PCL
2004	28	MON	NL	3	6	.333	5.14	12	12	0	1	1	0	63.0	79	47	36	9	23	2	38	3	0	2	284	89	1.619	11.3	1.3	3.3	5.4	1.65
2005	29	TOR-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.81	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	45	21	21	5	3	0	35	0	0	0	161		1.220	10.3	1.1	0.7	8.0	11.67	SYR · IL
2005	29	TOR	AL	4	3	.571	4.31	26	13	0	0	0	0	94.0	93	49	45	12	34	0	75	5	0	3	407	104	1.351	8.9	1.1	3.3	7.2	2.21
2006	30	TOR	AL	6	2	.750	4.09	59	5	13	0	0	1	77.0	73	38	35	9	30	6	61	2	0	7	327	112	1.338	8.5	1.1	3.5	7.1	2.03
2007	31	TOR	AL	4	2	.667	2.17	81	0	13	0	0	1	58.0	47	15	14	3	24	3	57	1	1	2	239	207	1.224	7.3	0.5	3.7	8.8	2.38
2008	32	TOR	AL	0	3	.000	1.78	66	0	14	0	0	5	70.2	54	15	14	3	27	7	57	4	0	3	290	238	1.146	6.9	0.4	3.4	7.3	2.11
2009	33	TOR-min	A+	0	0		3.86	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	13		1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00	DUN · FLOR
2009	33	TOR	AL	1	3	.250	3.09	48	0	24	0	0	9	46.2	46	18	16	4	13	1	43	2	0	1	200	144	1.264	8.9	0.8	2.5	8.3	3.31
2010	34	TOR	AL	5	5	.500	2.64	67	0	14	0	0	0	61.1	47	19	18	3	14	3	48	4	0	1	241	159	0.995	6.9	0.4	2.1	7.0	3.43
2011	35	ANA-min	A+	1	1	.500	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12		3.000	22.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	SBR · CALL
2011	35	LAA	AL	6	3	.667	1.34	60	0	10	0	0	1	53.2	39	11	8	3	15	3	35	0	0	2	218	282	1.006	6.5	0.5	2.5	5.9	2.33
2012	36	LAA	AL	1	1	.500	3.15	57	0	11	0	0	9	45.2	43	17	16	3	17	2	32	0	0	1	194	122	1.314	8.5	0.6	3.4	6.3	1.88
2013	37	LAA	AL	0	2	.000	1.96	28	0	2	0	0	0	18.1	17	5	4	0	6	1	14	1	0	0	77	194	1.255	8.3	0.0	2.9	6.9	2.33
12 Yrs				34	34	.500	3.50	524	50	101	1	1	26	688.1	665	301	268	64	246	31	527	27	2	23	2936	124	1.323	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.9	2.14
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	3.50	62	6	12	0	0	3	82	79	36	32	8	29	4	62	3	0	3	348	124	1.323	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.9	2.14

TOR (6 yrs)				20	18	.526	3.13	347	18	78	0	0	16	407.2	360	154	142	34	142	20	341	18	1	17	1704	141	1.231	7.9	0.8	3.1	7.5	2.40
LAA (3 yrs)				7	6	.538	2.14	145	0	23	0	0	10	117.2	99	33	28	6	38	6	81	1	0	3	489	178	1.164	7.6	0.5	2.9	6.2	2.13
MON (3 yrs)				3	7	.300	5.74	14	14	0	1	1	0	69.0	89	55	44	11	29	4	42	3	1	2	317	80	1.710	11.6	1.4	3.8	5.5	1.45
CHC (1 yr)				4	3	.571	5.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	94.0	117	59	54	13	37	1	63	5	0	1	426	88	1.638	11.2	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.70

AL (9 yrs)				27	24	.529	2.91	492	18	101	0	0	26	525.1	459	187	170	40	180	26	422	19	1	20	2193	147	1.216	7.9	0.7	3.1	7.2	2.34
NL (3 yrs)				7	10	.412	5.41	32	32	0	1	1	0	163.0	206	114	98	24	66	5	105	8	1	3	743	85	1.669	11.4	1.3	3.6	5.8	1.59

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2000	24	CHC	NL	94.0	18	18	59	5.65	5.01	0.04	0.18	98.6	5.08	-6	-0.6		-0.1	0.2	3	.468	.496
2000	24	MON	NL	3.0	1	1	3	9.00	4.73	-0.31	0.17	106.0	5.52	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.398	.499

2003	27	MON	NL	3.0	1	1	5	15.00	4.87	-0.04	0.19	104.0	5.29	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.251	.498
2004	28	MON	NL	63.0	12	12	47	6.71	4.79	0.30	0.19	106.2	4.97	-13	-1.2		-0.0	-0.7	-7	.403	.493
2005	29	TOR	AL	94.0	26	13	49	4.69	5.03	0.37	0.04	101.2	4.75	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.1	0.9	11	.499	.500
2006	30	TOR	AL	77.0	59	5	38	4.44	5.08	0.36	-0.26	100.6	4.49	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	0.6	9	.499	.500	$705,000
2007	31	TOR	AL	58.0	81	0	15	2.33	5.24	0.49	-0.39	98.9	4.32	12	1.2	1.4	0.1	2.0	19	.515	.508	$1,025,000
2008	32	TOR	AL	70.2	66	0	15	1.91	4.86	0.24	-0.36	98.6	4.20	17	1.7	1.6	0.3	2.8	26	.526	.511	$2,250,000
2009	33	TOR	AL	46.2	48	0	18	3.47	4.92	0.36	-0.36	99.5	4.18	3	0.3	1.6	-0.0	0.8	9	.507	.502	$3,750,000
2010	34	TOR	AL	61.1	67	0	19	2.79	4.59	-0.01	-0.35	100.0	4.24	9	1.0	1.5	0.1	1.8	16	.515	.506	$4,000,000
2011	35	LAA	AL	53.2	60	0	11	1.84	4.43	0.21	-0.34	93.5	3.63	10	1.1	1.8	0.3	2.0	16	.519	.507	$5,000,000
2012	36	LAA	AL	45.2	57	0	17	3.35	4.49	0.36	-0.33	90.8	3.44	0	0.0	1.4	-0.1	0.4	5	.501	.500	$5,000,000
2013	37	LAA	AL	18.1	28	0	5	2.45	4.31	-0.64	-0.32	93.6	4.33	3	0.4	1.7	0.1	0.6	6	.513	.502	$5,000,000
12 Seasons				688.1	524	50	301	3.94	4.86	0.23	-0.16	99.1	4.43	32	3.6	1.5	0.4	11.1	109	.507	.504	$26,730,000

TOR (6 yrs)				407.2	347	18	154	3.40	4.96	0.30	-0.25	99.9	4.40	41	4.2	1.4	0.2	8.7	90	.512	.505	$11,730,000
LAA (3 yrs)				117.2	145	0	33	2.52	4.44	0.14	-0.33	92.4	3.67	14	1.5	1.7	0.3	3.1	27	.511	.503	$15,000,000
MON (3 yrs)				69.0	14	14	55	7.17	4.79	0.26	0.19	106.1	5.01	-17	-1.5		-0.0	-1.0	-10	.391	.494
CHC (1 yr)				94.0	18	18	59	5.65	5.01	0.04	0.18	98.6	5.08	-6	-0.6		-0.1	0.2	3	.468	.496

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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
1997	21	CHC-min	A-,A	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WPT,RFD · NYPL,MIDW
1998	22	CHC-min	A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DYT · FLOR
1999	23	CHC-MIN-min	A+,AA	28	15	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.100	.308	.100	.408		1	0	0	2	0	0		WTN,FTM,DYT,NBR · SOUL,FLOR,EL
2000	24	TOT	NL	19	34	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.071	.133	.071	.205	-45	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
2000	24	CHC	NL	18	32	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.077	.143	.077	.220	-41	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
2000	24	MON	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002	26	WSN-min	AAA,A+	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OTT,BRE · IL,FLOR
2003	27	WSN-min	AAA	21	29	24	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.042	.042	.042	.083		1	0	0	5	0	0		EDM · PCL
2003	27	MON	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	28	WSN-min	AAA	22	31	29	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.138	.138	.172	.310		5	1	0	2	0	0		EDM · PCL
2004	28	MON	NL	12	22	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	-49	1	0	0	6	0	0	1
2005	29	TOR-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
2005	29	TOR	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	30	TOR	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	31	TOR	AL	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	32	TOR	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	33	TOR-min	A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DUN · FLOR
2009	33	TOR	AL	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	34	TOR	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	35	ANA-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SBR · CALL
2011	35	LAA	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	36	LAA	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	37	LAA	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				524	58	45	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	17	.067	.125	.067	.192	-49	3	0	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	18	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.067	.125	.067	.192	-49	1	0	0	3	0	0

TOR (6 yrs)				347	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
LAA (3 yrs)				145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (3 yrs)				14	25	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.056	.105	.056	.161	-57	1	0	0	6	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				18	32	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.077	.143	.077	.220	-41	2	0	0	4	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				492	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				32	57	44	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	17	.068	.128	.068	.196	-48	3	0	0	10	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2000	24	CHC	NL	18	32	-7	-0	0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0		1
2000	24	MON	NL	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.468	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/1

2003	27	MON	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.484	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/1
2004	28	MON	NL	12	22	-5	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.486	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1		1
2005	29	TOR	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2006	30	TOR	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$705,000	1
2007	31	TOR	AL	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,025,000	1
2008	32	TOR	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$2,250,000	1
2009	33	TOR	AL	48	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,750,000	1
2010	34	TOR	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$4,000,000	1
2011	35	LAA	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$5,000,000	1
2012	36	LAA	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$5,000,000	1
2013	37	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$5,000,000	1
12 Seasons				498	58	-13	-0	0	0	11	-1	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.500	.500	-0.2	0.4	1	$26,730,000

TOR (6 yrs)				347	1	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.1	0	2	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.3	2	$11,730,000
LAA (3 yrs)				119	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$15,000,000
MON (3 yrs)				14	25	-6	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1
CHC (1 yr)				18	32	-7	-0	0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2000	TOT	NL	24	P	19	19	0	97.0	14	3	11	0	1	1.000			1.30	0.74	.962	1.74	1.72	2	4	67%	32%	2
2000	CHC	NL	24	P	18	18	0	94.0	14	3	11	0	1	1.000			1.34	0.78	.962	1.74	1.72	1	4	80%	32%	2
2000	MON	NL	24	P	1	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70	1	0	0%	32%	0
2003	MON	NL	27	P	1	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0			0
2004	MON	NL	28	P	12	12	1	63.0	14	3	11	0	1	1.000	0	0	2.00	1.17	.965	1.84	1.82	0	0			0
2005	TOR	AL	29	P	26	13	0	94.0	24	9	14	1	2	.958	3	6	2.20	0.88	.954	1.70	1.68	0	2	100%	30%	0
2006	TOR	AL	30	P	59	5	0	77.0	21	6	15	0	1	1.000	2	5	2.45	0.36	.958	1.55	1.54	1	1	50%	30%	0
2007	TOR	AL	31	P	81	0	0	58.0	17	3	13	1	1	.941	2	7	2.48	0.20	.955	1.60	1.59	0	1	100%	27%	1
2008	TOR	AL	32	P	66	0	0	70.2	25	10	14	1	1	.960	2	6	3.06	0.36	.952	1.60	1.59	2	0	0%	27%	1
2009	TOR	AL	33	P	48	0	0	46.2	13	4	9	0	1	1.000	0	0	2.51	0.27	.953	1.52	1.51	1	1	50%	26%	0
2010	TOR	AL	34	P	67	0	0	61.1	19	5	12	2	3	.895	2	7	2.49	0.25	.953	1.63	1.61	3	0	0%	26%	1
2011	LAA	AL	35	P	60	0	0	53.2	19	6	13	0	0	1.000	2	7	3.19	0.32	.949	1.59	1.59	0	0			0
2012	LAA	AL	36	P	57	0	0	45.2	16	6	9	1	1	.938	1	4	2.96	0.26	.954	1.58	1.56	2	0	0%	26%	0
2013	LAA	AL	37	P	28	0	0	18.1	5	1	3	1	1	.800	0	0	1.96	0.14	.966	1.62	1.61	1	0	0%	24%	0
	12 Seasons			P	524	50	1	688.1	187	56	124	7	13	.963	14	4	2.35	0.34	.955	1.65	1.59	12	9	43%	29%	5
	12 Seasons			TOT	524	50	1	688.1	187	56	124	7	13	.963	14	28	2.35	0.34	.955	1.65	1.59	12	9	43%	29%	5

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2007 AL 81 (1st) Active 524 (32nd)	Shutouts s c a p y 2004 NL 1 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y Active 63 (47th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2007 AL 81 (1st)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y Active 2.35 (8th) Career 2.35 (30th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y Active .963 (16th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2489), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (929), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1039), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (193rd), 10.9 career WAR/10.9 7yr-peak WAR/10.9 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/28.2 7yr-peak WAR/34.4 JAWS

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Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 12th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1997.
November 3, 1998: the Chicago Cubs sent Scott Downs to the Minnesota Twins to complete an earlier deal made on August 25, 1998. August 25, 1998: The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later and cash to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Morgan.
May 21, 1999: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Rick Aguilera to the Chicago Cubs for Kyle Lohse and Jason Ryan.
July 31, 2000: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Montreal Expos for Rondell White.
November 29, 2004: Released by the Washington Nationals.
December 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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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
2001	25	Montreal Expos	$225,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	26	Montreal Expos	$225,000	4/3/02 AP

2006	30	Toronto Blue Jays	$705,000
2007	31	Toronto Blue Jays	$1,025,000
2008	32	Toronto Blue Jays	$2,250,000
2009	33	Toronto Blue Jays	$3,750,000
2010	34	Toronto Blue Jays	$4,000,000
2011	35	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$5,000,000
2012	36	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$5,000,000	contracts
2013	37	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$5,000,000
2013 Status		Signed thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$27,180,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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