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Scott Downs
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY
Schools: University of Kentucky
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2000
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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
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 86 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 54 2.667 15.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
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 30 2.667 15.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
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 88 1.619 11.3 1.3 3.3 5.4 1.65
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 3 407 103 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 2 239 206 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 3 290 239 1.146 6.9 0.4 3.4 7.3 2.11
2009 33 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 1.98 26 0 16 0 0 8 27.1 20 7 6 1 4 0 28 1 0 1 108 217 0.878 6.6 0.3 1.3 9.2 7.00
8 Seasons 22 20 .524 3.89 290 50 56 1 1 15 490.0 493 238 212 52 185 21 383 21 2 19 2114 115 1.384 9.1 1.0 3.4 7.0 2.07
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .524 3.89 58 10 11 0 0 3 98 99 48 42 10 37 4 77 4 0 4 423 115 1.384 9.1 1.0 3.4 7.0 2.07
TOR (5 yrs) 15 10 .600 3.14 258 18 56 0 0 15 327.0 287 124 114 28 119 16 278 13 1 16 1371 141 1.242 7.9 0.8 3.3 7.7 2.34
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 79 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 (5 yrs) 15 10 .600 3.14 258 18 56 0 0 15 327.0 287 124 114 28 119 16 278 13 1 16 1371 141 1.242 7.9 0.8 3.3 7.7 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 84 1.669 11.4 1.3 3.6 5.8 1.59

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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
2000 24 TOT NL 18 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 17 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
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 MON NL 11 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 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 30 TOR AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 31 TOR AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 32 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 33 TOR AL 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
8 Seasons 46 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. 162 204 158 11 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 11 60 .067 .125 .067 .192 -49 11 0 0 35 0 0
TOR (5 yrs) 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (3 yrs) 13 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) 17 32 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .077 .143 .077 .220 -41 2 0 0 4 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 16 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) 30 57 44 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .068 .128 .068 .196 -48 3 0 0 10 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 TOT NL 24 P 19 19 97.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.30 0.74 .964 1.74 0.48
2000 CHC NL 24 P 18 18 94.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.34 0.78 .964 1.74 0.48
2000 MON NL 24 P 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
2003 MON NL 27 P 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
2004 MON NL 28 P 12 12 63.0 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.14 1.25 .967 1.84 0.47
2005 TOR AL 29 P 26 13 94.0 24 9 14 1 2 .958 2.20 0.88 .954 1.69 0.46
2006 TOR AL 30 P 59 5 77.0 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.45 0.36 .957 1.55 0.41
2007 TOR AL 31 P 81 0 58.0 17 3 13 1 1 .941 2.48 0.20 .953 1.60 0.42
2008 TOR AL 32 P 66 0 70.2 25 10 14 1 1 .960 3.06 0.36 .952 1.60 0.42
2009 TOR AL 33 P 26 0 27.1 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.96 0.35 .956 1.61 0.43
8 Seasons P 290 50 490.0 125 38 84 3 7 .976 2.24 0.42 .957 1.67 0.43
8 Seasons TOT 290 50 490.0 125 38 84 3 7 .976 2.24 0.42 .933 1.67 0.43

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2007 AL--81--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL--1--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (833), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 2 (2772), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1138), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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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: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to the Minnesota Twins to complete an earlier deal made on August 25, 1998. The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later and cash to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later and Mike Morgan. The Chicago Cubs sent Scott Downs (November 3, 1998) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2001Montreal Expos$225,000
2002Montreal Expos$225,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$705,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$1,025,000
2008Toronto Blue Jays$2,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,430,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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