Scott Downs

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: March 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 12th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pleasure Ridge Park HS (Louisville, KY) and the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY).

High School: Pleasure Ridge Park HS (Louisville, KY)

School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Debut: April 9, 2000 (Age 24-023d, 15,238th in MLB history)
vs. CIN 6.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 6 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 23, 2014 (Age 38-190d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: CAA Sports (Greg Landry) • Previously: SFX

Full Name: Scott Jeremy Downs

Nicknames: Snakeface

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.0

W

L

ERA

3.56

G

619

GS

SV

IP

751.1

SO

575

WHIP

1.342

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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,FTM,DYT,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	4.97	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	4.93	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	6.13	2.667	15.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2001			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2002	26	MON-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	MON-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	12.03	2.667	15.0	6.0	9.0	12.0	1.33
2004	28	MON-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	4.94	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	4.33	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	4.33	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	3.24	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	3.39	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	3.33	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	3.03	0.995	6.9	0.4	2.1	7.0	3.43
2011	35	LAA-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	3.29	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	3.66	1.314	8.5	0.6	3.4	6.3	1.88
2013	37	TOT	MLB	4	4	.500	2.49	68	0	5	0	0	0	43.1	45	13	12	1	19	2	37	2	0	2	189	153	3.09	1.477	9.3	0.2	3.9	7.7	1.95
2013	37	LAA	AL	2	3	.400	1.84	43	0	3	0	0	0	29.1	26	7	6	1	11	2	22	2	0	1	122	207	3.32	1.261	8.0	0.3	3.4	6.8	2.00
2013	37	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	3.86	25	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	19	6	6	0	8	0	15	0	0	1	67	100	2.62	1.929	12.2	0.0	5.1	9.6	1.88
2014	38	TOT	AL	0	4	.000	4.97	55	0	9	0	0	1	38.0	36	24	21	2	20	2	25	0	0	1	165	78	4.08	1.474	8.5	0.5	4.7	5.9	1.25
2014	38	CHW	AL	0	2	.000	6.08	38	0	7	0	0	1	23.2	24	17	16	1	15	2	22	0	0	0	108	63	3.72	1.648	9.1	0.4	5.7	8.4	1.47
2014	38	KCR	AL	0	2	.000	3.14	17	0	2	0	0	0	14.1	12	7	5	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	57	129	4.67	1.186	7.5	0.6	3.1	1.9	0.60
13 Yrs				38	40	.487	3.56	619	50	113	1	1	27	751.1	729	333	297	67	279	34	575	28	2	26	3213	121	3.95	1.342	8.7	0.8	3.3	6.9	2.06
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.487	3.56	63	5	11	0	0	3	76	74	34	30	7	28	3	58	3	0	3	327	121	3.95	1.342	8.7	0.8	3.3	6.9	2.06
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
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	3.70	1.231	7.9	0.8	3.1	7.5	2.40
LAA (3 yrs)				9	7	.563	2.10	160	0	24	0	0	10	128.2	108	35	30	7	43	7	89	2	0	4	534	181	3.43	1.174	7.6	0.5	3.0	6.2	2.07
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	5.30	1.710	11.6	1.4	3.8	5.5	1.45
KCR (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.14	17	0	2	0	0	0	14.1	12	7	5	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	57	129	4.67	1.186	7.5	0.6	3.1	1.9	0.60
ATL (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.86	25	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	19	6	6	0	8	0	15	0	0	1	67	100	2.62	1.929	12.2	0.0	5.1	9.6	1.88
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	4.93	1.638	11.2	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.70
CHW (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.08	38	0	7	0	0	1	23.2	24	17	16	1	15	2	22	0	0	0	108	63	3.72	1.648	9.1	0.4	5.7	8.4	1.47

AL (10 yrs)				29	29	.500	3.02	562	18	111	0	0	27	574.1	504	213	193	43	205	29	455	20	1	22	2403	140	3.66	1.234	7.9	0.7	3.2	7.1	2.22
NL (4 yrs)				9	11	.450	5.29	57	32	2	1	1	0	177.0	225	120	104	24	74	5	120	8	1	4	810	86	4.89	1.689	11.4	1.2	3.8	6.1	1.62

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

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Batting Against -- Pitching *

Win Probability *

Starting Pitching *

Reliever Pitching *

Ratio Pitching *

Pitch Summary -- Pitching *

Baserunning & Situational Stats *

Cumulative Pitching

Neutralized Pitching

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

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