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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, 17,623rd in major league 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 • Previously: SFX

Full Name: Scott Jeremy Downs

Nicknames: Snakeface

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.8

ERA

3.56

619

751.1

575

WHIP

1.342

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Team Record in Appearances: 32-16

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 5, Entered with runners on base: 9

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	265	1	Apr 6	TOR		DET	W,12-5	8-8	H(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.10	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.022	.79	0.01%	0.46	8t 12- 2 out a4	8t 3 out a4
2	266	4	Apr 9	TOR		DET	W,6-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.00	0.85	4	16	11	7	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.22	0.01%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
3	267	6	Apr 11	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-4	8-8		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.95	4	18	10	3	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.029	.43	0.02%	0.52	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
4	268	8	Apr 13	TOR	@	MIN	W,8-6	8-8	H(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.20	4	18	11	4	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.094	2.73	0.07%	0.53	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
5	269	9	Apr 14	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-3	9-9		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.36	3	11	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.144	2.24	0.10%	0.53	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
6	270	13	Apr 18	TOR		OAK	W,4-2	7-9		3	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.55	7	20	13	2	3	4	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.23	0.334	2.69	0.24%	1.55	7t 12- 2 out tie	9t 3 out tie
7	271	14	Apr 19	TOR		OAK	W,1-0	8-8	H(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.36	3	11	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.125	1.90	0.09%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
8	272	16	Apr 22	TOR		TEX	W,8-7	8-8		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.44	5	13	9	1	3	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.010	1.35	0.01%	-0.46	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a3
9	273	17	Apr 23	TOR		TEX	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.93	0.51	3	10	7	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.037	.58	0.03%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
10	274	20	Apr 26	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	0.75	4	8	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	0.223	4.05	0.18%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	275	25	May 1	TOR		BAL	W,8-4	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.77	0.78	4	19	15	4	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.016	.56	0.01%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
12	276	26	May 2	TOR		BAL	W,5-4	10-10		0	1.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.71	0.65	6	22	14	4	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.87	-0.286	3.85	-0.23%	-0.46	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out d1
13	277	27	May 3	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	0.83	3	13	7	3	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.172	3.02	0.14%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
14	278	29	May 5	TOR		CLE	W,10-6	8-GF		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.59	0.68	6	16	13	2	5	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.043	.59	0.03%	1.10	8t 1-- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
15	279	33	May 9	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-4	9-GF		3	1.0	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.20	1.81	9	27	17	3	2	1	7	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.009	2.18	0.01%	-2.47	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 2
16	280	37	May 14	TOR		NYY	L,2-3	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	1.77	3	9	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.043	.85	0.04%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
17	281	39	May 16	TOR		CHW	W,2-1	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	1.84	3	10	6	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.172	3.09	0.15%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
18	282	41	May 18	TOR		CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.86	1.96	4	16	9	4	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.172	3.83	0.13%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
19	283	49	May 26	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.66	1.92	6	23	13	3	2	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.022	.16	-0.02%	-1.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
20	284	50	May 27	TOR	@	BAL	L,10-12	8-8	BS(1)	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	1.95	3	10	7	3	0	0	3	2	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.24	-0.248	5.82	-0.20%	-1.37	8b 123 1 out a3	8b 3 out tie
21	285	51	May 29	TOR		BOS	W,6-3	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.01	3	10	7	4	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.037	.73	0.03%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
22	286	52	May 30	TOR		BOS	W,5-3	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	2.05	4	9	5	0	1	1	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.080	3.17	0.08%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	287	57	Jun 5	TOR		KCR	W,9-3	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.25	2.06	4	13	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
24	288	60	Jun 8	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-3	8-GF	S(8)	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.13	2.23	6	25	12	2	2	2	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.121	3.15	0.10%	0.82	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 3
25	289	64	Jun 13	TOR		FLA	L,5-6	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.05	2.11	3	9	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.068	1.09	0.05%	0.94	9t 1-- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
26	290	66	Jun 16	TOR	@	PHI	W,8-3	9-9	W(1-0)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	2.07	3	12	8	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.138	2.07	0.09%	0.50	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	291	86	Jul 8	TOR	@	TBR	L,9-10	9-GF		21	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.98	2.18	2	10	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	-0.389	3.52	-0.18%	-1.12	9b -2- 2 out tie	9b end d 1
28	292	88	Jul 10	TOR	@	BAL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(9)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.91	2.07	3	15	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.102	.66	0.03%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
29	293	92	Jul 18	TOR		BOS	W,6-2	9-GF		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	2.04	4	18	15	3	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.016	.18	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
30	294	94	Jul 21	TOR		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	BL(1-1)	2	1.0	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	2.08	2.21	8	26	12	1	3	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.62	-0.614	1.37	-0.14%	-1.46	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
31	295	97	Jul 24	TOR		TBR	L,2-4	10-GF(10)	L(1-2)	2	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.59	2.43	6	24	11	4	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.400	.77	-0.07%	-1.46	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
32	296	98	Jul 25	TOR		TBR	L,9-10	9-9	BS(3)	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	3.06	3.19	6	16	12	3	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	-0.274	.42	-0.03%	-1.46	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 3 out tie
33	297	100	Jul 27	TOR	@	SEA	W,11-4	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.97	3.07	3	11	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a7
34	298	101	Jul 28	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-4	9-GF	L(1-3)	0	0.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.18	3.10	6	18	14	1	3	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	-0.361	.83	-0.05%	-1.27	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	299	104	Aug 1	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-5	9-9	H(4)	3	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.10	3	9	5	1	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.200	.22	-0.01%	-0.91	9b --- 0 out a2	9b -23 1 out a2
36	300	124	Aug 25	TOR		TBR	L,3-7	8-8		23	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	3.10	4	11	8	4	0	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.54	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
37	301	125	Aug 26	TOR		TBR	W,3-2	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.22	3.12	4	16	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.54	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
38	302	127	Aug 29	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.15	5	26	13	3	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.16	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
39	303	129	Aug 31	TOR	@	TEX	W,18-10	7-8	H(5)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.10	5	19	13	2	0	3	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.16	0.229	.00	0.00%	0.81	7b 1-3 1 out a2	8b 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
40	304	135	Sep 5	TOR		NYY	L,4-6	8-9		4	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	3.15	3.25	6	23	10	4	0	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out d1	9t -2- 0 out d1
41	305	137	Sep 7	TOR		MIN	L,3-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.19	4	19	11	3	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
42	306	138	Sep 8	TOR		MIN	W,6-3	8-8	H(6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.14	3	13	7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a3
43	307	140	Sep 10	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	8-8	H(7)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.14	3	7	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.125	.00	0.00%	0.54	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
44	308	141	Sep 11	TOR	@	DET	W,6-4	8-8	H(8)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	3.14	5	22	13	3	1	2	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
45	309	142	Sep 12	TOR	@	DET	W,8-6	9-9	H(9)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	3.10	3	12	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.30	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 1-- 2 out a2
46	310	144	Sep 14	TOR	@	DET	L,5-6	8-8	H(10)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	3.05	3	9	6	0	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
47	311	145	Sep 15	TOR	@	NYY	W,10-4	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	3.05	1	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.82	8b 123 2 out a6	8b 3 out a6
48	312	146	Sep 16	TOR	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-8	BS(4)	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.09	3.33	5	9	7	0	0	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-1.69	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 1-- 2 out tie
							32-16		W-L:1-3,Sv:9,BSv:4,Hld:10	1.6	46.2	46	18	16	13	43	4	2	3.09	3.33	200	705	63%	16%	11%	1.33		21%	3%	0		16	31%	1	1	0	183	10	1	1	3	2	3	1.67	-0.216	1.27	0.73%	5.75

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