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Scott Downs
- Age
- 38
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #37
- Born
- March 17, 1976 in Louisville, KY, United States
- MLB debut
- April 9, 2000
- dbWAR
- 7.4 Regular season, 2005–2014 only
- IP
- 38.0
- ERA
- 4.97
- FIP
- 4.08
- K/9
- 5.9
- FIP−
- 109 100 = avg
Scott Downs was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2014 he struck out 25 batters over 38.0 innings across 55 appearances, going 0-4. His ERA of 4.97 was 32.9% higher than the league average of 3.74 — 13th of 17 on his team, and 398th of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.08 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.8% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.2%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2014 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2014; his career began in 2000, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | CWS/KC | 55 | 0 | 38.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 4.97 | 4.08 | 1.47 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 133 | 109 | 0.1 | |
| 2013 | LAA/ATL | 68 | 0 | 43.1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 37 | 19 | 2.49 | 3.09 | 1.48 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 64 | 80 | 0.6 | |
| 2012 | LAA | 57 | 0 | 45.2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 16 | 32 | 17 | 3.15 | 3.66 | 1.31 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 79 | 91 | 0.4 | |
| 2011 | LAA | 60 | 0 | 53.2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 35 | 15 | 1.34 | 3.29 | 1.01 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 34 | 83 | 0.7 | |
| 2010 | TOR | 67 | 0 | 61.1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 18 | 48 | 14 | 2.64 | 3.03 | 0.99 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 65 | 74 | 1.1 | |
| 2009 | TOR | 48 | 0 | 46.2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 16 | 43 | 13 | 3.09 | 3.33 | 1.26 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 71 | 77 | 0.8 | |
| 2008 | TOR | 66 | 0 | 70.2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 14 | 57 | 27 | 1.78 | 3.39 | 1.15 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 41 | 78 | 1.1 | |
| 2007 | TOR | 81 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 57 | 24 | 2.17 | 3.24 | 1.22 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 49 | 72 | 1.1 | |
| 2006 | TOR | 59 | 5 | 77.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 35 | 61 | 30 | 4.09 | 4.33 | 1.34 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 90 | 96 | 0.7 | |
| 2005 | TOR | 26 | 13 | 94.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 45 | 75 | 34 | 4.31 | 4.33 | 1.35 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 100 | 101 | 0.8 |
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2014; his career began in 2000, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009 | TOR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -128 | -0.0 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 87 | 80 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .225 | .287 | .362 | .293 | 18.4% |
| vs RHB | 78 | 65 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 9 | .277 | .397 | .415 | .363 | 11.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Scott Downs throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 434 | 86.9 | 2,149 | 40.6% | 11.6% | 101 | .287 | .834 | |
| Curveball | 144 | 73.0 | 1,581 | 43.8% | 36.7% | 27 | .111 | .311 | |
| Slider | 107 | 80.5 | 504 | 50.5% | 35.8% | 18 | .222 | .633 |
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Nearest 2014 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.