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Darin Downs
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- R/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #38
- Born
- December 26, 1984 in Southfield, MI, United States
- MLB debut
- July 3, 2012
- dbWAR
- .7 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 34.2
- ERA
- 5.45
- FIP
- 4.23
- K/9
- 7.0
- FIP−
- 113 100 = avg
Darin Downs was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2014 he struck out 27 batters over 34.2 innings across 45 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 5.45 was 45.7% higher than the league average of 3.74 — 15th of 18 on his team, and 422nd of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.23 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 29.3% of swings (13.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.2%. His -0.0 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.
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 | 83 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .203 | .337 | .333 | .315 | 22.9% |
| vs RHB | 66 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .250 | .338 | .375 | .312 | 12.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Darin 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 | 279 | 89.8 | 2,514 | 38.7% | 14.6% | 71 | .225 | .743 | |
| Cutter | 169 | 84.8 | 733 | 52.1% | 47.9% | 45 | .244 | .625 | |
| Changeup | 46 | 84.2 | 2,114 | 34.8% | 35.3% | 5 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 31 | 73.5 | 1,256 | 32.3% | 22.2% | 5 | — | — |
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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.