Scott Downs
Chicago Cubs 2000; Montreal Expos 2000; Montreal Expos 2003–2004; Toronto Blue Jays 2005–2010; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2011–2012; Atlanta Braves 2013; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2013; Chicago White Sox 2014; Kansas City Royals 2014
Percentile snapshot
No qualified season. This player never reached the qualification floor — 3.1 plate appearances, or one inning, per game his team played — in any archived season, so there is no season population to rank him inside.
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | -50.7 | -45.0 | .109 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.5 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.3 |
| 2004 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | -61.0 | -48.3 | .102 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| 2007 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 |
| 2008 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.8 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.7 |
| 2011 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8 |
| 2013 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 57 | 40 | 63 | 13 | 97.0 | 5.29 | 1.670 | 5.85 | 4.89 | 108.6 | 85.2 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.0 | 15.00 | 2.667 | 12.00 | 11.98 | 271.9 | 29.4 | -0.3 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 36 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 63.0 | 5.14 | 1.619 | 5.43 | 4.84 | 111.4 | 84.5 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 45 | 34 | 75 | 12 | 94.0 | 4.31 | 1.351 | 7.18 | 4.36 | 96.9 | 104.4 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 59 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 35 | 30 | 61 | 9 | 77.0 | 4.09 | 1.338 | 7.13 | 4.37 | 95.1 | 112.4 | 1.2 |
| 2007 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 24 | 57 | 3 | 58.0 | 2.17 | 1.224 | 8.84 | 3.31 | 73.7 | 206.9 | 2.0 |
| 2008 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 14 | 27 | 57 | 3 | 70.7 | 1.78 | 1.146 | 7.26 | 3.42 | 80.4 | 238.5 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 46.7 | 3.09 | 1.264 | 8.29 | 3.38 | 76.3 | 143.5 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 18 | 14 | 48 | 3 | 61.3 | 2.64 | .995 | 7.04 | 3.00 | 71.5 | 158.9 | 1.7 |
| 2011 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 53.7 | 1.34 | 1.006 | 5.87 | 3.32 | 86.9 | 284.9 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 17 | 32 | 3 | 45.7 | 3.15 | 1.314 | 6.31 | 3.62 | 93.3 | 122.8 | 0.8 |
| 2013 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 1 | 43.3 | 2.49 | 1.477 | 7.68 | 3.10 | 81.7 | 152.2 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 38.0 | 4.97 | 1.474 | 5.92 | 4.11 | 107.5 | 76.8 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-07-27 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000-04-25 | CHC @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004-08-27 | SD @ WSH Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000-04-09 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-04-15 | MIA @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-09-02 | TB @ TOR Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 2000-07-27 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 2005-07-29 | TEX @ TOR Gameday | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2000-06-02 | DET @ CHC Gameday | 7.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000-04-15 | MIA @ CHC Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.