Darin Downs

28-Year-Old Pitcher – Detroit Tigers

2013 Stats

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0-2

ERA

3.71

WHIP

1.16

K

31

SV

0

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Downs made his major league debut in 2012, appearing in 18 games while working out of the bullpen. The 28-year-old lefty finished the season 2-1 with a 3.48 ERA and 20:9 K:BB while working primarily i...

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LEAGUE: Majors 40 MAN: YES BATS: R THROWS: L HT: 6' 3" WT: 208 DOB: 12/26/1984 BORN: Southfield, MI COLLEGE: None DRAFTED: 5th Rd

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Signed a minor league contract including a spring NRI with the Marlins in December 2010.

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Darin Downs Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	GS	SH	IP	H	ER	HR	K	BB	W	L	SV	BS	HLD	ERA	WHIP
2004	19	A	Boi	14	13	0	60.0	55	33	5	61	35	5	3	0	–	–	4.95	1.50
2005	20	A	Peo	2	2	0	6.1	12	13	1	3	4	0	2	0	–	–	18.47	2.62
2007	22	A	Day	34	2	0	61.3	61	28	10	65	17	3	7	2	–	–	4.11	1.27
2008	23	A	Day	17	0	0	28.0	29	9	0	25	13	2	0	0	–	–	2.89	1.50
2008	23	A	Ver	27	1	0	49.0	53	23	1	49	22	2	3	0	–	–	4.22	1.53
2008	23	AA	TEN	22	0	0	23.3	32	17	1	17	16	0	2	0	–	–	6.56	2.06
2009	24	A	Cha	20	19	0	121.7	117	27	11	111	23	12	4	0	–	–	2.00	1.15
2009	24	AA	MON	2	2	0	11.3	13	6	1	9	4	0	2	0	–	–	4.76	1.50
2010	25	AA	Mon	23	3	0	48.0	40	9	2	57	15	6	2	0	0	0	1.69	1.15
2010	25	AAA	Dur	23	1	0	40.1	44	20	4	45	17	6	2	0	0	0	4.46	1.52
2011	26	AA	Jac	10	13	0	76.1	87	41	7	48	23	2	5	0	0	0	4.83	1.45
2011	26	AAA	New	10	5	0	35.2	34	17	1	39	8	3	2	0	0	0	4.29	1.19
2012	27	AAA	Tol	25	0	0	29.1	25	7	0	33	8	0	2	0	0	0	2.15	1.13
2012	27	MAJ	DET	18	0	0	20.7	18	8	1	20	9	2	1	0	0	1	3.48	1.31
2013	28	MAJ	DET	20	0	0	26.7	24	11	3	31	7	0	2	0	0	3	3.71	1.16
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		18	0	0	20.7	18	8	1	20	9	2	1	0	0	1	3.48	1.31

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Darin Downs Game Log (View Full Game Log)

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DATE	OPP	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	CG	W-L	SV	BS	HLD	ERA	WHIP
Jun. 18	Bal	1.3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	3.71	1.16
Jun. 15	@Min	2.3	5	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	L	0	0	0	3.91	1.18
Jun. 2	@Bal	0.7	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	3.13	1.09
May. 23	Min	1.7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	0	0	0	2.82	0.99
May. 19	@Tex	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	2.61	0.97
May. 16	@Tex	2.7	2	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	-	0	0	0	2.66	0.98
May. 12	Cle	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	L	0	0	0	2.55	0.96
May. 11	Cle	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	2.16	0.84
May. 9	@Was	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	2.35	0.91
May. 5	@Hou	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	-	0	0	0	2.70	1.05
May. 2	@Hou	0.7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	3.18	1.06
May. 1	Min	1.7	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	3.38	1.03
Apr. 25	KC	0.7	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	3.00	0.89
Apr. 19	@LAA	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	2.16	0.72
Apr. 17	@Sea	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	2.25	0.75
Last 14 Days 2 Games: Avg. 1.8 IP/G		3.7	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0-1	0	0	0	7.36	1.64
Last 30 Days 5 Games: Avg. 1.3 IP/G		6.3	10	5	5	1	1	6	1	0	0	0-1	0	0	0	7.11	1.74
Last 60 Days 15 Games: Avg. 1.3 IP/G		19.0	22	9	9	3	3	20	2	1	0	0-2	0	0	0	4.26	1.32
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Darin Downs Split Stats (View Full Split Stats)

Vs. Left

Year	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR	BAA
2013	48	16	2	11	2	0	2	.244
2012	38	10	3	6	0	0	0	.171

Vs. Right

Year	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR	BAA
2013	58	15	5	12	6	0	1	.235
2012	48	10	6	12	4	0	1	.293

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Year	IP	W	L	SV	K	BB	HR	ERA	WHIP
2013	9.7	0	1	0	5	3	3	4.66	1.45
2012	15.0	2	1	0	16	3	1	4.80	1.27

Away

Year	IP	W	L	SV	K	BB	HR	ERA	WHIP
2013	15.7	0	1	0	26	4	0	3.45	1.02
2012	5.7	0	0	0	4	6	0	0.00	1.41

Darin Downs Advanced Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	GB/FB Ratio	Strand %	Fastball	ERA	FIP	BABIP
2004	19	A	Boi	14	13	60.0	9.15	5.25	1.74	0.75	–	67.1%	–	4.95	4.00	.316
2005	20	A	Peo	2	2	6.1	4.43	5.90	0.75	1.48	–	20%	–	18.47	6.31	.436
2007	22	A	Day	34	2	61.3	9.54	2.49	3.82	1.47	–	73.5%	–	4.11	4.08	.321
2008	23	A	Day	17	0	28.0	8.04	4.18	1.92	0.00	–	78.6%	–	2.89	2.81	.350
2008	23	A	Ver	27	1	49.0	9.00	4.04	2.23	0.18	–	70.3%	–	4.22	2.81	.368
2008	23	AA	TEN	22	0	23.3	6.56	6.17	1.06	0.39	–	66%	–	6.56	4.49	.388
2009	24	A	Cha	20	19	121.7	8.21	1.70	4.83	0.81	–	87.6%	–	2.00	3.12	.314
2009	24	AA	MON	2	2	11.3	7.15	3.18	2.25	0.79	–	68.8%	–	4.76	3.82	.343
2010	25	AA	Mon	23	3	48.0	10.69	2.81	3.80	0.38	–	86.8%	–	1.69	2.37	.327
2010	25	AAA	Dur	23	1	40.1	10.10	3.82	2.65	0.90	–	71.9%	–	4.46	3.82	.370
2011	26	AA	Jac	10	13	76.1	5.68	2.72	2.09	0.83	–	67%	–	4.83	4.16	.324
2011	26	AAA	New	10	5	35.2	9.97	2.05	4.88	0.26	–	61%	–	4.29	2.04	.354
2012	27	AAA	Tol	25	0	29.1	10.21	2.47	4.13	0.00	–	78.8%	–	2.15	1.76	.338
2012	27	MAJ	DET	18	0	20.7	8.71	3.92	2.22	0.44	1.21	73.1%	90.6 MPH	3.48	3.35	.308
2013	28	MAJ	DET	20	0	26.7	10.46	2.36	4.43	1.01	1.22	71.4%	89.8 MPH	3.71	3.35	.322
3-Year Averages		MAJ		18	0	20.7	8.71	3.92	2.22	0.44	–	73.1%	–	3.48	3.20	.308

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2013 Stat Review for Darin Downs As compared to the top 250 relief pitchers in 2012 (min 20 in)

K/BB/HR Stats

A collection of stats that measure different skills.

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4.43 K/BB

ELITE

10.46 K/9

GREAT

2.36 BB/9

GREAT

89.8 MPH Fastball

POOR

1.0 HR/9

WEAK

1.22 GB/FB Ratio

MODERATE GROUNDBALLER

ERA/WHIP/FIP

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3.71 ERA

WEAK

1.16 WHIP

GOOD

3.35 FIP

GOOD

BABIP/Strand

Balls in play avg. and % of runners left stranded.

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.322 BABIP

HIGH

71.4% Strand Rate

BELOW AVERAGE

Detroit Tigers Roster

Majors

Avila, Alex (C)
Benoit, Joaquin (P)
Cabrera, Miguel (3B)
Coke, Phil (P)
Dirks, Andy (OF)
Dotel, Octavio (P)
Darin Downs (P)
Fielder, Prince (1B)
Fister, Doug (P)
Garcia, Avisail (OF)
Holaday, Bryan (C)
Hunter, Torii (OF)
Infante, Omar (2B)
Jackson, Austin (OF)
Kelly, Don (OF)
Martinez, Victor (C)
Pena, Brayan (C)
Peralta, Jhonny (SS)
Porcello, Rick (P)
Putkonen, Luke (P)
Reed, Evan (P)
Sanchez, Anibal (P)
Santiago, Ramon (2B)
Scherzer, Max (P)
Smyly, Drew (P)
Tuiasosopo, Matt (OF)
Valverde, Jose (P)
Verlander, Justin (P)

AAA

Alburquerque, Al (P)
Alvarez, Jose (P)

Cabrera, Ramon (C)
Castellanos, Nick (OF)
Cervenak, Michael (3B)
Crosby, Casey (P)
Davis, Brad (C)
Diaz, Argenis (SS)
Dorn, Danny (1B)
Hill, Shawn (P)
Hoffman, Matt (P)
Lennerton, Jordan (1B)
Marte, Luis (P)
Misch, Pat (P)
Nunez, Gustavo (SS)
Ortega, Jose (P)
Rondon, Bruce (P)
Russo, Kevin (2B)
Todd, Jess (P)
Villarreal, Brayan (P)
Worth, Danny (2B)

AA

Carrillo, Cesar (P)
Castillo, Luis (OF)
Collins, Tyler (OF)
Douglas, Brandon (3B)
Fields, Daniel (OF)
Garcia, Ramon (P)
Gayhart, Jared (P)
Gaynor, Wade (3B)
Gonzalez, Enrique (P)
Hernandez, Michael (OF)
Jones, Corey (2B)
Kopp, David (P)
Lemon, Marcus (SS)

Lobstein, Kyle (P)
McCann, James (C)
Mesa, Eliezer (P)
Perez, Hernan (SS)
Saupold, Warwick (P)
Souza, Justin (P)
Startup, Will (P)
Stohr, Tyler (P)
Suarez, Eugenio (SS)
Weinhardt, Robbie (P)

A+

Burgos, Alex (P)
Castro, Harold (2B)
Eichhorn, Kevin (P)
Machado, Dixon (SS)
Martinez, Francisco (OF)
Mercedes, Melvin (P)
Moya, Steven (OF)
Ryan, Kyle (P)
Westlake, Aaron (1B)

A

Schotts, Austin (OF)
Vasquez, Danry (OF)
Vasquez, Danry (OF)

Rookie

Crawford, Jonathon (P)
Farmer, Buck (P)
Gibson, Tyler (OF)
Hamilton, Brandon (P)
Knebel, Corey (P)
Paulino, Brenny (P)

Thompson, Jake (P)
Valdez, Ignacio (OF)
Thompson, Jeffrey (P)
Ziomek, Kevin (P)

Career Pitcher vs. Batter Stats (View All Matchup Data)

Worst Matchups for Darin Downs (by OPS against, min 0 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
Kendrys Morales	SEA	1	1	1	1	1.000	4.000	5.000
Peter Bourjos	ANA	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	3.000
Lou Marson	CLE	2	2	0	1	1.000	1.500	2.500
Alcides Escobar	KC	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Mike Trout	ANA	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
George Kottaras	KC	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Brandon Moss	OAK	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Ichiro Suzuki	NY-A	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	2.000
Jack Hannahan	CIN	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
Eduardo Escobar	MIN	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	2.000

Best Matchups for Darin Downs (by OPS against, min 0 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	BB	K	SB	AVG	SLG	OPS
Kole Calhoun	ANA	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Ian Kinsler	TEX	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Jeff Francoeur	KC	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Alex Gordon	KC	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Michael Young	PHI	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Mark Reynolds	CLE	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Josh Donaldson	OAK	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Wilson Betemit	BAL	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J.J. Hardy	BAL	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Omar Quintanilla	NY-N	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

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Darin Downs: Past News Updates ( ▲ View most recent update )

5/16/2013

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Downs has compiled a 2.55 ERA and 22:5 K:BB in 14 appearances out of the bullpen.

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3/28/2013

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Downs has made the Tigers' Opening Day bullpen, the Detroit Free Press reports.

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3/26/2013

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Downs appears to have won a spot in the Tigers' Opening Day bullpen, the Detroit Free Press reports.

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9/3/2012

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Called upon to work the seventh inning in a tie game, Downs took his first loss of the season Monday, allowing the winning run while pitching one third of an inning.

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8/31/2012

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Downs hurled a scoreless inning in Thursday's loss to the Royals.

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7/2/2012

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The Tigers will recall Downs on Tuesday from Triple-A Toledo, the team's official site reports.

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3/17/2012

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Downs was assigned to minor league camp Saturday, Mlive.com reports.

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8/26/2009

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Downs (fractured skull) was released from the hospital Wednesday, the St. Petersburg Times reports.

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8/18/2009

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Downs is hospitalized in the intensive care unit after being hit in the head by a line drive in Monday's game at Double-A Montgomery, the St. Petersburg Times reports.

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2012

Downs will join Detroit in spring training as a non-roster invitee. The 27-year-old lefty has spent his entire career in the minors, compiling a 49-43 record with a 4.29 ERA in 232 appearances as a starter and reliever. He'll provide Detroit with extra organizational pitching depth in the minors.

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