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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
13 92 90.7 4 4 0 4.76 -0.1
Birth Date12-26-1984
Height6' 3"
Weight200 lbs
Age39 years, 4 months, 0 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2012 DET MLB 18 0 20.7 2 1 0 18 9 20 1 108 7.8 3.9 0.4 8.7 0% .309 1.31 3.18 3.48 83 3.19 73.1 0.4
2013 DET MLB 29 0 35.3 0 2 0 36 11 37 4 101 9.2 2.8 1.0 9.4 0% .330 1.33 3.55 4.84 91 4.09 98.1 0.2
2014 HOU MLB 45 0 34.7 2 1 0 28 19 27 2 97 7.3 4.9 0.5 7.0 0% .268 1.36 4.25 5.45 122 6.10 149.5 -0.7
CareerMLB92090.744082398471018.13.90.78.346%.3011.333.744.761014.65112.0-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2004 BOI A- NWN 14 13 60.0 5 3 0 55 35 61 5 8.3 5.3 0.8 9.2 0% .311 1.50 4.48 4.95 0 0.00 0.0
2005 PEO A MDW 2 2 6.3 0 2 0 12 4 3 1 105 17.1 5.7 1.4 4.3 0% -1.222 2.54 6.94 18.57 122 8.56 168.7
2005 BOI A- NWN 14 13 61.7 5 4 0 61 22 63 5 97 8.9 3.2 0.7 9.2 0% -.596 1.35 3.75 3.50 97 4.79 94.3
2006 BOI A- NWN 9 2 24.2 4 2 0 25 7 24 0 77 9.3 2.6 0.0 8.9 0% .342 1.32 2.51 4.83 89 3.81 80.0
2006 CUB Rk AZL 2 1 3.0 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 100 15.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 0% .364 2.00 8.26 12.00 105 5.08 106.6
2007 DAY A+ FSL 34 2 61.3 3 7 2 61 17 65 10 100 9.0 2.5 1.5 9.5 0% .300 1.27 4.18 4.11 95 4.28 87.8
2008 DAY A+ FSL 17 0 28.0 2 0 0 29 13 25 0 106 9.3 4.2 0.0 8.0 0% .330 1.50 3.24 2.89 91 5.64 115.3
2008 VRO A+ FSL 10 1 21.0 0 3 0 24 9 24 1 108 10.3 3.9 0.4 10.3 0% .371 1.57 2.82 6.00 92 5.96 121.9
2008 TEN AA SOU 22 0 23.3 0 2 0 32 16 17 1 113 12.4 6.2 0.4 6.6 0% .378 2.06 4.65 6.57 109 7.00 143.3
2009 PCH A+ FSL 20 19 121.7 12 4 0 117 23 111 11 99 8.7 1.7 0.8 8.2 0% .307 1.15 3.21 2.00 88 4.34 91.3
2009 MNT AA SOU 2 2 11.3 0 2 0 13 4 9 1 90 10.4 3.2 0.8 7.2 0% .343 1.50 3.71 4.78 100 5.76 121.1
2010 MNT AA SOU 18 3 48.0 6 2 0 40 15 57 2 102 7.5 2.8 0.4 10.7 0% .319 1.15 2.54 1.69 0 0.00 0.0
2010 DUR AAA INT 23 1 40.3 6 2 0 44 17 45 4 97 9.8 3.8 0.9 10.0 0% .360 1.51 3.91 4.47 0 0.00 0.0
2011 JAX AA SOU 22 13 76.3 2 5 0 87 23 48 7 103 10.3 2.7 0.8 5.7 0% .319 1.44 4.25 4.83 105 5.40 110.3
2011 NWO AAA PCL 10 5 35.7 3 2 0 34 8 39 1 94 8.6 2.0 0.3 9.8 0% .333 1.18 2.63 4.29 64 2.81 57.4
2011 ARA Wnt LVB 9 9 40.3 2 3 0 46 12 25 0 10.3 2.7 0.0 5.6 0% .336 1.44 2.68 3.35 0 0.00 0.0
2012 DET MLB AL 18 0 20.7 2 1 0 18 9 20 1 108 7.8 3.9 0.4 8.7 0% .309 1.31 3.18 3.48 83 3.19 73.1
2012 TOL AAA INT 25 0 29.3 0 2 0 25 8 33 0 7.7 2.5 0.0 10.1 0% .325 1.13 1.72 2.15 67 3.69 76.8
2013 DET MLB AL 29 0 35.3 0 2 0 36 11 37 4 101 9.2 2.8 1.0 9.4 0% .330 1.33 3.55 4.84 91 4.09 98.1
2013 WMI A MID 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.33 0.00 93 4.10 89.2
2013 TOL AAA INT 12 0 15.7 0 1 0 9 6 12 0 5.2 3.4 0.0 6.9 0% .205 0.96 2.81 2.30 103 2.83 61.5
2014 HOU MLB AL 45 0 34.7 2 1 0 28 19 27 2 97 7.3 4.9 0.5 7.0 0% .268 1.36 4.25 5.45 122 6.10 149.5
2014 CCH AA TEX 2 2 1.7 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 96 16.2 10.8 0.0 16.2 0% .750 3.00 4.92 5.40 92 7.42 157.2
2014 OKL AAA PCL 9 0 13.0 1 2 0 17 4 15 0 11.8 2.8 0.0 10.4 0% .425 1.62 2.31 5.54 79 6.13 129.8
2015 FRE AAA PCL 15 0 16.3 0 0 2 19 3 11 2 10.5 1.7 1.1 6.1 0% .304 1.35 4.94 4.96 103 4.51 99.0
2019 MVA AAA MEX 2 1 1.3 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0% .500 4.50 23.60 40.50 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 344 0.3924 0.4448 0.7124 0.6444 0.3158 0.8391 0.5455 0.2876
2013 567 0.4250 0.4638 0.7034 0.6307 0.3405 0.8684 0.4775 0.2966
2014 521 0.4338 0.4626 0.7054 0.6460 0.3220 0.8151 0.5368 0.2946
Career14320.42040.45880.70630.63960.32780.84200.51540.2937

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-08-15 2014-09-02 15-DL 18 16 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2013-07-07 2013-08-04 15-DL 28 22 Left Shoulder Tendonitis Rotator Cuff - -
2012-04-04 2012-04-13 Minors 9 7 Left Thumb Blister - -
2009-08-18 2009-09-08 Minors 21 0 Head Fracture From Batted Ball and Concussion -
2006-07-14 2006-07-25 Minors 11 0 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 HOU $
2013 DET $494,000
2012 DET $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$494,000
1 yrTotal$494,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 44 d1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Houston 3/6/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by Houston 12/26/14.
  • 1 year/$0.494M (2013). Re-signed by Detroit 2/18/13. Claimed by Houston off waivers from Detroit 11/1/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 11/14/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Detroit 7/3/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Florida as a free agent 11/8/10 (minor-league contract).
  • Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Chicago Cubs 7/24/08.
  • Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2003 (5-133) (Santaluces HS, Lantana, Fla.). $0.225M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Darin Downs threw 3,103 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2021, including pitches thrown in . In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (87mph), Sinker (87mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph) and Curve (69mph).