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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Scott Downs 2026 Season · CLE

Scott Downs is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +3.2, #719 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2007 (+0.8). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 38-40, 3.56 ERA, 575 K in 751.1 IP.

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Scott Downs

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+3.2Career NUT

+4.8 to Great

Career

3.56ERA1.34WHIP38W575K751.1IP27SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 6' 2", 220 lb · b. Mar 17, 1976 · Louisville, KY · Draft 1997 (3rd Rd, #94)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2000	24	CHC	-0.2	4	3	5.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	426	94.0	117	54	37	5	63	1.64
2000	24	MON	—	0	0	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	3.0	5	3	3	0	0	2.67
2000	24	TOT	-0.2	4	3	5.29	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	442	97.0	122	57	40	5	63	1.67
2003	27	MON	—	0	1	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3.0	5	5	3	0	4	2.67
2004	28	MON	-0.3	3	6	5.14	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	284	63.0	79	36	23	3	38	1.62
2005	29	TOR	+0.0	4	3	4.31	26	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	407	94.0	93	45	34	5	75	1.35
2006	30	TOR	+0.2	6	2	4.09	59	5	0	0	13	1	6	3	4	327	77.0	73	35	30	2	61	1.34
2007	31	TOR	+0.8	4	2	2.17	81	0	0	0	13	1	24	3	4	239	58.0	47	14	24	1	57	1.22
2008	32	TOR	+0.7	0	3	1.78	66	0	0	0	14	5	24	4	9	290	70.2	54	14	27	4	57	1.15
2009	33	TOR	+0.5	1	3	3.09	48	0	0	0	24	9	10	4	13	200	46.2	46	16	13	2	43	1.26
2010	34	TOR	+0.7	5	5	2.64	67	0	0	0	14	0	26	2	2	241	61.1	47	18	14	4	48	0.99
2011	35	LAA	+0.4	6	3	1.34	60	0	0	0	10	1	26	3	4	218	53.2	39	8	15	0	35	1.01
2012	36	LAA	+0.2	1	1	3.15	57	0	0	0	11	9	25	3	12	194	45.2	43	16	17	0	32	1.31
2013	37	LAA	+0.2	2	3	1.84	43	0	0	0	3	0	18	3	3	122	29.1	26	6	11	2	22	1.26
2013	37	ATL	—	2	1	3.86	25	0	0	0	2	0	8	1	1	67	14.0	19	6	8	0	15	1.93
2013	37	TOT	+0.4	4	4	2.49	68	0	0	0	5	0	26	4	4	189	43.1	45	12	19	2	37	1.48
2014	38	CWS	—	0	2	6.08	38	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	1	108	23.2	24	16	15	0	22	1.65
2014	38	KC	—	0	2	3.14	17	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	57	14.1	12	5	5	0	3	1.19
2014	38	TOT	-0.2	0	4	4.97	55	0	0	0	9	1	7	1	2	165	38.0	36	21	20	0	25	1.47
Career	—	13 yrs	+3.2	38	40	3.56	619	50	1	1	113	27	174	27	54	3213	751.1	729	297	279	28	575	1.34

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Downs's career NUT of +3.2

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

-0.2

-0.3

+0.0

+0.2

+0.8

+0.7

+0.5

+0.7

+0.4

+0.2

+0.4

-0.2

Awards

2004PCL Pitcher of the Year · PCL Post-Season All-Star

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1997	21	A	3	0	1.25	5	5	0	0	0	0	128	36.0	17	5	8	1	43	0.69
1998	22	A+	8	9	3.90	27	27	2	0	0	0	713	161.2	179	70	55	4	117	1.45
1999	23	A+	5	0	1.88	7	7	1	1	0	0	185	48.0	41	10	11	1	41	1.08
1999	23	A+	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	45	9.2	7	0	6	0	9	1.34
1999	23	A+	5	1	1.56	9	9	1	1	0	0	230	57.2	48	10	17	1	50	1.13
1999	23	AA	0	0	8.69	6	3	0	0	1	0	99	19.2	33	19	10	1	22	2.19
1999	23	AA	8	1	1.35	13	12	1	0	0	0	319	80.0	56	12	28	1	101	1.05
1999	23	AA	8	1	2.80	19	15	1	0	1	0	418	99.2	89	31	38	2	123	1.27
2002	26	A+	0	0	3.00	7	0	0	0	2	1	36	9.0	7	3	2	0	7	1.00
2002	26	AAA	2	1	5.79	17	0	0	0	1	0	106	23.1	31	15	3	2	15	1.46
2003	27	AAA	8	9	4.29	21	21	3	0	0	0	502	121.2	119	58	39	1	54	1.30
2004	28	AAA	10	6	3.52	22	22	2	2	0	0	559	135.1	143	53	26	3	67	1.25
2005	29	AAA	2	3	4.81	7	7	0	0	0	0	161	39.1	45	21	3	0	35	1.22
2009	33	A+	0	0	3.86	3	2	0	0	1	0	13	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	1.71
2011	35	A+	1	1	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	2.0	5	2	1	0	1	3.00

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