Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2009
- Draft
- 2006Rd 36, Pk 1
- College
- Alabama
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2009
- Draft
- 2006Rd 36, Pk 1
- College
- Alabama
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 254
- AB
- 527
- R
- 58
- H
- 121
- HR
- 20
- RBI
- 66
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .230
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SF | 17 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .170 |
| 2010 |  SF/HOU | 40 | 97 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .216 |
| 2011 | HOU | 106 | 199 | 29 | 55 | 10 | 41 | 0 | .276 |
| 2012 | HOU | 91 | 178 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 16 | 2 | .202 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 582
- TB
- 214
- XBH
- 52
- HBP
- 11
- IBB
- 2
- GIDP
- 11
- P/PA
- 3.71
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SF | 60 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2010 | SF/HOU | 109 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | HOU | 222 | 103 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | HOU | 191 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3.6 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.3
- RC
- 61.7
- RC/27
- 3.90
- ISOP
- .176
- SECA
- .250
- BB/K
- 0.34
- AB/HR
- 26.4
- GO/FO
- 0.70
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SF | -0.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 53 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | SF/HOU | 0.5 | 9.5 | 3.3 | .103 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 97 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | HOU | 1.1 | 35.2 | 6.4 | .241 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 19.9 | 0.6 |
| 2012 | HOU | -1.1 | 14.1 | 2.5 | .169 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 22.3 | 0.8 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Matt Downs's career stats?
Matt Downs played 4 seasons for the Giants and the Astros. He was a career .230 hitter with 121 hits, 20 home runs and 66 RBI. His best season was 2011: a .276 batting average, 10 home runs and 41 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
4 seasons, 2009 to 2012
Championships
- 2010 World Series with the San Francisco Giants
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