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Kelly Downs

Kelly Robert Downs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 25, 1960 in Ogden, UT
High School: Viewmont (Bountiful, UT)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 26th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed August 24, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1986
Teams (by GP): Giants/Athletics 1986-1993

Final Game: September 29, 1993
Relatives: Brother of Dave Downs
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1980	19	PHI-min	A	5	7	.417	2.60	14	12		4	1	0	90.0	85	41	26	5	17	2	40	0	1	8			1.133	8.5	0.5	1.7	4.0	2.35	SPB · SALL
1981	20	PHI-min	A	13	7	.650	2.98	25	25	0	9	2	0	175.0	176	79	58	16	35	0	124	3	2	8			1.206	9.1	0.8	1.8	6.4	3.54	PNS · CARL
1982	21	PHI-min	AAA	2	15	.118	5.34	32	25	2	5	0	1	156.2	182	116	93	14	72	7	70	4	5	4			1.621	10.5	0.8	4.1	4.0	0.97	OKC · AA
1983	22	PHI-min	AAA	9	13	.409	4.46	29	29	0	5	1	0	159.1	186	98	79	14	61	0	71	3	2	8			1.550	10.5	0.8	3.4	4.0	1.16	POR · PCL
1984	23	PHI-min	AAA	7	12	.368	5.30	30	25	2	5	0	0	163.0	166	106	96	12	65	3	104	4	2	7			1.417	9.2	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.60	POR · PCL
1985	24	SFG-min	AAA	9	10	.474	4.01	37	19	6	2	1	1	137.0	138	69	61	9	56	4	109	1	4	7			1.416	9.1	0.6	3.7	7.2	1.95	PHX · PCL
1986	25	SFG-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.42	18	18	0	4	0	0	108.0	116	54	41	11	28	1	68	3	2	6			1.333	9.7	0.9	2.3	5.7	2.43	PHX · PCL
1986	25	SFG	NL	4	4	.500	2.75	14	14	0	1	0	0	88.1	78	29	27	5	30	7	64	3	2	3	372	129	1.223	7.9	0.5	3.1	6.5	2.13
1987	26	SFG	NL	12	9	.571	3.63	41	28	4	4	3	1	186.0	185	83	75	14	67	11	137	4	4	12	797	107	1.355	9.0	0.7	3.2	6.6	2.04
1988	27	SFG	NL	13	9	.591	3.32	27	26	0	6	3	0	168.0	140	67	62	11	47	8	118	3	4	7	685	99	1.113	7.5	0.6	2.5	6.3	2.51
1989	28	SFG-min	AAA,A	1	1	.500	5.65	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.1	12	9	9	1	9	0	16	0	2	0			1.465	7.5	0.6	5.7	10.0	1.78	PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1989	28	SFG	NL	4	8	.333	4.79	18	15	1	0	0	0	82.2	82	47	44	7	26	4	49	1	3	3	349	71	1.306	8.9	0.8	2.8	5.3	1.88
1990	29	SFG-min	AAA,A+	0	1	.000	1.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	5	2	1	0	0	7	1	0	0			1.000	9.0	0.9	0.0	6.3		PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1990	29	SFG	NL	3	2	.600	3.43	13	9	1	0	0	0	63.0	56	26	24	2	20	4	31	2	1	2	265	107	1.206	8.0	0.3	2.9	4.4	1.55
1991	30	SFG	NL	10	4	.714	4.19	45	11	4	0	0	0	111.2	99	59	52	12	53	9	62	3	1	4	479	86	1.361	8.0	1.0	4.3	5.0	1.17
1992	31	TOT	MLB	6	7	.462	3.37	37	20	7	0	0	0	144.1	137	63	54	8	70	3	71	7	1	7	636	106	1.434	8.5	0.5	4.4	4.4	1.01
1992	31	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	3.47	19	7	5	0	0	0	62.1	65	27	24	4	24	0	33	3	0	4	272	96	1.428	9.4	0.6	3.5	4.8	1.38
1992	31	OAK	AL	5	5	.500	3.29	18	13	2	0	0	0	82.0	72	36	30	4	46	3	38	4	1	3	364	115	1.439	7.9	0.4	5.0	4.2	0.83
1993	32	OAK	AL	5	10	.333	5.64	42	12	12	0	0	0	119.2	135	80	75	14	60	8	66	2	1	4	539	72	1.630	10.2	1.1	4.5	5.0	1.10
1994	33	MIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.14	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	29		1.143	9.0	1.3	1.3	6.4	5.00	SLK · PCL
8 Seasons				57	53	.518	3.86	237	135	29	11	6	1	963.2	912	454	413	73	373	54	598	25	17	42	4122	94	1.333	8.5	0.7	3.5	5.6	1.60
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.518	3.86	43	25	5	2	1	0	176	167	83	75	13	68	10	109	5	3	8	753	94	1.333	8.5	0.7	3.5	5.6	1.60

SFG (7 yrs)				47	38	.553	3.64	177	110	15	11	6	1	762.0	705	338	308	55	267	43	494	19	15	35	3219	98	1.276	8.3	0.6	3.2	5.8	1.85
OAK (2 yrs)				10	15	.400	4.69	60	25	14	0	0	0	201.2	207	116	105	18	106	11	104	6	2	7	903	84	1.552	9.2	0.8	4.7	4.6	0.98

NL (7 yrs)			NL	47	38	.553	3.64	177	110	15	11	6	1	762.0	705	338	308	55	267	43	494	19	15	35	3219	98	1.276	8.3	0.6	3.2	5.8	1.85
AL (2 yrs)			AL	10	15	.400	4.69	60	25	14	0	0	0	201.2	207	116	105	18	106	11	104	6	2	7	903	84	1.552	9.2	0.8	4.7	4.6	0.98

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1986	25	SFG	NL	88.1	14	29	43	4	1.1	14	1.7	$60,000
1987	26	SFG	NL	186.0	28	83	102	2	1.1	19	2.2	$75,000
1988	27	SFG	NL	168.0	26	67	80	2	.9	13	1.5	$160,000
1989	28	SFG	NL	82.2	15	47	37	2	1.0	-10	-1.2	$315,000
1990	29	SFG	NL	63.0	9	26	34	-1	1.1	8	0.9	$425,000
1991	30	SFG	NL	111.2	11	59	56	1	.9	-3	-0.6	$525,000
1992	31	SFG	NL	62.1	7	27	30	0	.7	3	0.2	$925,000
1992	31	OAK	AL	82.0	13	36	44	1	1.1	8	0.9	$
1993	32	OAK	AL	119.2	12	80	74	-3	.9	-6	-0.9	$675,000
8 Seasons				963.2	135	454	500	8	1.0	46	4.7	$3,160,000

SFG (7 yrs)				762.0	110	338	382	10	1.0	44	4.7	$2,485,000
OAK (2 yrs)				201.2	25	116	118	-2	1.0	2	0.0	$675,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1987	26	SFG	NL	NLCS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

1989	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	W	CHC	1	0	1.000	3.12	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	3	3	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	37	1.615	8.3	0.0	6.2	6.2	1.00
1989	28	SFG	NL	WS	L	OAK	0	0		7.71	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	18	1.071	5.8	3.9	3.9	7.7	2.00

1992	31	OAK	AL	ALCS	L	TOR	0	1	.000	3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
3 Seasons (4 Series)							1	1	.500	4.24	8	0	1	0	0	0	17.0	15	10	8	2	9	1	10	0	0	0	72	1.412	7.9	1.1	4.8	5.3	1.11
2 NLCS							1	0	1.000	2.70	3	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	9	3	3	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	42	1.500	8.1	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1 ALCS							0	1	.000	3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		7.71	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	18	1.071	5.8	3.9	3.9	7.7	2.00

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1980	19	PHI-min	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		SPB · SALL
1981	20	PHI-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	PNS · CARL
1982	21	PHI-min	AAA	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1983	22	PHI-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	POR · PCL
1984	23	PHI-min	AAA	30	32	31	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.097	.097	.097	.194		3		0	1	0	0	POR · PCL
1985	24	SFG-min	AAA	37	31	26	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.192	.241	.192	.434		5		0	2	1	0	PHX · PCL
1986	25	SFG-min	AAA	18	19	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.056	.105	.056	.161		1		0	0	0	0	PHX · PCL
1986	25	SFG	NL	15	30	29	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	.172	.200	.172	.372	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	26	SFG	NL	41	65	56	1	8	1	0	0	6	0	1	1	23	.143	.155	.161	.316	-14	9	0	0	7	1	0	1
1988	27	SFG	NL	27	61	54	7	9	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	17	.167	.211	.241	.451	32	13	1	0	4	0	0	1
1989	28	SFG-min	AAA,A	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400		1		0	0	0	0	PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1989	28	SFG	NL	18	25	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.091	.091	.091	.182	-47	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1990	29	SFG-min	AAA,A+	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	1	0	PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1990	29	SFG	NL	13	18	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	3	1	0	1
1991	30	SFG	NL	45	26	23	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.087	.125	.087	.212	-38	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1992	31	TOT	MLB	37	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1992	31	SFG	NL	19	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1992	31	OAK	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	32	OAK	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	33	MIN-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SLK · PCL
8 Seasons				238	241	211	14	26	3	1	0	11	0	2	7	76	.123	.150	.147	.297	-15	31	1	0	21	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	164	144	10	18	2	1	0	7	0	1	5	52	.123	.150	.147	.297	-15	21	1	0	14	1	0

SFG (7 yrs)				178	241	211	14	26	3	1	0	11	0	2	7	76	.123	.150	.147	.297	-15	31	1	0	21	2	0
OAK (2 yrs)				60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				178	241	211	14	26	3	1	0	11	0	2	7	76	.123	.150	.147	.297	-15	31	1	0	21	2	0
AL (2 yrs)				60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1986	25	SFG	NL	30	-4	-1	0	3	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$60,000	1
1987	26	SFG	NL	65	-9	0	-1	7	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$75,000	1
1988	27	SFG	NL	61	-5	1	0	5	2	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$160,000	1
1989	28	SFG	NL	25	-4	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$315,000	1
1990	29	SFG	NL	18	-3	-1	0	1	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$425,000	1
1991	30	SFG	NL	26	-4	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$525,000	1
1992	31	SFG	NL	16	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$925,000	1
7 Seasons				241	-32	-1	-1	21	7	-6	-1.1	-6	-0.6	-0.5	$2,485,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1987	26	SFG	NL	NLCS	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1989	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1989	28	SFG	NL	WS	OAK	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2 NLCS							3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1986	SFG	NL	25	P	14	14	1	88.1	20	6	13	1	0	.950	1.94	1.36	.955	1.94	1.94	7	1	13%	1
1987	SFG	NL	26	P	41	28	4	186.0	24	11	10	3	0	.875	1.02	0.51	.955	1.91	1.90	18	9	33%	0
1988	SFG	NL	27	P	27	26	6	168.0	38	15	22	1	2	.974	1.98	1.37	.955	1.96	1.96	7	3	30%	0
1989	SFG	NL	28	P	18	15	0	82.2	16	7	8	1	1	.938	1.63	0.83	.947	1.87	1.87	1	4	80%	0
1990	SFG	NL	29	P	13	9	0	63.0	19	6	12	1	0	.947	2.57	1.38	.957	1.80	1.79	11	1	8%	0
1991	SFG	NL	30	P	45	11	0	111.2	29	9	19	1	1	.966	2.26	0.62	.955	1.86	1.85	15	4	21%	0
1992	TOT	MLB	31	P	37	20	0	144.1	21	9	11	1	0	.952	1.25	0.54	.953	1.81	1.83	17	8	32%	0
1992	SFG	NL	31	P	19	7	0	62.1	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	1.01	0.37	.954	1.93	1.94	5	4	44%	0
1992	OAK	AL	31	P	18	13	0	82.0	14	5	8	1	0	.929	1.43	0.72	.953	1.72	1.71	12	4	25%	0
1993	OAK	AL	32	P	42	12	0	119.2	13	3	10	0	2	1.000	0.98	0.31	.953	1.79	1.78	13	4	24%	0
	8 Seasons			P	237	135	11	963.2	180	66	105	9	6	.950	1.60	0.72	.954	1.88	1.86	89	34	28%	1
	8 Seasons			TOT	237	135	11	963.2	180	66	105	9	6	.950	1.60	0.72	.954	1.88	1.86	89	34	28%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1987 NL 6.629 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1987 NL 3 (3rd) 1988 NL 3 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1987 NL 0.677 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1987 NL 12 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL 6.629 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 NL 3 (3rd)
1988 NL 3 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL 0.677 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1987 NL 12 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 26th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed August 24, 1979.
August 20, 1984: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with George Riley to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later and Al Oliver. The San Francisco Giants sent Renie Martin (August 30, 1984) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
June 22, 1992: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
June 30, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 9, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1986	25	San Francisco Giants	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	26	San Francisco Giants	$75,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	27	San Francisco Giants	$160,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	28	San Francisco Giants	$315,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	29	San Francisco Giants	$425,000	USA Today
1991	30	San Francisco Giants	$525,000	USA Today survey
1992	31	San Francisco Giants	$925,000	4/2/92 USA Today	Plus $77,144 bonus from OAK - 11/4/92 Toronto Sun
1993	32	Oakland Athletics	$675,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,160,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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