Brian Downing

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: October 9, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA us

High School: Magnolia HS (Anaheim, CA)

School: Cypress College (Cypress, CA)

Debut: May 31, 1973 (Age 22-234d, 13,356th in major league history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1992 (Age 41-361d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Brian Jay Downing

Nicknames: The Incredible Hulk

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.5

7853

2099

275

.267

1188

RBI

1073

OBP

.370

SLG

.425

OPS

.796

OPS+

122

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 9	CAL		OAK	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	5 (1)	Apr 11	CAL		MIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
3	8 (2)	Apr 14	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	9	Apr 16	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	C
5	12 (2)	Apr 19	CAL	@	SEA	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
6	13	Apr 21	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	15 (1)	Apr 24	CAL		SEA	L,5-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	16	Apr 25	CAL		SEA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	17	Apr 26	CAL		SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	19 (1)	Apr 28	CAL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	21 (1)	Apr 30	CAL		TOR	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	25 (3)	May 6	CAL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	26	May 7	CAL		CLE	W,16-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	29 (2)	May 13	CAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	31 (1)	May 15	CAL	@	TOR	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	32	May 16	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	34 (1)	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
18	39 (4)	May 24	CAL		CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	41 (1)	May 26	CAL		MIL	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
20	44 (2)	May 29	CAL	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	48 (3)	Jun 3	CAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	49	Jun 4	CAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	50	Jun 5	CAL		BAL	L,2-6	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	51	Jun 6	CAL		BAL	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
25	52	Jun 7 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	53	Jun 7 (2)	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
27	54	Jun 8	CAL	@	OAK	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
28	55	Jun 9	CAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	56	Jun 10	CAL		NYY	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	57	Jun 11	CAL		NYY	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
31	58	Jun 12	CAL	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	59	Jun 13	CAL	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	60	Jun 14	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	61	Jun 15	CAL	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	62	Jun 16	CAL	@	NYY	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	63	Jun 17	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	65 (1)	Jun 20	CAL	@	MIN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	66	Jun 21	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	67	Jun 22	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
40	68	Jun 23 (1)	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	69	Jun 23 (2)	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
42	70	Jun 24	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	71	Jun 25	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
44	72	Jun 26	CAL		KCR	L,0-4	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
45	73	Jun 27	CAL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	74	Jun 28	CAL		KCR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
47	75	Jun 29	CAL		KCR	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	76	Jun 30	CAL		TEX	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	77	Jul 1	CAL		TEX	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
50	78	Jul 2	CAL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
51	79	Jul 3	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	80	Jul 4	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	81	Jul 5	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
54	82	Jul 6	CAL	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	83	Jul 7	CAL		SEA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
56	84	Jul 8 (1)	CAL		SEA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	86 (1)	Jul 9	CAL		SEA	L,7-11	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	87	Jul 13	CAL		TOR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	88	Jul 14	CAL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
60	89	Jul 15	CAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	90	Jul 16	CAL		DET	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
62	91	Jul 17	CAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	92	Jul 18	CAL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
64	93	Jul 19	CAL		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
65	94	Jul 21 (1)	CAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
66	96 (1)	Jul 22	CAL	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	97	Jul 23 (1)	CAL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	98	Jul 23 (2)	CAL	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	99	Jul 24	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	66	16.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
70	100	Jul 25	CAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	101	Jul 26	CAL	@	MIL	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	102	Jul 27	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	103	Jul 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	104	Jul 29	CAL	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	105	Jul 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	106	Jul 31	CAL		OAK	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	107	Aug 1	CAL		OAK	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
78	108	Aug 2	CAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
79	109	Aug 3	CAL		OAK	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	110	Aug 4	CAL		MIN	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
81	111	Aug 5 (1)	CAL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
82	112	Aug 5 (2)	CAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
83	113	Aug 6	CAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
84	114	Aug 7	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
85	115	Aug 8	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
86	116	Aug 10	CAL	@	OAK	W,16-5	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	117	Aug 11	CAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
88	118	Aug 12 (1)	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
89	120 (1)	Aug 13	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	121	Aug 15	CAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
91	122	Aug 16	CAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
92	123	Aug 17	CAL		BOS	L,6-8	GS	21	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	124	Aug 18	CAL		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	125	Aug 19	CAL		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	126	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,1-0	CG	46	14.0	16	1	0	17	0	C
96	127	Aug 22	CAL		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
97	128	Aug 23	CAL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	129	Aug 25	CAL	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	130	Aug 26	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	131	Aug 27	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	54	11.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
101	132	Aug 28	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	133	Aug 29	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	134	Sep 1	CAL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
104	136 (1)	Sep 3	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	28	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	137	Sep 4	CAL		TEX	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
106	138	Sep 6 (1)	CAL		TEX	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	140 (1)	Sep 7	CAL		TEX	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
108	141	Sep 8	CAL		KCR	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
109	142	Sep 9 (1)	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	143	Sep 9 (2)	CAL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
111	145 (1)	Sep 11	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
112	146	Sep 12	CAL	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
113	147	Sep 13	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	36	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
114	148	Sep 14	CAL	@	TEX	W,16-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
115	149	Sep 15	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	6	3	0	9	0	C
116	150	Sep 16	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
117	151	Sep 17	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	152	Sep 18	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	46	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
119	153	Sep 19	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
120	154	Sep 22	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
121	155	Sep 23	CAL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
122	156	Sep 24	CAL	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	157	Sep 26	CAL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	158	Sep 27	CAL		MIL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
125	159	Sep 28	CAL		CHW	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
126	160	Sep 29	CAL		CHW	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
127	161	Sep 30	CAL		CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
128	162	Oct 1	CAL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
							128gm		1072.0	681	82	5	768	6