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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CAL	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	CAL	@	SEA	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-4	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 13	CAL		OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	6	Apr 14	CAL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
6	7	Apr 15	CAL		OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	11 (3)	Apr 20	CAL		SEA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	12	Apr 21	CAL		SEA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	15 (2)	Apr 25	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
10	17 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	21 (3)	Apr 30	CAL		MIL	L,1-12	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	24 (2)	May 3	CAL		MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	26 (1)	May 5	CAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
14	27	May 6	CAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	28	May 7	CAL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
16	29	May 8	CAL		DET	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	30	May 9	CAL		DET	W,15-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	31	May 10	CAL		DET	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	32	May 12	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	33	May 13	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	34	May 14	CAL	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	35	May 15	CAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	36	May 16	CAL	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF C
24	37	May 17	CAL	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	38	May 18	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	39	May 19	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	40	May 20	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	41	May 21	CAL	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	42	May 22	CAL		CHW	L,5-9	GS	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C LF
30	43	May 23	CAL		CHW	L,4-15	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	44	May 24	CAL		CHW	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
32	45	May 25	CAL		TOR	W,2-1	GS	26	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	46	May 26	CAL		TOR	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	47	May 27	CAL		TOR	L,1-3	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	50 (2)	May 31 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	52 (1)	Jun 2	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	53	Jun 3	CAL	@	TOR	W,17-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	54	Jun 5	CAL		BAL	L,4-6	GS	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C LF
39	55	Jun 6	CAL		BAL	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	56	Jun 7	CAL		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	57	Jun 8	CAL		CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	58	Jun 9	CAL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
43	59	Jun 10	CAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	61 (1)	Aug 10	CAL	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF C
45	62	Aug 11	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	63	Aug 12	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	37	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	64	Aug 14	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	38	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	65	Aug 15	CAL	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS	59	12.1	6	1	0	7	0	LF C
49	66	Aug 16	CAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	67	Aug 18	CAL		BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	68	Aug 19	CAL		BAL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	69	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	70	Aug 21	CAL		CLE	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	71	Aug 22	CAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
55	72	Aug 23	CAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	73	Aug 24	CAL		BOS	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	74	Aug 25	CAL		BOS	W,8-7	GS	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF C
58	75	Aug 27	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
59	76	Aug 28	CAL	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	77	Aug 29	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	79 (1)	Aug 31	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	80	Sep 1	CAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	81	Sep 2	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	82	Sep 4	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	18	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	84 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	85	Sep 6	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	86	Sep 7	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	87	Sep 8	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
69	88	Sep 9	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	89	Sep 11	CAL		TEX	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	90	Sep 12	CAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	91	Sep 13	CAL		TEX	W,8-7	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	93 (1)	Sep 15	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	94	Sep 16	CAL		KCR	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	96 (1)	Sep 19	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	97	Sep 20	CAL	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	98	Sep 21	CAL		CHW	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	99	Sep 22	CAL		CHW	W,1-0	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	100	Sep 23	CAL		CHW	W,7-3	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	101	Sep 24	CAL		CHW	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	102	Sep 25	CAL		TOR	W,11-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	105 (2)	Sep 28	CAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	106	Sep 29	CAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	107	Sep 30	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	108	Oct 2	CAL	@	TEX	L,6-8	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	109	Oct 3	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	GF	26	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
87	110	Oct 4	CAL	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
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