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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-16 / in Starts: 12-15
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 108 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	85 (39-26-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 108 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (32-22-11)

Most Driven In
C Lansford	7
D Thon	4
J Thompson	3
D Ford	3
R Carew	2
Self	2
D Baylor	1
J Harris	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
R Miller	1
J Rudi	1
B Grich	1
L Harlow	0

1980 Batting Game Log

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1980 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	735	1	Apr 11	CAL		CLE	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	6	.59	0.009	.74	0.01%	0.24	C
2	736	2	Apr 12	CAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	6	1.15	-0.030	1.54	-0.02%	-0.16	C
3	737	4 (1)	Apr 14	CAL		MIN	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	6	1.94	-0.337	3.03	-0.32%	-1.79	C
4	738	5	Apr 15	CAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.385	.697	6	.85	0.150	1.14	0.12%	1.52	C
5	739	6	Apr 16	CAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.263	.313	.576	6	2.73	-0.097	4.18	-0.09%	-1.18	C
6	740	7	Apr 18	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.217	.250	.467	6	.63	-0.067	.98	-0.06%	-0.82	C
7	741	8	Apr 19	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.208	.238	.446	9	1.61	-0.036	2.38	-0.03%	-0.34	PH C
8	742	9	Apr 20 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.080	.179	.200	.379	6	.75	-0.091	1.05	-0.08%	-1.81	C
9	743	10	Apr 20 (2)	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.172	.192	.365	7	.64	-0.016	.79	-0.01%	-0.15	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	744	129 (118)	Sep 1	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.242	.276	.518	6	1.17	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.31	C
11	745	131 (1)	Sep 3	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.270	.303	.573	6	.67	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
12	746	132	Sep 4	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.268	.324	.593	6	1.44	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.02	C
13	747	134 (1)	Sep 6	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.184	.273	.316	.589	5	1.02	-0.014	.00	0.00%	0.03	DH
14	748	135	Sep 7	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.255	.293	.548	4	1.11	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.82	DH
15	749	136	Sep 8	CAL		KCR	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.182	.255	.364	.619	5	.56	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.80	DH
16	750	137	Sep 9	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.259	.362	.621	5	.42	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.06	DH
17	751	138	Sep 10	CAL		KCR	W,8-3	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.273	.362	.634	5	.40	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
18	752	141 (2)	Sep 13	CAL		TEX	W,10-1	GS-6	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.288	.360	.648	6	.86	0.171	.00	0.00%	1.47	C
19	753	143 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.290	.346	.636	6	.59	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.02	C
20	754	144	Sep 17 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.318	.382	.700	5	1.82	0.437	.00	0.00%	3.53	DH
21	755	146 (1)	Sep 19	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.310	.367	.677	5	1.01	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.23	DH
22	756	147	Sep 20	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.215	.303	.354	.656	6	1.82	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.16	C
23	757	149 (1)	Sep 22	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-3	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.308	.358	.666	4	1.64	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
24	758	150	Sep 23	CAL	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.317	.380	.697	5	.74	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.09	DH
25	759	154 (3)	Sep 28	CAL		CHW	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.314	.373	.687	5	.60	0.014	.00	0.00%	-1.05	DH
26	760	155	Sep 29	CAL		MIL	W,6-2	GS-7	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.333	.405	.738	6	1.17	0.206	.00	0.00%	2.83	C
27	761	156	Sep 30	CAL		MIL	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.330	.390	.720	5	1.24	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.62	DH
28	762	157	Oct 1	CAL		MIL	L,7-10	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.343	.414	.757	5	1.95	0.185	.00	0.00%	1.63	DH
29	763	158	Oct 3	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.359	.416	.775	4	1.16	0.100	.00	0.00%	0.84	DH
30	764	160 (1)	Oct 5	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.364	.419	.784	4	.76	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.99	DH
							14-16		108	93	5	27	6	0	2	25	12	1	12	0	1	2	0	5	0	2	.290	.364	.419	.784		1.14	0.433	.49	-0.48%	5.50

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