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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 7	CHW		CAL	T,4-4	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	5 (1)	Apr 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
3	7 (1)	Apr 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-15	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
4	9 (1)	Apr 14	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	10	Apr 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	17	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
6	12 (1)	Apr 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	13	Apr 19	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
8	15 (1)	Apr 21	CHW		KCR	W,11-7	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	17 (1)	Apr 24	CHW		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	19 (1)	Apr 27	CHW		DET	L,3-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	29 (9)	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	35 (5)	May 18	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
13	36	May 19	CHW		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	38 (1)	May 22 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	40 (1)	May 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF C
16	41	May 25	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
17	44 (2)	May 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
18	45	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	47 (1)	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	49 (1)	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	GF	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
21	51 (1)	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,8-6	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
22	52	Jun 8	CHW		BOS	W,13-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
23	53	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	54	Jun 11	CHW		CLE	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	56 (1)	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	57	Jun 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	41	10.2	7	1	0	8	0	RF C
27	61 (3)	Jun 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,15-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
28	63 (1)	Jun 21	CHW	@	MIN	W,11-7	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	64	Jun 22	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	66 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	69 (2)	Jun 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	49	11.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
32	71 (1)	Jun 28	CHW		MIN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	73 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
34	74	Jun 30 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	75	Jul 1	CHW		KCR	L,0-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
36	77 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		KCR	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	81 (3)	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	82	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	83	Jul 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
40	84	Jul 9	CHW	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	86 (1)	Jul 11	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	88 (1)	Jul 13	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	89	Jul 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	91 (1)	Jul 16	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
45	92	Jul 17	CHW		DET	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	94 (1)	Jul 20	CHW		MIL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	96 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	98 (1)	Jul 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,6-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
49	99	Jul 27	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	100	Jul 28 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	101	Jul 28 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
52	102	Jul 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,9-11	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	105 (2)	Aug 1	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
54	106	Aug 2	CHW		OAK	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	RF C
55	107	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,5-12	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
56	108	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	109	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
58	110	Aug 5	CHW		TEX	L,8-13	CG	48	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
59	111	Aug 6	CHW		CAL	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
60	112	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
61	113	Aug 8	CHW		CAL	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
62	114	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
63	115	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	116	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	117	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	118	Aug 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	119	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	120	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	58	12.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	122 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	25	6.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	123	Aug 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	124	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF C
72	126 (1)	Aug 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	127	Aug 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	130 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	133 (2)	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	134	Aug 30	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	136 (1)	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
78	137	Sep 2	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	138	Sep 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	139	Sep 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	140	Sep 5	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	141	Sep 6	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	142	Sep 7	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
84	143	Sep 8	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	144	Sep 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	145	Sep 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	66	14.1	12	0	0	12	0	C
87	146	Sep 11	CHW		TEX	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
88	147	Sep 12	CHW		TEX	T,2-2	CG	24	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
89	149 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	150	Sep 14	CHW		CAL	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
91	151	Sep 15	CHW		CAL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	152	Sep 17	CHW		MIN	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
93	153	Sep 18	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	154	Sep 20	CHW		OAK	W,2-0	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
95	156 (1)	Sep 22	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	159 (2)	Sep 27	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
98	161	Sep 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							102gm		716.1	337	30	2	369	5