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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	CAL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	CAL	@	SEA	L,6-14	GS	39	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	CAL	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 10	CAL		MIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	6	Apr 11	CAL		MIN	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
7	7	Apr 12	CAL		MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
8	8	Apr 13	CAL	@	OAK	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	9	Apr 14	CAL	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 15	CAL	@	OAK	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
12	12	Apr 18	CAL	@	MIN	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
13	13	Apr 19	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	14	Apr 20	CAL		OAK	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
15	15	Apr 21	CAL		OAK	W,13-1	GS	28	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
16	16	Apr 22	CAL		OAK	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
17	17	Apr 24	CAL		BAL	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	18	Apr 25	CAL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
19	19	Apr 26	CAL		BAL	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
20	20	Apr 27	CAL		BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
21	21	Apr 28	CAL		BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	22	Apr 29	CAL		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	23	Apr 30	CAL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	CAL		NYY	L,8-12	CG	51	11.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
25	26 (1)	May 5	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	28 (1)	May 7	CAL	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	29	May 8	CAL	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	30	May 9	CAL	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	41	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	31	May 10	CAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	32	May 11	CAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	33	May 12	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
32	34	May 13	CAL	@	NYY	L,10-12	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	37 (2)	May 17	CAL		MIL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	38	May 18	CAL		CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
35	39	May 19	CAL		CHW	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	41 (1)	May 22	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-7	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	45 (3)	May 26	CAL	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	46	May 27 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	48 (1)	May 29	CAL	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	49	May 30	CAL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
41	50	May 31	CAL	@	SEA	L,10-12	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	51	Jun 1	CAL		CLE	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
43	52	Jun 2	CAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	53	Jun 3	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
45	54	Jun 4	CAL		TOR	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
46	57 (2)	Jun 8	CAL		DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	58	Jun 9	CAL		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
48	59	Jun 10	CAL		DET	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	74 (14)	Jun 24	CAL		KCR	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
50	75	Jun 26	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	76	Jun 27	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	77	Jun 28	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-14	GS	29	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	78	Jun 29	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
54	79	Jun 30	CAL	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	80	Jul 1	CAL	@	KCR	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
56	81	Jul 2	CAL		OAK	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	82	Jul 3	CAL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	83	Jul 4	CAL		OAK	W,17-6	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	84	Jul 5	CAL		OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	85	Jul 6	CAL		BAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	86	Jul 7	CAL		BAL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
62	88 (1)	Jul 9	CAL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
63	89	Jul 10	CAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	90	Jul 11	CAL		BOS	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
65	91	Jul 13	CAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
66	92	Jul 14	CAL		NYY	W,8-7	CG	52	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	94 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CAL	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	96 (1)	Jul 20	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	97	Jul 21	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
70	98	Jul 22	CAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	99	Jul 23	CAL	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	100	Jul 24	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	101	Jul 25	CAL	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
74	102	Jul 26	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
75	103	Jul 27	CAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
76	104	Jul 28	CAL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	105	Jul 29	CAL		MIN	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	106	Jul 30	CAL		SEA	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
79	107	Jul 31	CAL		SEA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	108	Aug 1	CAL		SEA	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
81	109	Aug 3	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	110	Aug 4	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	111	Aug 5 (1)	CAL	@	MIN	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	112	Aug 5 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
85	113	Aug 6	CAL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
86	114	Aug 7	CAL	@	OAK	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	115	Aug 8	CAL	@	OAK	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
88	116	Aug 10	CAL		SEA	L,6-8	CG	61	14.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
89	117	Aug 11	CAL		SEA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
90	118	Aug 12	CAL		SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	119	Aug 13	CAL		DET	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
92	122 (2)	Aug 17	CAL		TOR	L,5-6	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	123	Aug 18	CAL		TOR	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	124	Aug 19	CAL		TOR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	127 (2)	Aug 22	CAL		CLE	L,3-13	GS	34	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
96	128	Aug 24	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	129	Aug 25	CAL	@	TOR	W,24-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	130	Aug 26	CAL	@	TOR	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
99	131	Aug 27	CAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
100	132	Aug 28	CAL	@	DET	L,2-12	GS	39	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	133	Aug 29	CAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
102	134	Aug 30	CAL	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
103	135	Aug 31	CAL	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	136	Sep 1	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	137	Sep 2	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
106	138	Sep 3	CAL		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
107	139	Sep 4	CAL		CHW	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
108	140	Sep 5	CAL		CHW	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	141	Sep 6	CAL		CHW	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
110	142	Sep 7	CAL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
111	143	Sep 8	CAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	144	Sep 9	CAL		MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	145	Sep 11	CAL	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	146	Sep 12	CAL	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	147	Sep 14	CAL	@	MIL	W,8-7	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
116	148	Sep 15	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	1	1	13	1	C
117	149	Sep 16	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
118	150	Sep 17	CAL	@	KCR	L,4-16	GS	42	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
119	151	Sep 18	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
120	152	Sep 19	CAL	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
121	153	Sep 20	CAL	@	KCR	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
122	154	Sep 21	CAL		TEX	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
123	155	Sep 22	CAL		TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	156	Sep 23	CAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
125	157	Sep 24	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
126	158	Sep 25	CAL		KCR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	159	Sep 26	CAL		KCR	L,0-4	GS	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
128	160	Sep 28	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	162 (1)	Sep 30	CAL	@	TEX	W,11-5	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							129gm		1091.2	669	35	11	715	5