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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
3	5	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
4	6	Apr 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
5	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (7)	May 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
7	16	May 7	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	GS	33	7.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
8	17	May 8	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	19 (1)	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	21 (1)	May 13	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	22	May 14	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	24 (1)	May 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	26 (1)	May 18	CHW		CAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	27	May 19	CHW		MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	28	May 20	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
16	29	May 21	CHW		OAK	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	31 (1)	May 23 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	32	May 23 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	33	May 24	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
20	34	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	35	May 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	37 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-11	GS	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	38	May 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
24	39	May 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	41 (1)	Jun 1	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	GF	38	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	PH C
26	44 (2)	Jun 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	46 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	47	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
29	48	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	50 (1)	Jun 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	12.2	7	2	0	9	0	C
31	52 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	53	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
33	54	Jun 15	CHW		BAL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
34	55	Jun 16	CHW		BAL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	56	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	57	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	58	14.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
38	60 (1)	Jun 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	62 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
40	64 (1)	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	65	Jun 25 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	68 (2)	Jun 27	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	70 (1)	Jun 30	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	71	Jul 1	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	73 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		TEX	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,7-6	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
47	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
48	76	Jul 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	77	Jul 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	82 (4)	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	83	Jul 15	CHW		MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
52	84	Jul 16	CHW		MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
53	85	Jul 17	CHW		MIL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	87 (1)	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
55	88	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	L,9-14	CG	50	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
56	89	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	92 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	93	Jul 23	CHW		MIN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	95 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,8-13	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	96	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	97	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	115 (17)	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	116	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	117	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
65	119 (1)	Aug 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	120	Aug 19	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	121	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	126 (4)	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	127	Aug 25	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	128	Aug 27	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
71	129	Aug 28	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	131	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	132	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	GS	30	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	134	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	135	Sep 5	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-18	GS	34	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
78	136	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	139 (2)	Sep 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
80	140	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
81	141	Sep 11	CHW		CAL	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	142	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
83	144 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
84	147 (2)	Sep 15	CHW		TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
85	148	Sep 16	CHW		TEX	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
86	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
87	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
88	154 (3)	Sep 23	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	155	Sep 24	CHW		OAK	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
90	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
91	157	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
92	158	Sep 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
93	160 (1)	Oct 2	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
							93gm		721.2	450	38	6	494	4