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	33-36 / in Starts: 27-28
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 12 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 214 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	140 (71-43-26)
Avg. MLBer w/ 214 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	130 (64-43-22)

Most Driven In
J Spencer	4
Self	4
C Lemon	3
E Soderholm	3
W Nordhagen	2
J Brohamer	2
D Kessinger	1
R Stillman	1

Most Driven In By
J Orta	6
Self	4
A Bannister	4
R Garr	3
L Johnson	2
R Zisk	2
W Nordhagen	2
C Lemon	2

1977 Batting Game Log

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1977 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	385	1	Apr 7	CHW	@	TOR	L,5-9	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.800	.750	1.550	9	1.34	-0.011	1.62	-0.01%	0.05	C
2	386	2	Apr 9	CHW	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.71	-0.013	.79	-0.01%	-0.10	C
3	387	3	Apr 10	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.583	.444	1.028	9	1.02	-0.002	1.17	0.00%	-0.17	C
4	388	12 (8)	Apr 23	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.538	.400	.938	9	1.73	-0.044	3.45	-0.05%	-0.23	PH
5	389	14 (1)	Apr 24 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.529	.385	.914	9	.28	-0.026	.56	-0.03%	0.11	C
6	390	16 (1)	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.529	.385	.914	9						C
7	391	18 (1)	Apr 30	CHW		TEX	L,4-14	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.524	.333	.857	9	.93	-0.012	1.63	-0.01%	0.07	C
May		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
8	392	23 (4)	May 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.500	.294	.794	7	.65	-0.007	1.30	-0.01%	-0.01	LF
9	393	25 (1)	May 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.300	.481	.300	.781	9	1.39	0.045	2.32	0.04%	0.58	C
10	394	29 (3)	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.464	.286	.750	9	2.03	-0.051	4.39	-0.07%	-0.78	C
11	395	31 (1)	May 14	CHW		CLE	W,18-2	CG	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.485	.292	.777	9	.14	0.036	.28	0.04%	1.57	C
12	396	36 (4)	May 21	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.486	.280	.766	9	1.06	-0.010	2.11	-0.01%	-0.12	C
13	397	37	May 22	CHW		DET	L,3-14	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.462	.276	.737	9	.18	0.003	.36	0.00%	-0.38	C
14	398	39 (1)	May 26	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.419	.250	.669	9	1.03	-0.048	1.73	-0.05%	-0.71	C
15	399	40	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.419	.250	.669	9						C
16	400	42 (1)	May 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.391	.229	.620	9	.81	-0.061	1.56	-0.07%	-0.56	C
17	401	44 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHW		MIL	W,8-3	GS-6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.408	.222	.630	9	1.15	0.043	1.88	0.04%	0.36	C
Jun		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
18	402	48 (3)	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.400	.216	.616	1	1.20	-0.030	2.33	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
19	403	51 (2)	Jun 7	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.392	.211	.603	9	1.80	-0.045	5.90	-0.09%	-0.16	C
20	404	53 (1)	Jun 9	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.392	.211	.603	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR C
21	405	54	Jun 10	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.400	.200	.600	8	.76	0.035	1.58	0.04%	0.13	C
22	406	56 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.397	.190	.587	8	1.67	-0.073	3.33	-0.09%	-0.54	C
23	407	62 (5)	Jun 19 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.393	.222	.616	9	.58	0.056	1.37	0.08%	0.69	C
24	408	65 (2)	Jun 22	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.391	.229	.620	8	.39	-0.001	1.12	0.00%	0.52	DH
25	409	66	Jun 23	CHW		CAL	L,6-10	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.406	.250	.656	9	.77	0.025	2.21	0.04%	0.66	C
26	410	69 (2)	Jun 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,12-19	CG	5	4	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.446	.339	.785	7	.59	0.100	2.08	0.21%	2.57	LF
Jul		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
27	411	75 (5)	Jul 3 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,6-0	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.449	.356	.805	9	.71	0.085	2.70	0.19%	1.18	C
28	412	79 (3)	Jul 6	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.451	.344	.795	9	.80	-0.005	2.28	-0.01%	-0.03	C
29	413	82 (2)	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.442	.338	.780	9	1.92	-0.104	5.43	-0.18%	-0.89	C
30	414	83	Jul 11	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.433	.333	.767	8	.57	0.032	2.28	0.08%	0.16	RF
31	415	86 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		TOR	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.430	.333	.763	9	1.08	-0.034	3.13	-0.06%	-0.28	C
32	416	88 (1)	Jul 15	CHW		BOS	W,9-7	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.443	.347	.790	9	.83	0.131	2.36	0.22%	2.06	C
33	417	90 (1)	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.430	.338	.768	9	1.43	-0.047	4.16	-0.08%	-0.67	C
34	418	91	Jul 22	CHW	@	TOR	W,10-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.433	.375	.808	9	.44	-0.019	1.29	-0.03%	1.34	C
35	419	94 (2)	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.438	.420	.858	9	1.92	0.366	5.52	0.63%	1.00	C
36	420	95	Jul 26	CHW		DET	W,8-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.430	.410	.840	9	.53	-0.035	1.56	-0.06%	-0.68	C
37	421	96	Jul 27	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.423	.402	.826	9	1.17	-0.029	3.21	-0.05%	-0.10	C
38	422	97	Jul 29	CHW		KCR	W,11-8	7-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.295	.425	.409	.834	9	2.13	-0.008	9.45	-0.02%	0.57	PH C
39	423	98	Jul 30	CHW		KCR	W,6-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.436	.411	.847	9	1.34	0.053	5.69	0.14%	0.52	C
40	424	99	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.436	.411	.847	9	3.18	-0.013	12.75	-0.03%	-0.21	C
41	425	100	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.430	.436	.866	8	.61	-0.060	2.15	-0.13%	1.23	C
Aug		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
42	426	101	Aug 1	CHW		TEX	L,6-11	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.424	.423	.847	9	.86	-0.064	2.97	-0.13%	-0.64	C
43	427	102	Aug 2	CHW		TEX	L,8-9	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.429	.429	.857	8	1.83	0.052	6.92	0.12%	0.13	PH
44	428	103	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,10-12	9-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.425	.424	.849	9	2.93	-0.027	11.86	-0.07%	-0.21	C
45	429	109 (5)	Aug 9	CHW		SEA	W,13-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.419	.416	.834	5	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.74	PH
46	430	110	Aug 10	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.409	.404	.813	9	.39	-0.029	1.40	-0.06%	-0.51	C
47	431	116 (5)	Aug 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.416	.402	.818	9	1.23	0.045	3.96	0.09%	0.02	C
48	432	117	Aug 19	CHW	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.411	.396	.808	9	.62	0.017	1.79	0.03%	0.06	C
49	433	118	Aug 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.274	.403	.389	.792	9	1.41	-0.084	4.64	-0.17%	-0.61	C
50	434	120 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.405	.419	.824	9	1.78	0.396	5.36	0.72%	2.66	C
51	435	121	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.397	.408	.806	9	1.57	-0.128	4.85	-0.24%	-0.73	C
52	436	122	Aug 23	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.396	.415	.811	9	1.85	-0.004	5.88	-0.01%	0.26	C
53	437	124 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.392	.409	.802	9	.98	-0.032	2.30	-0.05%	-0.22	C
54	438	125	Aug 26	CHW		MIL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.285	.398	.431	.828	9	.43	0.060	1.09	0.09%	0.86	C
55	439	126	Aug 27	CHW		MIL	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.406	.444	.850	9	1.48	0.214	3.90	0.34%	1.64	C
56	440	128 (1)	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.405	.437	.842	9	.37	0.016	1.01	0.03%	0.07	C
57	441	129	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.292	.409	.438	.847	9	.60	0.114	1.46	0.17%	1.29	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
58	442	130	Sep 2	CHW		BAL	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.288	.408	.432	.840	9	1.13	-0.070	3.42	-0.13%	-1.48	C
59	443	131	Sep 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.404	.423	.827	9	.81	0.009	1.76	0.01%	-0.43	C
60	444	132	Sep 4	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.404	.423	.827	9						C
61	445	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.403	.417	.820	9	1.18	0.000	2.07	0.00%	-0.15	C
62	446	138 (4)	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.402	.415	.817	9	.52	-0.013	.57	-0.01%	-0.33	C
63	447	140 (1)	Sep 10	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.396	.407	.802	9	.83	-0.067	.51	-0.03%	-0.85	C
64	448	142 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.392	.401	.793	9	.74	-0.028	.30	-0.01%	-0.60	C
65	449	149 (6)	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.394	.404	.798	9	.60	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.45	C
66	450	151 (1)	Sep 19	CHW		OAK	W,8-0	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.401	.405	.806	9	.59	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.53	C
67	451	154 (2)	Sep 22	CHW	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.403	.407	.810	9	1.55	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.69	C
68	452	157 (2)	Sep 25	CHW	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.400	.400	.800	9	1.46	0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
69	453	160 (2)	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SEA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.402	.402	.804	9	1.36	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
							33-36		214	169	28	48	4	2	4	25	34	0	21	2	5	4	3	3	1	2	.284	.402	.402	.804		.97	0.835	2.27	1.30%	9.78

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