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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
3	3	Apr 10	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-9	GS	38	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
6	6	Apr 13 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-5	CG	52	12.0	11	2	0	13	1	C
7	7	Apr 13 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
8	8	Apr 15	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	CG	57	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	CHW		TEX	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	CHW		TEX	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 19	CHW		CAL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
12	13 (1)	Apr 22	CHW		KCR	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	14	Apr 24	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
14	15	Apr 25	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	16	Apr 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	17	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	18	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	19	Apr 29	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	20	Apr 30	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
21	22	May 2	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	CG	56	12.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
22	23	May 3	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
23	24	May 4	CHW		OAK	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	25	May 6	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
25	26	May 7	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	27	May 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
27	28	May 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	29	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	30	May 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	31	May 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	33 (1)	May 17	CHW		CLE	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	34	May 18	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
33	35	May 19	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	36	May 21	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	GS	20	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
35	37	May 22	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	38	May 23	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	41 (2)	May 26	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
38	42	May 27	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
39	43	May 28	CHW	@	MIL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	44	May 31	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	45	Jun 1 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
42	46	Jun 1 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GF	13	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	47	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	48	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	49	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	50	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	51	Jun 7	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
48	52	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	53	Jun 9	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
50	54	Jun 10	CHW		MIL	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
51	55	Jun 11	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	CG	67	14.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
52	56	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	57	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
54	58	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	59	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
56	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	TEX	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	61	Jun 18	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
58	62	Jun 19	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	63	Jun 20	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	65 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
61	67 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		TEX	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	68	Jun 25	CHW		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	69	Jun 26	CHW		TEX	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	70	Jun 27	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
65	71	Jun 28	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	72	Jun 29	CHW		KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	73	Jun 30	CHW		OAK	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	CHW		OAK	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	75	Jul 2	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
70	76	Jul 3	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	77	Jul 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	80 (1)	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	81	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
75	82	Jul 9	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	83	Jul 11	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	85 (1)	Jul 13	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	86	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
79	88 (1)	Jul 18	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
80	89	Jul 19	CHW		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
81	90	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		MIL	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	92 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		MIL	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
83	93	Jul 22	CHW		NYY	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	94	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
85	95	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
86	96	Jul 25	CHW	@	OAK	L,6-8	CG	58	12.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
87	97	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	98	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	100 (1)	Jul 28	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	101	Jul 29	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	102	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	103	Aug 1	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	25	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	104	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	106 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	107	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,9-12	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
96	108	Aug 4	CHW		CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
97	109	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
98	111 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		CAL	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
99	112	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
100	113	Aug 8	CHW		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
101	115 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
102	116	Aug 12	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
103	117	Aug 13	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	118	Aug 14	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
105	120 (1)	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
106	121	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
108	124 (1)	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
110	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
111	128 (1)	Aug 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	129	Aug 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
113	130	Aug 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
114	132 (1)	Aug 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
115	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	135 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,10-8	GS	19	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
117	140 (4)	Sep 5	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	141	Sep 6	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	142	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
120	143	Sep 9	CHW		CAL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	C
121	144	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
122	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
123	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	49	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-9	CG	62	12.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
125	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	4	3	0	7	0	C
126	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
127	150	Sep 17	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
128	151	Sep 18	CHW		OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
129	152	Sep 19	CHW		TEX	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
130	153	Sep 20	CHW		TEX	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
131	154	Sep 21	CHW		TEX	L,2-8	GS	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
132	155	Sep 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	61	15.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
133	156	Sep 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
134	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-13	GS	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
135	158	Sep 25	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
136	159	Sep 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
137	160	Sep 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
							137gm		1197.0	730	84	8	822	5