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Brian Downing
Brian Jay Downing

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 194 lb.

MLB Debut May 31, 1973
Final Game October 4, 1992
Born October 9, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA (age 73)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 22 CHA AL    4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1974 23 CHA AL   89  289   40   69  15   1  12   37   0   0   37   78  .239  .329  .422  .751   102   122   1   2   1   3  10  
 1975 24 CHA AL  126  428   49   97  11   0   6   39  11   2   63   70  .227  .335  .294  .629    86   126   9   3   1   8  15  
 1976 25 CHA AL   95  291   26   58   6   0   3   17   3   0   37   48  .199  .292  .251  .543    78    73   6   2   1   2   2  
 1977 26 CHA AL   82  169   34   45   3   0   6   27   0   1   35   26  .266  .400  .391  .791   105    66   2   2   0   4   5  
 1978 27 CHA AL  124  427   53  103  14   0  12   42   3   1   55   51  .241  .335  .358  .693    95   153   3   4   1   7   7  
 1979 28 CHA AL  144  526   96  189  26   3  16   77   0   3  102   56  .359  .462  .511  .974   130   269   3   6   6   4  10  MVP-12
 1980 29 CHA AL   16   37    6   12   5   0   1    8   0   0    3    3  .324  .381  .541  .921   130    20   0   1   0   1   0  
 1981 30 CHA AL  133  440   55  120  15   0  20   69   1   1   65   42  .273  .374  .443  .817   116   195   0   1   3   7  17  
 1982 31 CHA AL  162  601   88  151  29   1  28  105   0   0   74   62  .251  .338  .443  .780   106   266   0   9   3   9  12  
 1983 32 CHA AL  109  392   70  102  13   0  20   60   2   0   64   53  .260  .371  .446  .817   112   175   0   2   0   6   5  
 1984 33 CHA AL  146  554   71  139  28   1  22   89   1   0   62   66  .251  .331  .424  .755   109   235   1   4   0   6  15  
 1985 34 CHA AL  151  531   69  125  18   0  16   59   8   0   83   78  .235  .347  .360  .706    97   191   0   3   5   9   8  
 1986 35 CHA AL  153  540   62  134  36   4  10   71   4   2   75   93  .248  .343  .385  .728   100   208   0  11   3   9  26  
 1987 36 CHA AL  160  604  111  177  36   0  25  104   2   1   97   96  .293  .405  .477  .882   119   288   0   6   0  21  10  MVP-9
 1988 37 CHA AL  137  508   69  105  23   3  16   72   1   0   71   85  .207  .315  .358  .673    95   182   0   6   1  12   9  
 1989 38 CHA AL  143  563   74  161  28   2  11   75   0   0   67  105  .286  .363  .401  .764   110   226   0   4   0   3  10  
 1990 39 CHA AL   98  356   40   87  15   4   8   38   0   0   39   51  .244  .330  .376  .706   100   134   0   1   2   7  17  
 1991 40 SEA AL  118  426   68  115  18   2  20   77   0   1   58   68  .270  .369  .462  .831   116   197   0   2   0  10  11  
 1992 41 SEA AL   93  318   66   99  24   0  16   63   3   0   49   54  .311  .408  .538  .946   132   171   0   4   0   6   6  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons     2283 8001 1147 2088 363  21 268 1129  39  12 1136 1186  .261  .359  .412  .771        3297  25  73  27 134 195
 Per 600 PA           512   73  134  23   1  17   72   2   1   73   76                                 211   2   5   2   9  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA     2072 7257 1013 1874 321  19 232  989  36  11 1029 1064  .258  .357  .404  .760        2929  25  67  27 118 178
   With SEA      211  744  134  214  42   2  36  140   3   1  107  122  .288  .386  .495  .881         368   0   6   0  16  17
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2344 7853 1188 2099 360  28 275 1073  50  44 1197 1127  .267  .370  .425  .796        3340  60  70  55 129 197
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1973 22 CHA AL   0    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  UT            -551   
 1974 23 CHA AL  71   39   4.6   4   0   0  .000   1   30   28  .933   57   28  .671  C    2(+2)e1    32   
 1975 24 CHA AL  40   46   3.5   4   1   0  .250  10   65   51  .785   45   27  .625  C    2(-1)e3   -51   
 1976 25 CHA AL  17   24   2.8   4   0   0  .000  12   53   39  .736  107   44  .709  C    3(+1)e5  -123   
 1977 26 CHA AL  52   28   5.8   0   0   0  .000   2   26   22  .846   30   10  .750  C    3(+2)e4   -14   
 1978 27 CHA AL   6   55   4.4   5   1   0  .200   5   78   63  .808  109   53  .673  C    3(+2)e2     5   
 1979 28 CHA AL  37  131   9.9   4   1   1  .250   8   75   62  .827  105   44  .705  C    3(+1)e1    94   
 1980 29 CHA AL  75    8   8.5   6   3   0  .500   0    2    2 1.000    7    4  .636  C    3(+2)e3   138   
 1981 30 CHA AL  39   72   5.8   4   2   1  .500   2   30   16  .533   14    5  .737  OF   4(+3)e3    87   
 1982 31 CHA AL  34   93   5.4   0   0   0  .000   0   56   42  .750    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e0   -70   
 1983 32 CHA AL  62   70   6.4  10   2   0  .200   1   27   19  .704    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e2    36   
 1984 33 CHA AL  37   78   4.9   5   1   0  .200   0   35   27  .771    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e0   -67   
 1985 34 CHA AL  29   73   4.7   6   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             -91   
 1986 35 CHA AL  35   70   4.3   5   1   0  .200   2   50   38  .760    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e4  -112   
 1987 36 CHA AL  30  125   7.7   2   1   0  .500   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              -4   
 1988 37 CHA AL  22   62   4.0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH            -131   
 1989 38 CHA AL  27   85   5.5   1   1   1 1.000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              -4   
 1990 39 CHA AL  16   42   4.0   3   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH            -135   
 1991 40 SEA AL  24   74   6.2   5   2   1  .400  17   26    7  .269    0    0  .000  1B   5e30        0   
 1992 41 SEA AL  36   74   8.7   7   3   0  .429   0    2    1  .500    1    0 1.000  DH             111   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 20 Seasons         1257   5.5  77  19   4  .247  60  555  417  .751  475  215  .688                 -26   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 37.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 33.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1973 22 CHA AL  C      2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1974 23 CHA AL  C     74   328    35    1    4   .997    54   533.0   6.13
                 LF    17    27     4    0    0  1.000    16   126.0   2.21
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1975 24 CHA AL  C    123   634    47   10    3   .986   114  1019.0   6.01  GG
 1976 25 CHA AL  C     91   428    61   12    2   .976    82   732.2   6.01
 1977 26 CHA AL  C     81   306    23    2    3   .994    54   492.2   6.01
 1978 27 CHA AL  C    120   533    74    5    3   .992   110   983.1   5.56
 1979 28 CHA AL  C    140   593    67    8    5   .988   133  1219.1   4.87
 1980 29 CHA AL  C     11    38     7    0    0  1.000     8    73.2   5.50
 1981 30 CHA AL  LF    74   110     3    1    1   .991    74   613.0   1.66
                 C     11    48     5    1    0   .981     8    79.0   6.04
 1982 31 CHA AL  LF   162   309     6    0    0  1.000   162  1361.0   2.08
                 RF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
 1983 32 CHA AL  LF    82   132     3    1    1   .993    77   687.0   1.77
 1984 33 CHA AL  LF    73   120     4    0    0  1.000    68   615.2   1.81
                 RF    48    76     3    0    2  1.000    47   412.2   1.72
 1985 34 CHA AL  LF     5     2     0    0    0  1.000     3    26.1   0.68
 1986 35 CHA AL  LF   149   228    10    2    1   .992   143  1283.2   1.67
 1987 36 CHA AL  LF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.2   1.53
 1988           [Did not play]
 1989           [Did not play]
 1990           [Did not play]
 1991 40 SEA AL  1B    76   595    48   17   52   .974    73   655.2   8.83
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
 1992 41 SEA AL  1B     8    53     4    0    6  1.000     7    57.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    653  2909   319   39   20   .988   563  5135.2   5.66
                 LF   564   931    30    4    3   .996   545  4730.1   1.83
                 1B    84   648    52   17   58   .976    80   712.2   8.84
                 RF    51    80     3    0    2  1.000    47   421.2   1.77
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1979 ALCS  CHA BOA   L    3  12  2  2  0  0  1   1  2  2  .167  .286  .417  0
 1982 ALCS  CHA NYA   W    3  10  3  2  0  0  0   1  2  3  .200  .385  .200  0
      WS    CHA MON   W    3   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0
 1983 ALCS  CHA MLA   L    2   3  0  0  0  0  0   1  3  2  .000  .429  .000  0
 1987 ALCS  CHA BOA   L    5  18  4  2  0  0  1   3  4  4  .111  .273  .278  0
 1991 ALCS  SEA DEA   W    4  14  4  5  2  0  0   3  3  2  .357  .474  .500  0
      WS    SEA CIN   W    6  17  2  5  1  0  1   3  1  3  .294  .333  .529  0
 1992 ALCS  SEA BAA   W    4  16  2  2  0  0  0   1  2  3  .125  .222  .125  0
      WS    SEA SDN   L    6  13  1  4  0  0  0   1  2  3  .308  .400  .308  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1973  CHA   89-74   Ben Lea
 1974  CHA   82-80   Ben Lea
 1975  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1976  CHA   60-102  Ben Lea
 1977  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1978  CHA   78-84   Ben Lea
 1979  CHA   97-65   Ben Lea
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
 1981  CHA   70-92   Ben Lea
 1982  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1983  CHA   91-71   Ben Lea
 1984  CHA   69-93   Ben Lea
 1985  CHA   53-109  Ben Lea
 1986  CHA   63-99   Ben Lea
 1987  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1988  CHA   80-82   Ben Lea
 1989  CHA   90-72   Ben Lea
 1990  CHA   94-68   Ben Lea
 1991  SEA  109-53   Jeff Tripodi
 1992  SEA   94-68   Jeff Tripodi

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