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Brian
Downing		  
Nickname: Number 10
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 204
 
Born: October 9, 1950 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974    1981   
All-Star Selections 1980    1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 22 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6
1974 23 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6
1975 24 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
1976 25 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1977 26 COL NL $ 2,528,571   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 10 9 9 7 7 7
1978 27 COL NL $ 3,785,714   6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1979 28 NYG NL $ 3,785,714   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1980 29 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 7 7
1981 30 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
1982 31 NYG NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
1983 32 MIA NL $ 7,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5
1984 33 MIA NL $ 8,000,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 4 4 4
1985 34 MIA NL $ 8,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 9 8 8 3 3 3
1986 35 MIA NL $ 8,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 9 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 22 COL NL 40 120 13 27 5 0 4 17 0 1 14 12 .225 .309 .367 .675 13.6 1.6
    AAA   79 281 61 79 13 4 20 62 2 1 60 54 .281 .408 .569 .977 64.4  
1974 23 COL NL 85 239 37 68 7 1 9 34 0 1 29 48 .285 .369 .435 .804 37.5 6.3
    AAA   27 94 16 30 3 0 8 31 1 1 21 15 .319 .443 .606 1.050 24.0  
1975 24 COL NL 141 484 73 134 27 0 15 78 0 1 55 60 .277 .353 .426 .779 68.9 12.5
1976 25 COL NL 120 415 66 107 22 1 13 56 3 1 47 60 .258 .337 .410 .747 55.2 9.9
1977 26 COL NL 141 503 92 146 26 4 17 74 0 1 71 59 .290 .378 .459 .837 85.0 20.0
1978 27 COL NL 154 571 93 148 34 3 17 88 0 3 77 59 .259 .352 .419 .770 82.2 15.0
1979 28 COL NL 78 257 23 53 10 1 7 27 0 1 35 26 .206 .304 .335 .639 27.0 2.4
  NYG NL 65 230 32 45 9 1 4 24 0 0 36 24 .196 .306 .296 .602 22.3 1.8
  TOT   143 487 55 98 19 2 11 51 0 1 71 50 .201 .305 .316 .621 49.3 4.2
1980 29 NYG NL 141 476 81 128 31 3 25 103 1 1 73 55 .269 .370 .504 .874 83.0 20.2
1981 30 NYG NL 138 491 79 133 30 1 20 77 0 0 61 62 .271 .356 .458 .814 77.9 17.7
1982 31 NYG NL 139 510 76 146 22 1 23 80 2 0 50 82 .286 .352 .469 .821 81.4 17.0
1983 32 MIA NL 151 514 67 123 19 0 21 63 0 0 75 104 .239 .343 .399 .742 72.3 12.1
1984 33 MIA NL 144 488 53 106 22 2 8 40 0 1 56 115 .217 .298 .320 .618 44.6 4.3
1985 34 MIA NL 37 61 3 16 3 0 0 5 0 0 9 8 .262 .352 .311 .664 7.9 1.2
1986 35 AA   128 477 54 80 18 1 6 25 1 2 89 107 .168 .299 .247 .546 41.8  
13 Years Sim 1574 5359 788 1380 267 18 183 766 6 11 688 774 .258 .345 .416 .762 758.7 141.9
2 Years AAA 106 375 77 109 16 4 28 93 3 2 81 69 .291 .419 .579 .998 88.4  
1 Years AA 128 477 54 80 18 1 6 25 1 2 89 107 .168 .307 .247 .555 41.8  
3 Years Minors 234 852 131 189 34 5 34 118 4 4 170 176 .222 .357 .393 .751 130.2  
162 Game Average 551 81 142 27 1 18 78 0 1 70 79 .258 .345 .416 .762 78.1  
Career Highs 154 571 93 148 34 4 25 103 3 3 77 115 .290 .378 .504 .874 85.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3629 540 921 177 10 121 508 3 7 446 516 .254 .339 .408 .747 508.6
vs LH   1730 248 459 90 8 62 258 3 4 242 258 .265 .358 .434 .792 271.4
Home 794 2626 418 710 152 9 98 404 4 2 330 360 .270 .354 .447 .801 413.8
Away 780 2733 370 670 115 9 85 362 2 9 358 414 .245 .336 .387 .723 366.2
RISP   1393 0 349 61 5 49 552 0 0 221 211 .251 .349 .407 .756 211.6
Pinch Hitting   86 17 27 5 1 5 22 0 0 8 12 .314 .374 .570 .944 16.9
Close/Late   617 73 149 24 1 17 79 0 0 102 89 .241 .350 .366 .716 86.1
Mar/Apr 241 798 115 200 40 2 25 108 1 0 105 102 .251 .344 .400 .744 111.9
May 255 873 127 214 47 2 25 110 1 2 126 125 .245 .340 .389 .729 121.0
June 257 855 132 220 45 5 36 141 1 1 102 126 .257 .340 .448 .788 130.0
July 256 875 121 236 50 3 28 127 0 2 113 134 .270 .355 .430 .785 133.4
August 285 1008 144 245 41 3 32 136 1 2 132 147 .243 .333 .385 .718 134.4
Sep/Oct 280 950 149 265 44 3 37 144 2 4 110 140 .279 .358 .448 .807 149.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 22 COL NL C 18 17 149.7 119 4 1 0 .992 7.40 15 4 .267 1 1.0
    LF 6 5 39.3 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 23 COL NL 1B 46 43 356.7 426 30 1 40 .998 11.51 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 23 21 169.0 18 3 0 1 1.000 1.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 9 9 71.0 56 3 0 0 1.000 7.48 6 3 .500 0 0.6
    LF 3 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 24 COL NL 1B 100 99 841.0 991 75 10 80 .991 11.41 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 39 38 317.0 64 1 1 0 .985 1.85 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 25 COL NL RF 99 99 859.0 167 5 1 1 .994 1.80 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 15 11 85.0 114 6 1 11 .992 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 7 7 51.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 6.88 4 1 .250 0 0.2
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1977 26 COL NL LF 116 112 973.0 194 11 0 1 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    C 6 6 51.0 39 5 0 0 1.000 7.76 10 5 .500 0 0.4
    RF 9 3 49.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 10 4 48.0 51 3 0 9 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1978 27 COL NL LF 139 137 1200.3 258 8 1 1 .996 1.99 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    C 8 8 71.0 37 1 0 0 1.000 4.82 6 1 .167 0 0.3
    RF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 28 COL NL LF 38 35 301.1 64 4 1 1 .986 2.03 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    C 23 23 197.5 106 8 1 0 .991 5.19 15 5 .333 0 1.4
    RF 11 10 88.4 20 1 1 0 .955 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 1 10.5 11 1 0 2 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL LF 31 30 272.3 58 3 0 1 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 19 19 178.6 96 8 0 0 1.000 5.24 14 4 .286 0 0.7
    RF 10 8 80.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 1 9.5 10 0 0 2 1.000 9.47 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 69 65 573.4 122 7 1 2 .992 2.02   2.0
      C 42 42 376.1 202 16 1 0 .995 5.22 29 9 .310 0 2.1
      RF 21 18 168.4 38 1 1 0 .975 2.08   0.0
      1B 4 2 20.0 21 1 0 4 1.000 9.90   0.0
1980 29 NYG NL C 120 120 1068.0 653 47 2 0 .997 5.90 94 25 .266 4 4.4
    1B 14 3 52.7 63 6 0 7 1.000 11.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1981 30 NYG NL C 101 101 907.3 563 34 4 0 .993 5.92 77 25 .325 0 4.1
    LF 27 26 229.7 43 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 6 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 31 NYG NL C 94 93 837.0 542 28 9 2 .984 6.13 69 17 .246 0 2.6
    LF 40 38 349.0 66 3 2 0 .972 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 3 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 32 MIA NL C 129 128 1156.0 732 50 16 0 .980 6.09 104 31 .298 5 3.8
    RF 5 0 16.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 7 0 14.0 13 2 0 2 1.000 9.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 11.7 2 3 1 1 .833 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 33 MIA NL C 114 111 971.0 578 39 9 3 .986 5.72 111 25 .225 1 4.9
    RF 25 20 184.3 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 34 MIA NL RF 26 16 152.0 37 0 1 0 .974 2.19 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 6 2 22.0 27 1 1 4 .966 11.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 1 10.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 651 643 5722.1 3568 228 42 5 .989 5.97 526 146 .278 11 24.5
  LF 412 385 3411.7 704 33 4 4 .995 1.94 0 0 .000 0 11.4
  RF 266 215 1955.1 398 11 4 2 .990 1.88 0 0 .000 0 5.8
  1B 206 164 1444.3 1714 125 13 157 .993 11.46 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  CF 3 1 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 11.7 2 3 1 1 .833 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1540 1408 12562.8 6392 400 64 169 .991 4.87 526 146 .278 11 44.2
Career Highs   154 145 1283.3 1058 76 17 80 1.000 8.79 111 31 .500 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 22 COL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1974 23 COL NL 18 58 10 13 1 0 3 9 0 0 9 8 .224 .328 .397 .725
1975 24 COL NL 11 39 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .154 .214 .179 .394
1976 25 COL NL 18 70 11 17 3 0 1 11 0 0 4 12 .243 .286 .329 .614
1977 26 COL NL 18 76 8 14 4 0 2 12 0 2 6 9 .184 .247 .316 .563
1979 28 NYG NL 7 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .160 .250 .160 .410
1980 29 NYG NL 11 41 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 .146 .250 .146 .396
1981 30 NYG NL 16 67 10 19 4 0 2 11 0 0 5 12 .284 .333 .433 .766
1982 31 NYG NL 7 26 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .231 .259 .231 .490
Career Post-Season Batting 107 403 48 85 13 0 8 49 0 2 37 61 .211 .277 .303 .580
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1980-5-.504
 OPS
1980-6-.874
 Games
1978-9-154
 Runs
1977-10-92
1978-9-93
 RBIs
1980-5-103
 Walks
1983-9-75
Strikeouts
1984-7-115
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Colorado in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 6/7/1973, off John Morris (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1973, off Carl Morton (MIN)
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Injured on 5/23/1976 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/1/1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,528,571 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1977, hitting .375 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Injured on 9/1/1977 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to New York (N) on 7/1/1979 (Going to COL: 2B Ken Reitz. Going to NYG: LF Brian Downing)
Injured on 8/3/1979 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
9/22/1979: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/8/1980 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1980, hitting .333 with 6 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/1981 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Injured on 4/24/1982 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1982, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1982, hitting .667 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1982, hitting .459 with 8 HR, 20 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Miami on 2/8/1983 (Going to MIA: C Brian Downing, SS Richie Hebner. Going to NYG: C Brian Harper)
9/22/1983: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/6/1986 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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