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Brian Jay Downing

First name: Brian

Last name: Downing

Birthdate: 1950-10-09

Bats: R Throws: R

RetroID: downb001

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1973	CHA	1.1	0.3	1.4	-0.5	-0.1	1.5	0
1974	CHA	4.4	1.4	5.9	2.6	4.3	1.5	13
1975	CHA	6.4	3.2	9.6	3.3	6.1	3.5	18
1976	CHA	4.6	1.9	6.5	2.1	4.1	2.5	12
1977	CHA	2.6	1.2	3.9	1.5	2.6	1.2	8
1978	CAL	6.0	2.9	8.9	3.0	5.6	3.2	17
1979	CAL	7.4	2.9	10.3	5.5	8.6	1.8	26
1980	CAL	1.4	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.5	1.1	2
1981	CAL	4.7	1.2	5.9	1.6	3.3	2.5	10
1982	CAL	8.9	1.2	10.1	5.1	8.0	2.0	24
1983	CAL	5.9	0.6	6.5	0.8	2.7	3.7	8
1984	CAL	8.0	1.0	9.0	2.4	5.1	3.9	15
1985	CAL	7.8	0.9	8.6	3.1	5.6	3.0	17
1986	CAL	7.8	1.0	8.9	4.6	7.2	1.6	22
1987	CAL	8.6	0.2	8.9	3.7	6.3	2.5	19
1988	CAL	7.4	0.0	7.4	2.6	4.8	2.6	14
1989	CAL	7.8	0.0	7.8	2.1	4.4	3.4	13
1990	CAL	4.9	0.0	4.9	2.0	3.4	1.4	10
1991	TEX	5.8	0.0	5.8	2.4	4.1	1.7	12
1992	TEX	4.9	0.0	4.9	1.9	3.4	1.6	10
Career		116.4	20.2	136.9	49.8	90.0	46.2	270

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1973	CHA	85	-4	-4	0	-1	0	0	-2	0	0	-7	9.1	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0
1974	CHA	350	3	2	3	5	-1	-1	2	3	0	10	9.3	1.1	0.3	0.0	1.4	13
1975	CHA	516	0	-2	-2	1	-1	2	4	11	0	2	9.2	0.2	1.1	0.0	1.3	28
1976	CHA	365	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	6	-1	3	9.1	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	14
1977	CHA	214	7	7	0	-1	0	0	-3	4	0	3	10.4	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.7	6
1978	CAL	476	-1	1	0	-1	-1	-1	4	10	0	2	9.1	0.2	1.0	0.0	1.2	26
1979	CAL	596	30	32	2	2	-2	0	-7	10	-1	27	10.4	2.6	0.9	-0.1	3.4	15
1980	CAL	108	2	2	2	-3	-1	-1	-2	1	-1	-3	9.9	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0
1981	CAL	370	6	6	1	1	-1	0	-5	1	0	2	9.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	4
1982	CAL	725	30	31	-1	7	0	0	-3	-6	0	34	9.8	3.5	-0.6	0.1	3.0	5
1983	CAL	473	9	10	0	2	0	-2	-11	-3	-2	-1	9.8	-0.1	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	-7
1984	CAL	628	21	22	1	-3	-3	0	-7	-5	-1	10	9.3	1.1	-0.6	0.1	0.6	0
1985	CAL	620	16	16	4	2	0	1	-5	-5	-2	18	9.5	1.9	-0.7	0.1	1.3	2
1986	CAL	631	25	26	1	1	-1	2	3	-5	-1	32	9.7	3.3	-0.6	0.1	2.8	10
1987	CAL	695	32	35	-4	1	1	-1	-4	-1	-9	28	10.2	2.8	-1.0	0.1	1.9	-2
1988	CAL	590	19	21	-4	2	0	0	0	0	-9	19	9.8	1.9	-0.9	0.1	1.1	0
1989	CAL	610	12	13	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-10	12	8.6	1.4	-1.0	0.1	0.5	0
1990	CAL	390	17	18	1	-2	-1	-1	0	0	-6	15	9.3	1.6	-0.6	0.0	1.0	0
1991	TEX	476	17	18	-1	3	0	0	0	0	-7	20	10.5	1.9	-0.7	0.0	1.2	0
1992	TEX	391	18	19	-3	-1	-1	0	0	0	-6	14	9.5	1.5	-0.6	0.0	0.9	0
Career		9,309	259	273	-2	16	-11	0	-36	21	-56	240	-	24.6	-3.5	0.8	21.9	114

Defense

Catcher Defense

Year	Team	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Frame Runs	SB Runs	Block Runs	Err Runs	Catcher Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1973	CHA	2	0.0	0	0	0	0.9	0.1	-0.2	1	1
1974	CHA	20	0.0	0	0	-1	-1.8	-0.2	0.8	-1	-2
1975	CHA	69	1.0	1	1	-2	-0.3	4.1	1.5	5	4
1976	CHA	32	0.0	0	0	-2	-1.6	2.5	0.8	2	0
1977	CHA	41	0.0	0	0	-1	-2.8	2.3	-0.6	-1	-2
1978	CAL	57	1.0	1	1	-2	2.0	1.3	2.2	5	4
1979	CAL	52	1.0	1	1	-2	-7.1	1.4	0.3	-6	-7
1980	CAL	11	0.0	0	0	0	-2.7	0.8	0.3	-2	-2
1981	CAL	8	0.0	0	0	0	0.3	1.1	0.5	2	2
		292	3.0	3	3	-10	-13.1	13.4	5.6	5	-2

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1973	CHA	3B	127	25	-1.0	-1	-1	4	1	-0.4	0.0	0	-1
		3B	127	25	-1.0	-1	-1	4	1	-0.4	0.0	0	-1

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1973	CHA	LF	103	8	-2.0	-2	-2	-2	7	0	-2
1973	CHA	RF	119	23	0.0	0	0	3	2	0	0
1974	CHA	LF	79	7	0.0	0	0	-2	3	0	0
1974	CHA	RF	495	78	1.0	2	2	-3	22	2	4
1977	CHA	LF	54	7	-1.0	-1	-1	0	3	0	-1
1977	CHA	RF	15	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1981	CAL	LF	1432	148	-4.0	-6	-5	-22	67	-2	-7
1982	CAL	LF	4208	480	0.0	-6	-5	-8	235	2	-3
1983	CAL	LF	2332	256	-10.0	-13	-11	-18	143	0	-11
1984	CAL	LF	3590	411	-2.0	-8	-7	-4	45	0	-7
1985	CAL	LF	3233	363	1.0	-3	-3	-11	37	-2	-5
1986	CAL	LF	3451	388	7.0	3	3	-14	126	0	3
1987	CAL	LF	850	84	-5.0	-6	-5	-12	36	1	-4
		LF	19332	2152	-16.0	-42	-36	-93	702	-1	-37
		RF	629	103	1.0	2	2	0	25	2	4

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1979	CAL	0.2	0.1	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
1982	CAL	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.3	0
1986	CAL	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	1
Career		0.9	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.2	1.0	1

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	BSR	Fld	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM
1979	CAL	17	-1	-1	-1	-1	-3	10.6	-0.3	-0.3
1982	CAL	23	-1	-1	0	0	-1	9.8	-0.1	-0.1
1986	CAL	33	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	0.0	0.0
Career		73	-2	-2	-1	-1	-4	-	-0.4	-0.4

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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