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'''Brian Downing''' is the No. 5 hitter and starting leftfielder for [[California]] in the [[NES]] game [[RBI Baseball]]. He was a favorite of [[forum]] legend [[Teddyballgame]] growing up as a kid in Orange County.

Says Teddyballgame:

"Downing was born and raised in Southern California as well, and I also attended all of the same schools as he did. In fact, his dad lived around the corner from me, in the house where Brian grew up. Enough about the personal connection, we'll get down the man and his career, as well as his importance to [[RBI Baseball]].

Brian Downing's uniform number "5" should have been retired by the [[California|California Angels]] at the time he left the team after [[1990]]. Many of his Angel career records stood until Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson began to eclipse them more than ten years later. Downing is widely recognized as one of the first players to use weightlifting to gain mass and better his offensive production. Downing departed the Angels on bad terms and signed with Texas in [[1991]] where he rejoined former teammate and RBI'er [[Nolan Ryan]].

Brian Downing is the 5th batter in the line-up for California and for the purposes of fantasy leagues, he would be a leftfielder, or more generally, an outfielder. He is known as somewhat of a streaky hitter, but most players don't sub him out of the lineup because of more pressing issues with [[Gary Pettis|Pettis]], [[Bobby Grich|Grich]], and [[Bob Boone|Boone]]."

== RBI Stats ==

* Right-handed hitter
* .267 [[Batting Average]]
* 20 [[Home Runs]]
* 867 [[Power Rating]]
* 20 [[Contact Rating]]
* 124 [[Speed Rating]]

== Career Stats ==

<table width="520" height="56" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr align="center" valign="middle">
<td width="32">G</td>
<td width="32">AB</td>
<td width="32">R</td>
<td width="32">H</td>
<td width="24">2B</td>
<td width="18">3B</td>
<td width="24">HR</td>
<td width="32">RBI</td>
<td width="19">SB</td>
<td width="32">BB</td>
<td width="32">SO</td>
<td width="28">BA</td>
<td width="31">OBP</td>
<td width="29">SLG</td>
<td width="30">OPS</td>
</tr>
<tr align="center" valign="middle">
<td>2344</td>
<td>7853</td>
<td>1188</td>
<td>2099</td>
<td>360</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>275</td>
<td>1073</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>1197</td>
<td>1127</td>
<td>.267</td>
<td>.370</td>
<td>.425</td>
<td>.795</td>
</tr>
</table>

== Bio ==

* October 9, [[1950]] in Los Angeles, CA
* Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in [[1969]].
* Played in the Big Leagues with the Chicago White Sox ([[1973]]-[[1977]]), California ([[1978]]-1990) and Texas (1991-[[1992]])
* Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Dave Frost and Chris Knapp to the California Angels for Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley, and Richard Dotson on December 5, 1977.
* An All-Star in [[1979]], when he finished third in the AL with a .326 batting average
* Lead the American League in walks with 106 in [[1987]]
* Set the American League record for consecutive errorless games by an outfielder (244 games, from May 25, [[1981]] through July 21, [[1983]])
* In his first major league game, he bruised his leg so severely while catching a foul ball that he was out for nearly six weeks.
* Received two votes for the Baseball Hall of Fame in [[1998]], the only year he was eligible

== Nicknames ==

* Bread
* BD
* Downing Street
* Superman

== RBI Baseball Cards ==

[[Image:DowningTopps1987.jpg|100 px|thumb|left|Brian Downing 1987 Topps card]]
[[Image:DowningDonruss1987.jpg|100 px|thumb|left|Brian Downing 1987 Donruss card]]
[[Image:DowningFleer1987.jpg|100 px|thumb|left|Brian Downing 1987 Fleer card]]
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== External Links ==

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/downibr01.shtml Brian Downing's Baseball Reference page]

[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Downing_Brian.stm Brian Downing's Baseball Library page]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Downing Brian Downing's Wikipedia page]

[http://www.halosheaven.com/story/2006/2/28/3494/73522 Brian Downing page at HaloHeaven.com blog]

[[Category:Players in RBI]]
[[Category:Players in NES RBI]]
[[Category:RBI All-Stars]]
[[Category:RBI Outfielders]]
[[Category:RBI Leftfielders]]

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