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Utah</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 2, 1972, for the Philadelphia Phillies</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 19, 1972, for the Philadelphia Phillies</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1–1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">2.74</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/downsda01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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Phillies</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Ralph Downs</b> (born June 21, 1952) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>. He played for several <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> (MiLB) teams between 1970 and 1976, arriving in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) in 1972 for four games with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>. He was officially listed as standing 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and weighing 220 pounds (100 kg), during his playing days.<sup id="cite_ref-bref_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bref-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the brother of pitcher <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Downs" title="Kelly Downs">Kelly Downs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cube_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cube-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Downs was born in <a href="/wiki/Logan,_Utah" title="Logan, Utah">Logan, Utah</a> on June 21, 1952. He attended <a href="/wiki/Viewmont_High_School" title="Viewmont High School">Viewmont High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bountiful,_Utah" title="Bountiful, Utah">Bountiful, Utah</a>, one of six baseball players drafted from that institution.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> with the sixth pick of the sixth round (128th overall) of the <a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Major League Baseball Draft">1970 Major League Baseball Draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baseball_career">Baseball career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Baseball career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970–1971:_Walla_Walla_and_Spartanburg"><span id="1970.E2.80.931971:_Walla_Walla_and_Spartanburg"></span>1970–1971: Walla Walla and Spartanburg</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1970–1971: Walla Walla and Spartanburg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At 18 years old, Downs was assigned to the low-A level <a href="/wiki/Walla_Walla_Phillies" title="Walla Walla Phillies">Walla Walla Phillies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_League" title="Northwest League">Northwest League</a>, where he posted a 5–7 <a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">win–loss record</a> in 14 <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games played</a> (all <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">starts</a>); his seven losses were the highest total on that year's team. In 80 <a href="/wiki/Innings_pitched" title="Innings pitched">innings pitched</a>, Downs collected a 5.62 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> (ERA), <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walking</a> 26 batters and allowing 103 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to the <a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_Phillies" class="mw-redirect" title="Spartanburg Phillies">Spartanburg Phillies</a> in 1971, a member of the A-level <a href="/wiki/Western_Carolinas_League" title="Western Carolinas League">Western Carolinas League</a>. Downs amassed a 5–4 record in 12 starts with Spartanburg, walking 28 batters in 65 innings. He notched a 4.43 ERA and allowed only two home runs in his tenure.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1972:_Reading_and_Philadelphia">1972: Reading and Philadelphia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1972: Reading and Philadelphia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Downs moved up to the AA-level <a href="/wiki/Reading_Phillies" class="mw-redirect" title="Reading Phillies">Reading Phillies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern League (1938–2020)">Eastern League</a> for the 1972 season. As a hitter, he <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batted</a> .167 with one <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">double</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a>, scoring seven <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs</a>. On the <a href="/wiki/Pitcher%27s_mound" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitcher's mound">mound</a>, he started 26 games, comping a 15–7 record with 15 <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete games</a>. He <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">struck out</a> 96 batters and walked 40 in 183 innings,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> earning a promotion to the major league club in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-herald_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Downs made his major league debut on September 2 at <a href="/wiki/Atlanta%E2%80%93Fulton_County_Stadium" title="Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium">Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium</a> in the second game of a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>. He allowed his first hit to the opposing pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Mike_McQueen_(baseball)" title="Mike McQueen (baseball)">Mike McQueen</a>, in the third inning of the game. Downs allowed eight hits in the contest, walking one batter and striking out two; he pitched a complete-game shutout to earn his first major league <a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">victory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started again for the Phillies on September 8, pitching seven innings and allowing the first runs of his career on a two-run home run by <a href="/wiki/Billy_Williams_(left_fielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Williams (left fielder)">Billy Williams</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>. He did not earn a decision in the game, as the Phillies lost, 4–3.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Downs took his first <a href="/wiki/Loss_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loss (baseball)">loss</a> against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> on September 13, allowing three runs in three innings pitched; the game's winner was future Phillie <a href="/wiki/Tug_McGraw" title="Tug McGraw">Tug McGraw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He pitched in one more game for the Phillies, a four-inning start against the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> on September 19,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before he injured his shoulder and was deactivated for the season.<sup id="cite_ref-deseret_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deseret-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_the_minors">Return to the minors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Return to the minors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After spending the 1973 season on the <a href="/wiki/Disabled_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled list">disabled list</a>, Downs was sent back to the minor leagues.<sup id="cite_ref-gtimes_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gtimes-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the spring of 1974, he underwent an "exploratory surgery"<sup id="cite_ref-gtimes_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gtimes-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to enlarge the groove in his shoulder by removing a piece of the tendons.<sup id="cite_ref-deseret_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deseret-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started six games for the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount_Phillies" title="Rocky Mount Phillies">Rocky Mount Phillies</a> in 1974, winning two games and losing one while amassing a 5.10 ERA.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Downs did not pitch in 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-brefminors_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brefminors-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but returned in 1976 with Spartanburg. He collected a team-worst 9.39 ERA with a 1–6 record in 46 innings before shutting down for the year.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Downs was invited to Phillies spring training for the 1977 season,<sup id="cite_ref-deseret_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deseret-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but opted to retire instead of reporting.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pitching_style">Pitching style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pitching style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Downs threw four pitches: a standard four-seam <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Changeup" title="Changeup">changeup</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Curveball" title="Curveball">curveball</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Slider_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slider (baseball)">slider</a>, whose development he credited to his Spartanburg manager—<a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Famer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Baseball_Wall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame">Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame</a> member, and <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Jim Bunning</a>. He added the slider on promotion to Reading in 1972 and claimed that Bunning gave him "the confidence that I can get it over any time I need to".<sup id="cite_ref-herald_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_all-time_roster_(D)" title="Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (D)">Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (D)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Downs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-bref-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bref_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/downsda01.shtml">"Dave Downs Statistics and History"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. 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