Red Downs Stats

Red Downs was born on Thursday, August 23, 1883, in Neola, Iowa. Downs was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1907, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Red Downs baseball stats page.
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Red Downs
 
 
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Birth Name:   Jerome Willis Downs
Nickname:   Red
Born On:   08-23-1883  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Neola, Iowa
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-19-1939 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Council Bluffs, Iowa
Cemetery:   Neola Township Cemetery, Neola, Iowa
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   05-02-1907 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-30-1912
Draft:   Not Applicable
Red Downs

Red Downs Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
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Red Downs Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1907 24 Tigers 105 374 28 82 13 5 1 0 42 13 - - 14 - 2 - .219 .249 .289
1908 25 Tigers 84 289 29 64 10 3 1 0 35 5 - - 8 - 1 - .221 .237 .287
1912 29 Dodgers 9 32 2 8 3 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 1 - 0 - .250 .273 .344
1912 29 Cubs 43 95 9 25 4 3 1 0 14 9 - 17 2 - 0 - .263 .327 .400
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
3 Years 241 790 68 179 30 11 3 0 94 28 - 22 25 - 3 - .227 .256 .304
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Red Downs Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1907 Tigers 2B 80 - - 383 4.8 356 149 207 27 10 n/a n/a n/a .930 0.00
1907 Tigers 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1907 Tigers OF 20 - - 45 2.3 42 39 3 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00
1907 Tigers SS 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1908 Tigers 2B 82 - - 481 5.9 445 180 265 36 24 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00
1908 Tigers 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1912 Dodgers 2B 9 - - 42 4.7 37 14 23 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .881 0.00
1912 Cubs 2B 16 - - 54 3.4 49 19 30 5 6 n/a n/a n/a .907 0.00
1912 Cubs 3B 5 - - 20 4.0 18 3 15 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00
1912 Cubs SS 9 - - 41 4.6 38 12 26 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .927 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
2B Totals 187 0 0 960 5.1 887 362 525 73 42 n/a n/a n/a .924 0.00
OF Totals 20 0 0 45 2.3 42 39 3 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00
SS Totals 10 0 0 41 4.1 38 12 26 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .927 0.00
3B Totals 7 0 0 22 3.1 20 4 16 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00
3 Years 224 - - 1,068 4.8 987 417 570 81 48 n/a n/a n/a .924 0.00
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Red Downs Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1907 Tigers 3 - - 0 0 n/a 374.0 0.0 8.9 - - -
1908 Tigers 2 - - 0 0 n/a 289.0 0.0 8.3 - - -
1912 Dodgers 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.4 10.7 - - -
1912 Cubs 5 - - 0 0 n/a 95.0 5.6 6.8 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
3 Years 13 - - 0 0 n/a 263.3 35.9 8.4 - - -
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Red Downs Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1907 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1912 Brooklyn Dodgers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -




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