Dave Downs

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dave Downs
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 21, 1952(1952-06-21)
Age	72
Birthplace	Logan
Country	United States
Birth City	Utah
Horoscope	Gemini

Dave Downs Biography

Dave Downs is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on June 21, 1952 in Logan, Utah, United States. Downs was born in Logan, Utah on June 21 1952. He was a student at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, Utah, one of six players from the school. He was chosen to the Philadelphia Phillies with the sixth selection in the sixth selection (128th overall) of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft.

Downs didn’t pitch in the year 1975 He returned in the year 1976 for Spartanburg. He racked up a team-worst 9.39 ERA with a 1-6 score in 46 innings prior to going out of the game for the year. Downs had been invited for Phillies spring training for the 1977 season but decided to pull out instead of making a report.

At 18 years old, Downs was assigned to the low-A level Walla Walla Phillies of the Northwest League, where he posted a 5–7 win–loss record in 14 games played (all starts); his seven losses were the highest total on that year’s team. In 80 innings pitched, Downs collected a 5.62 earned run average (ERA), walking 26 batters and allowing 103 hits. He was promoted to the Spartanburg Phillies in 1971, a member of the A-level Western Carolinas League. 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.

Downs threw four pitches: a standard four-seam fastball, a changeup, a curveball, and a slider, whose development he credited to his Spartanburg manager—Hall of Famer, Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame member, and perfect game pitcher Jim Bunning. 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”.

After spending the entire 1973 period on the injured list Downs returned to minor leagues. The spring of 1974 saw him had one of the procedures known as “exploratory surgery” to enlarge the shoulder’s groove by removing part of tendons. He played in seven games with the Rocky Mount Phillies in 1974 with two wins and losing one, while accumulating an 5.10 ERA.

Dave Downs Net Worth

Dave Downs is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dave Downs 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Ralph “Dave” Downs (born on the 21st of June 1952) is an American former professional baseball player. He was a part of several Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams between 1970 and 1976 before making his debut in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1972, playing four games for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was identified as being at 6’5 inches (1.96 m) and weighting 220 pounds (100 kg) during his playing years. The pitcher’s brother is Kelly Downs.

Downs made the move to the A-level Reading Phillies of the Eastern League during in 1972. As as a hitter, Downs hit .167 With one hit and one triple and scored seven runs. As a pitcher, the ace pitched 26 games, registering the 15-7 mark and 15 games that were complete. He batted out 96 batters and walked 40 over the 183 innings he pitched, which earned him an upgrade to the Major League team in Philadelphia.

Downs made his major league debut on September 2 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in the second game of a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves. He allowed his first hit to the opposing pitcher, Mike McQueen, 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 victory. 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 Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs. He did not earn a decision in the game, as the Phillies lost, 4–3. Downs took his first loss against the New York Mets on September 13, allowing three runs in three innings pitched; the game’s winner was future Phillie Tug McGraw. He pitched in one more game for the Phillies, a four-inning start against the St. Louis Cardinals on September 19, before he injured his shoulder and was deactivated for the season.

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