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Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal

Regular Season: 10 PA , .000/.400/.000, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Batter vs. Pitcher

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Year-by-Year Totals

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1986	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
2	1987	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
3	1988	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Plate Appearances

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Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-04-18	CAL	MIN	ahead 2-4	b6	12-	2		Walk; W. Joyner to 3B; R. Jackson to 2B
2	1987	1987-04-19	CAL	MIN	tied 0-0	b1	---	0		Walk
3	1987	1987-04-19	CAL	MIN	ahead 0-2	b3	---	1		Flyball: SS
4	1987	1987-04-19	CAL	MIN	down 4-2	b6	---	0		Flyball: CF
5	1987	1987-04-24	CAL	MIN	tied 0-0	t1	---	0		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); B. Downing to 1B
6	1987	1987-04-24	CAL	MIN	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1988	1988-06-21	CAL	MIN	ahead 0-4	t7	---	2	3 (1-1)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
8	1988	1988-06-21	CAL	MIN	tied 4-4	t10	---	1	6 (3-2)	Walk
9	1988	1988-06-27	CAL	MIN	ahead 4-11	b5	---	2	6 (3-2)	Walk
10	1988	1988-06-27	CAL	MIN	ahead 5-15	b6	-2-	2	6 (3-2)	Flyball: CF (Short CF)

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Batting Comparison

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	7853	1188	2099	360	28	275	1073	50	44	1197	1127	.267	.370	.425	.796	122	3340	197	129	60	70	55
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	450	33	89	20	1	2	36	0	0	20	87	.198	.232	.260	.492	35	117	11	1	54	4	0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Brian Downing	28-35	1979	1986	16	73	61	7	12	1	0	1	8	0	1	8	8	.197	.292	.262	.554	16	1	1	1	2	1
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Value

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	51.5	21.1	53.8	-6.9	279	-14	4	-15
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	2.1	2.0	2.0	0.1	-45	-1	-2	0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Sabermetric

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	663	3425	3535	6125	1294	.280	1986	284	27.9	.158	7.0	53.19	94
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	23	110	113	430	32	.238	67	-41	-4.0	.062	5.2		0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Brian Downing	28-35	1979	1986	16	73	2	21	21	54		.204	14			.066	7.6	0.00	1
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Win Probability

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992	2344	9309	23.6	26.6	-3.5	293.45		307.14	1.03
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	246	529	-5.6	-4.7	-1.3	-56.40		-50.26	0.94

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Pitching Comparison

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	109	95	.534	4.03	346	283	24	16	4	5	1826.1	1813	896	817	209	607	27	1134	36	7	57	7726	2535	100	4.27	1.325	8.9	1.0	3.0	5.6

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	0	1	.000	36.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	7	4		19.10	4.000	27.0	9.0	9.0	0.0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Value

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1	15.9	1.2

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Against

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1	2535	6959	1253	318	33	136	61	69.04	11	159	78	46	.261	.321	.406	.727	100	.145	.283	917	2824	560	2456	2535

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	1.0	4	6											.500	.571					.400				4	4

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Starting & Relieving

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	149	53	51.2	66	17	26	4	55.6	24	63

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995									1	1

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Ratios

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brian Downing	22-41	1973	1992
2	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1	14.7	7.9	6.8

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brian Downing	28-35	1979	1986
2	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	1.0	0.0	14.3	-14.3

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Pitch Summary

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mark Portugal	22-36	1985	1999	346	283	1826.1		89

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mark Portugal	32	1995	1995	1	0	1.0

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Head-to-Head Batting

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Brian Downing	5	26	18	4	5	1	0	0	4	1	1	7	1	.278	.462	.333	.795	6	0	0	0	1	0
2	Mark Portugal	5

Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Game Logs

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Brian Downing vs. Mark Portugal: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Brian Downing	CAL	1988-06-27	*	9	4	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.76	0.012	0.12	0.00%	0.27			DH
2	Mark Portugal	MIN	1988-06-27																																	P
3	Brian Downing	CAL	1988-06-21	*	10	4	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.070	0.19	0.01%	0.83			DH
4	Mark Portugal	MIN	1988-06-21																																	P
5	Brian Downing	CAL	1987-04-24	*	9	1	5	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	0.044	1.23	0.06%	1.21			DH
6	Mark Portugal	MIN	1987-04-24																																	P
7	Brian Downing	CAL	1987-04-19	*	9	1	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.094	3.75	0.13%	0.11			DH
8	Mark Portugal	MIN	1987-04-19																																	P
9	Brian Downing	CAL	1986-04-18	*	9	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.027	1.21	-0.02%	-0.29			LF
10	Mark Portugal	MIN	1986-04-18																																	P

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