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Mark Fidrych League
10-18-2157
Paul Downs First Base
Retired (2025, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .282 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .859 Status Deceased (2070) Option Years 0  
H 2280 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 06-21-1987
HR 453 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(2007)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(2 games)
RBI 1436
SB 394
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt C  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D- (8.4%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF D+ (21.2%) Arm B- WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF B  (64.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
2007 Minors 20 74.00 7 / 8 6 / 10 5 / 5 12 / 13 4 / 16 10 / 10 12 / 12 56 / 74
2008 Minors 21 56.00 5 / 6 6 / 7 11 / 14 6 / 10 1 / 6 6 / 6 5 / 7 40 / 56
2008 Pos (LF) 21 21.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 11 / 21
2009 Minors 22 65.00 2 / 7 6 / 11 6 / 10 7 / 12 2 / 11 5 / 7 5 / 7 33 / 65
2009 Pos (LF) 22 12.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 9 / 12
2009 Pos (RF) 22 36.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 36
2010 Minors 23 8.00 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 8
2010 Majors 23 64.63 144 99 0 2 / 7 0 / 4 8 / 12 4 / 11 0 / 3 8 / 12 8 / 15 30 / 64
2011 Majors 24 67.71 162 151 0 1 / 12 4 / 10 8 / 15 2 / 10 0 / 8 6 / 7 2 / 5 23 / 67
2012 Majors 25 70.24 162 151 0 3 / 14 2 / 6 8 / 15 2 / 9 0 / 7 4 / 10 5 / 9 24 / 70
2013 Majors 26 65.33 162 151 0 4 / 10 0 / 8 3 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 7 5 / 13 2 / 7 14 / 65
2014 Majors 27 57.04 144 135 18 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 12 1 / 4 1 / 10 3 / 7 0 / 6 6 / 57
2015 Majors 28 63.68 162 151 0 1 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 5 1 / 9 3 / 11 1 / 8 6 / 63
2016 Majors 29 64.63 162 151 0 1 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 10 1 / 13 1 / 8 3 / 64
2017 Majors 30 49.14 137 124 25 1 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 49
2018 Majors 31 58.72 162 150 0 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 4 2 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 9 2 / 58
2019 Majors 32 56.91 162 131 0 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 56
2020 Majors 33 55.63 162 124 0 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 8 1 / 55
2021 Majors 34 62.27 162 143 0 -1 / 12 -5 / 8 -2 / 4 0 / 10 -1 / 12 -2 / 8 -4 / 8 -15 / 62
2022 Majors 35 58.52 162 147 0 -1 / 7 -3 / 6 -2 / 10 -1 / 13 -1 / 4 -1 / 5 -2 / 13 -11 / 58
2023 Majors 36 57.06 162 118 0 -1 / 9 -1 / 13 -1 / 6 -5 / 4 -7 / 7 0 / 7 -2 / 11 -17 / 57
2024 Majors 37 52.45 162 94 0 -2 / 5 -5 / 7 0 / 11 -1 / 6 -2 / 9 -2 / 6 -1 / 8 -13 / 52
2025 Majors 38 41.90 162 60 0 -2 / 6 -6 / 7 -4 / 3 -5 / 10 -4 / 8 -1 / 3 0 / 4 -22 / 41
Total 2531 2080 43 21 / 165 5 / 156 41 / 174 24 / 158 -6 / 167 45 / 159 32 / 162 202 / 1210
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2025-11-01Paul Downs has retired from the New York Empires
2017-07-28Paul Downs of the New York Empires is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
2017-07-04Paul Downs of the New York Empires is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
2016-10-03The New York Empires have removed Paul Downs from the trade block.
2014-05-16Paul Downs of the New York Empires is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
2013-04-01The New York Empires have placed Paul Downs on the trade block.
2010-04-21The Oakland Unathletics have promoted Paul Downs to the major league team. The Oakland Unathletics have sent Bill Smith to the minors.
2010-04-19A trade has been completed between the Oakland Unathletics and the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Cubs receive Joe Azocar, Mark Borkowski from the Oakland Unathletics in exchange for Gus Bryan, Paul Downs, Gene Jacobson. Protest This Trade.