---

Show modern player card

Name	Team	Age
Ducky Downs	Retired (1983, Age 38)	Died (2030, Age 85)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1968)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Don Newcombe League	0	16 years (32 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	A-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	8/22/1945
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	7
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
B  (60.2 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1968

Majors

67.44

94

84

0

5 / 9

3 / 10

5 / 9

1 / 9

10 / 10

7 / 11

5 / 9

36 / 67

1969

Majors

49.30

133

121

29

1 / 6

2 / 6

0 / 2

3 / 8

5 / 6

4 / 11

5 / 10

20 / 49

1970

Majors

62.16

162

146

0

3 / 8

2 / 9

3 / 8

0 / 14

9 / 11

3 / 8

2 / 4

22 / 62

1971

Majors

63.28

162

146

0

1 / 9

0 / 7

2 / 10

0 / 8

6 / 9

3 / 9

4 / 11

16 / 63

1972

Majors

63.92

162

146

0

2 / 12

1 / 11

3 / 13

0 / 8

2 / 5

2 / 4

5 / 10

15 / 63

1973

Majors

63.66

162

146

0

1 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 11

0 / 8

1 / 7

4 / 13

1 / 16

8 / 63

1974

Majors

62.22

156

141

6

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 14

1 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 5

2 / 62

1975

Majors

53.85

134

121

28

1 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 5

1 / 4

3 / 53

1976

Majors

52.65

125

113

37

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 8

2 / 52

1977

Majors

62.42

158

143

4

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 10

1 / 62

1978

Majors

64.43

162

146

0

1 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 64

1979

Majors

48.55

120

104

42

-1 / 6

0 / 10

-3 / 6

-6 / 12

-9 / 7

-3 / 4

-4 / 3

-26 / 48

1980

Majors

52.59

137

93

25

-2 / 9

-5 / 7

-1 / 10

-2 / 8

-8 / 8

-3 / 6

-3 / 4

-24 / 52

1981

Majors

65.78

162

144

0

-3 / 9

-1 / 11

-2 / 9

-4 / 7

-10 / 5

-2 / 14

-3 / 10

-25 / 65

1982

Majors

65.78

162

144

0

-3 / 15

-5 / 10

-2 / 5

-7 / 6

-8 / 10

-1 / 12

-4 / 7

-30 / 65

1983

Majors

63.82

162

120

0

-1 / 6

-2 / 7

0 / 12

-1 / 10

-5 / 11

-2 / 8

-4 / 9

-15 / 63

Total

2353

2058

171

5 / 134

-4 / 141

7 / 122

-16 / 148

-5 / 134

13 / 142

6 / 132

6 / 953

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Ducky Downs has retired from the Chicago Cubs
1980-08-29	A trade has been completed between the New York Pride and the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Cubs receive Ducky Downs, John Sulik, Rudy Goggin from the New York Pride in exchange for Draft Pick - 1981 Round 1 (CHN), Draft Pick 1983 Round 3 CHN (Walt Walters).
1980-04-29	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1979-06-25	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1979-05-21	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1977-06-13	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1976-09-02	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1976-04-06	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
1975-05-17	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1974-06-13	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1969-04-29	Ducky Downs of the New York Pride is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1968-04-01	The New York Pride have promoted Charlie Gross to the major league team. The New York Pride have promoted Ducky Downs to the major league team.