{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Kelly Downs |image=1987 Rob Broder Rookies Kelly Downs.jpg |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|10|25}} |birth_place=Ogden, Utah, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 29 |debutyear=1986 |debutteam=San Francisco Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 29 |finalyear=1993 |finalteam=Oakland Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=57–53 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.86 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=598 |teams= *San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1992}}) *Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1992}}–{{mlby|1993}}) |highlights= }} '''Kelly Robert Downs''' (born October 25, 1960) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics from 1986 to 1993. He wore uniform number 37 for his seven years with the Giants, and number 31 for his two seasons with the A's.
Downs won a career high 13 games in 1988 for the Giants and appeared in the 1989 World Series versus the Athletics. He was featured on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated'' on October 30, 1989,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9196/index.htm |title=Kelly Downs, Baseball, San Francisco Giants - 10.30.89 - SI Vault |access-date=2013-02-01 |archive-date=2013-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012140232/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9196/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> carrying his nephew<ref>[https://archive.today/20130215174643/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1031026/index.htm sportsillustrated.cnn.com] </ref> in his arms after the Loma Prieta earthquake (magnitude 7.1) disrupted Game 3, at Candlestick Park.
Downs graduated from Viewmont High School in 1979.<ref>[http://www.viewmontalumni.net/hall.php Viewmont Alumni Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008011012/http://www.viewmontalumni.net/hall.php |date=2010-10-08 }}</ref>
His brother, Dave Downs, pitched briefly for the 1972 Philadelphia Phillies.
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