 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 magazine on October 30, 1989 carrying his nephew 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.