Brian Downing
Brian Jay Downing
Born: October 9, 1950
Los Angeles, CA USA
Primary Position: LF
All Position(s) Played: C, 3B, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 170
Career: 1973-1992
Minor League Statistics
Brian Downing compiled a career batting average of .267 with 275 home runs and 1073 RBI in his 2344-game career with the Chicago White Sox, California Angels and Texas Rangers. He began playing during the 1973 season and last took the field during the 1992 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1973 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 85 | 73 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .178 | .277 | .274 | .551 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1974 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 108 | 350 | 293 | 41 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 72 | .225 | .344 | .375 | .719 | 110 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
1975 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 516 | 420 | 58 | 101 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 76 | 75 | .240 | .356 | .324 | .680 | 136 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
1976 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 104 | 365 | 317 | 38 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 55 | .256 | .338 | .328 | .666 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
1977 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 69 | 214 | 169 | 28 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 21 | .284 | .402 | .402 | .804 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
1978 | AL | California Angels | 133 | 476 | 412 | 42 | 105 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 47 | .255 | .345 | .342 | .688 | 141 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
1979 | AL | California Angels | 148 | 596 | 509 | 87 | 166 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 57 | .326 | .418 | .462 | .880 | 235 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
1980 | AL | California Angels | 30 | 108 | 93 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | .290 | .364 | .419 | .784 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
1981 | AL | California Angels | 93 | 370 | 317 | 47 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 35 | .249 | .351 | .379 | .730 | 120 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
1982 | AL | California Angels | 158 | 725 | 623 | 109 | 175 | 37 | 2 | 28 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 58 | .281 | .368 | .482 | .850 | 300 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
1983 | AL | California Angels | 113 | 473 | 403 | 68 | 99 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 59 | .246 | .352 | .429 | .781 | 173 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
1984 | AL | California Angels | 156 | 628 | 539 | 65 | 148 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 66 | .275 | .360 | .462 | .822 | 249 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
1985 | AL | California Angels | 150 | 620 | 520 | 80 | 137 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 85 | 5 | 3 | 78 | 61 | .263 | .371 | .427 | .798 | 222 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
1986 | AL | California Angels | 152 | 631 | 513 | 90 | 137 | 27 | 4 | 20 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 84 | .267 | .389 | .452 | .841 | 232 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
1987 | AL | California Angels | 155 | 695 | 567 | 110 | 154 | 29 | 3 | 29 | 77 | 5 | 5 | 106 | 85 | .272 | .400 | .487 | .886 | 276 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
1988 | AL | California Angels | 135 | 590 | 484 | 80 | 117 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 81 | 63 | .242 | .362 | .442 | .805 | 214 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
1989 | AL | California Angels | 142 | 610 | 544 | 59 | 154 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 87 | .283 | .354 | .414 | .768 | 225 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
1990 | AL | California Angels | 96 | 390 | 330 | 47 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 45 | .273 | .374 | .467 | .841 | 154 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
1991 | AL | Texas Rangers | 123 | 476 | 407 | 76 | 113 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 70 | .278 | .377 | .455 | .831 | 185 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
1992 | AL | Texas Rangers | 107 | 391 | 320 | 53 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 58 | .278 | .407 | .428 | .835 | 137 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 2344 | 9309 | 7853 | 1188 | 2099 | 360 | 28 | 275 | 1073 | 50 | 44 | 1197 | 1127 | .267 | .370 | .425 | .796 | 3340 | 197 | 129 | 60 | 70 | 55 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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1973 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 13 | 11 | 90.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 11 | 3 | 50.0 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 9.540 | 4.818 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 |
1973 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 8 | 4 | 35.3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 4.075 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1974 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 63 | 46 | 452.0 | 278 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .994 | 6.093 | 4.857 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 21 | 33.3 |
1974 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 39 | 30 | 264.3 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 1.564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 137 | 134 | 1197.0 | 730 | 84 | 8 | 5 | .990 | 6.120 | 5.942 | 11 | 0 | 89 | 66 | 42.6 |
1976 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 93 | 80 | 721.7 | 450 | 38 | 6 | 4 | .988 | 6.086 | 5.247 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 37 | 32.2 |
1977 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 61 | 51 | 454.3 | 320 | 28 | 6 | 5 | .983 | 6.894 | 5.705 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 22 | 30.1 |
1977 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 3 | 3 | 23.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.957 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1978 | AL | California Angels | C | 128 | 121 | 1072.0 | 681 | 82 | 5 | 6 | .993 | 6.406 | 5.961 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 65 | 36.7 |
1979 | AL | California Angels | C | 129 | 127 | 1091.7 | 669 | 35 | 11 | 5 | .985 | 5.804 | 5.457 | 6 | 0 | 101 | 34 | 25.2 |
1980 | AL | California Angels | C | 16 | 15 | 119.0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.672 | 4.688 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4.8 |
1981 | AL | California Angels | OF | 56 | 50 | 430.0 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.051 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1981 | AL | California Angels | C | 37 | 33 | 291.3 | 140 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 4.850 | 4.243 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 38.2 |
1982 | AL | California Angels | OF | 158 | 157 | 1307.7 | 321 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.271 | 2.089 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1983 | AL | California Angels | OF | 84 | 84 | 690.7 | 160 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 2.202 | 2.012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1984 | AL | California Angels | OF | 131 | 131 | 1106.0 | 272 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.254 | 2.115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1985 | AL | California Angels | OF | 121 | 118 | 1015.3 | 244 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .992 | 2.207 | 2.058 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1986 | AL | California Angels | OF | 138 | 133 | 1147.7 | 267 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.133 | 1.971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1987 | AL | California Angels | OF | 34 | 33 | 264.0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.670 | 1.441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1460 | 1364 | 11823.0 | 4881 | 373 | 51 | 33 | .990 | 3.999 | 3.599 | 26 | 0 | 519 | 264 | 33.7 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1979 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | 4 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1982 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .158 | .273 | .211 | .483 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | 7 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .222 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 16 | 73 | 61 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .197 | .292 | .262 | .554 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1979 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | C | 4 | 4 | 35.7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.813 | 6.750 |
1982 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | LF | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.350 | 1.200 |
1986 | AL | California Angels | ALCS | LF | 7 | 7 | 64.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.531 | 2.571 |
Totals | 16 | 16 | 139.7 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.286 | 3.188 |
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