Brian Downing Stats

Brian Downing was born on Monday, October 9, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. Downing was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 31, 1973, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Brian Downing baseball stats page.
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Brian Downing

Brian Downing Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#519)

Brian Downing Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#519)
 

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Birth Name:   Brian Jay Downing
Nickname:   Incredible Hulk
Born On:   10-09-1950  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Los Angeles, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Cypress Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   194
First Game:   05-31-1973 (Age 22)
Last Game:   10-04-1992
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent
Brian Downing

Brian Downing Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Brian Downing

Brian Downing Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1973 23 White Sox 34 73 5 13 1 0 2 0 4 10 1 17 2 0 0 3 .178 .277 .274
1974 24 White Sox 108 293 41 66 12 1 10 0 39 51 3 72 4 0 2 11 .225 .344 .375
1975 25 White Sox 138 420 58 101 12 1 7 0 41 76 5 75 11 6 3 12 .240 .356 .324
1976 26 White Sox 104 317 38 81 14 0 3 0 30 40 0 55 4 3 1 2 .256 .338 .328
1977 27 White Sox 69 169 28 48 4 2 4 0 25 34 0 21 5 4 2 3 .284 .402 .402
1978 28 Angels 133 412 42 105 15 0 7 0 46 52 2 47 4 2 6 14 .255 .345 .342
1979 29 Angels 148 509 87 166 27 3 12 0 75 77 4 57 3 2 5 17 .326 .418 .462
1980 30 Angels 30 93 5 27 6 0 2 0 25 12 1 12 1 2 0 5 .290 .364 .419
1981 31 Angels 93 317 47 79 14 0 9 1 41 46 1 35 3 0 4 11 .249 .351 .379
1982 32 Angels 158 623 109 175 37 2 28 2 84 86 1 58 3 8 5 14 .281 .368 .482
1983 33 Angels 113 403 68 99 15 1 19 0 53 62 4 59 1 2 5 8 .246 .352 .429
1984 34 Angels 156 539 65 148 28 2 23 1 91 70 3 66 3 9 7 18 .275 .360 .462
1985 35 Angels 150 520 80 137 23 1 20 0 85 78 3 61 5 4 13 12 .263 .371 .427
1986 36 Angels 152 513 90 137 27 4 20 2 95 90 2 84 3 8 17 14 .267 .389 .452
1987 37 Angels 155 567 110 154 29 3 29 0 77 106 6 85 2 3 17 10 .272 .400 .487
1988 38 Angels 135 484 80 117 18 2 25 0 64 81 5 63 5 6 14 12 .242 .362 .442
1989 39 Angels 142 544 59 154 25 2 14 0 59 56 3 87 0 4 6 6 .283 .354 .414
1990 40 Angels 96 330 47 90 18 2 14 0 51 50 2 45 0 4 6 11 .273 .374 .467
1991 41 Rangers 123 407 76 113 17 2 17 1 49 58 7 70 1 2 8 7 .278 .377 .455
1992 42 Rangers 107 320 53 89 18 0 10 0 39 62 2 58 0 1 8 7 .278 .407 .428
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
20 Years 2,344 7,853 1,188 2,099 360 28 275 7 1,073 1,197 55 1,127 60 70 129 197 .267 .370 .425
Brian Downing

Brian Downing Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1973 White Sox 3B 8 4 105 20 2.5 16 7 9 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 4.11
1973 White Sox C 11 3 150 54 4.9 53 46 7 1 1 0 5 5 .981 9.54
1973 White Sox LF 6 3 96 4 0.7 4 3 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1973 White Sox RF 8 8 174 16 2.0 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.48
1974 White Sox C 63 46 1,356 308 4.9 306 278 28 2 3 4 42 21 .994 6.09
1974 White Sox LF 5 2 66 5 1.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1974 White Sox RF 34 28 726 56 1.6 56 54 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1975 White Sox C 137 134 3,591 822 6.0 814 730 84 8 5 11 89 66 .990 6.12
1976 White Sox C 93 80 2,165 494 5.3 488 450 38 6 4 1 78 37 .988 6.09
1977 White Sox C 61 51 1,363 354 5.8 348 320 28 6 5 1 51 22 .983 6.89
1977 White Sox LF 2 2 42 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1977 White Sox RF 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1978 Angels C 128 121 3,216 768 6.0 763 681 82 5 6 2 112 65 .993 6.41
1979 Angels C 129 127 3,275 715 5.5 704 669 35 11 5 6 101 34 .985 5.80
1980 Angels C 16 15 357 75 4.7 75 69 6 0 0 0 20 1 1.000 5.67
1981 Angels C 37 33 874 158 4.3 157 140 17 1 2 1 21 13 .994 4.85
1981 Angels LF 56 50 1,293 100 1.8 99 98 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.07
1982 Angels LF 158 157 6,390 330 2.1 330 322 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.39
1983 Angels LF 84 84 2,070 168 2.0 167 159 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.18
1984 Angels LF 131 131 3,318 277 2.1 277 272 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1985 Angels LF 121 118 3,045 251 2.1 249 244 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.21
1986 Angels LF 138 133 3,441 275 2.0 272 267 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.13
1987 Angels LF 34 33 792 51 1.5 51 49 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.74
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 735 713 20,553 1,465 2.0 1,458 1,423 35 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .995 1.92
C Totals 675 610 16,347 3,748 5.6 3,708 3,383 325 40 31 26 519 264 .989 6.12
RF Totals 43 37 927 73 1.7 73 71 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13
3B Totals 8 4 105 20 2.5 16 7 9 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 4.11
20 Years 2,285 1,364 37,932 5,411 2.4 5,359 4,884 371 51 33 26 519 264 .990 3.74
Brian Downing

Brian Downing Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1973 White Sox 0 0 .000 10 0 1 36.5 4.3 18.3 - - -
1974 White Sox 0 1 .000 13 6 9 29.3 4.1 7.5 - - -
1975 White Sox 13 4 .765 0 1 1 60.0 5.6 10.2 - - -
1976 White Sox 7 3 .700 5 0 11 105.7 5.8 10.6 - - -
1977 White Sox 1 2 .333 5 1 2 42.3 8.0 6.8 - - -
1978 Angels 3 2 .600 4 3 2 58.9 8.8 9.0 - - -
1979 Angels 3 3 .500 4 0 18 42.4 8.9 6.8 - - -
1980 Angels 0 2 .000 3 0 13 46.5 7.8 3.7 - - -
1981 Angels 1 1 .500 2 0 5 35.2 9.1 7.7 - - -
1982 Angels 2 1 .667 1 0 0 22.3 10.7 7.4 - - -
1983 Angels 1 2 .333 3 0 26 21.2 6.8 7.6 - - -
1984 Angels 0 4 .000 4 2 21 23.4 8.2 5.9 - - -
1985 Angels 5 3 .625 11 0 25 26.0 8.5 6.1 - - -
1986 Angels 4 4 .500 10 0 10 25.7 6.1 5.4 - - -
1987 Angels 5 5 .500 7 0 118 19.6 6.7 7.4 - - -
1988 Angels 3 4 .429 4 0 132 19.4 7.7 7.6 - - -
1989 Angels 0 2 .000 1 0 141 38.9 6.3 9.2 - - -
1990 Angels 0 0 .000 9 0 87 23.6 7.3 6.5 - - -
1991 Rangers 1 1 .500 25 0 109 23.9 5.8 8.3 - - -
1992 Rangers 1 0 1.000 15 1 93 32.0 5.5 8.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
20 Years 50 44 .532 136 14 824 28.6 7.0 7.3 - - -
Brian Downing

Brian Downing Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1973 Chicago White Sox 16 $15,000.00 - -
1974 Chicago White Sox 16 $15,000.00 - -
1975 Chicago White Sox 16 $16,000.00 - -
1976 Chicago White Sox 16 $40,000.00 - -
1977 Chicago White Sox 16 $65,000.00 - -
1978 California Angels 5 Undetermined - -
1979 California Angels 5 Undetermined Stats -
1980 California Angels 9 Undetermined - -
1981 California Angels 9 Undetermined - -
1982 California Angels 5 Undetermined - -
1983 California Angels 5 Undetermined - -
1984 California Angels 5 Undetermined - -
1985 California Angels 5 $808,333.00 - -
1986 California Angels 5 $808,333.00 - -
1987 California Angels 5 $900,000.00 - -
1988 California Angels 5 $900,000.00 - -
1989 California Angels 5 $1,250,000.00 - -
1990 California Angels 5 $1,250,000.00 - -
1991 Texas Rangers 55 Undetermined - -
1992 Texas Rangers 5, 55 $950,000.00 - -




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