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Brian Downing
Brian Jay Downing (The Incredible Hulk)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 194 lb.

Debut May 31, 1973
  vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1992
Born October 9, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 22 CHW AL  34   73    5   13   1  0   2    4   0  0  10  17  .178  .277  .274   53   20   2   0   1   0   3
 1974 23 CHW AL 108  293   41   66  12  1  10   39   0  1  51  72  .225  .344  .375  105  110   4   0   3   2  11
 1975 24 CHW AL 138  420   58  101  12  1   7   41  13  4  76  75  .240  .356  .324   93  136  11   6   5   3  12
 1976 25 CHW AL 104  317   38   81  14  0   3   30   7  3  40  55  .256  .338  .328   96  104   4   3   0   1   2
 1977 26 CHW AL  69  169   28   48   4  2   4   25   1  2  34  21  .284  .402  .402  121   68   5   4   0   2   3
 1978 27 CAL AL 133  412   42  105  15  0   7   46   3  2  52  47  .255  .345  .342   98  141   4   2   2   6  14
 1979 28 CAL AL 148  509   87  166  27  3  12   75   3  3  77  57  .326  .418  .462  142  235   3   2   4   5  17 MVP-14,AS
 1980 29 CAL AL  30   93    5   27   6  0   2   25   0  2  12  12  .290  .364  .419  118   39   1   2   1   0   5
 1981 30 CAL AL  93  317   47   79  14  0   9   41   1  1  46  35  .249  .351  .379  111  120   3   0   1   4  11
 1982 31 CAL AL 158  623  109  175  37  2  28   84   2  1  86  58  .281  .368  .482  132  300   3   8   1   5  14 MVP-14
 1983 32 CAL AL 113  403   68   99  15  1  19   53   1  2  62  59  .246  .352  .429  115  173   1   2   4   5   8
 1984 33 CAL AL 156  539   65  148  28  2  23   91   0  4  70  66  .275  .360  .462  126  249   3   9   3   7  18 MVP-18
 1985 34 CAL AL 150  520   80  137  23  1  20   85   5  3  78  61  .263  .371  .427  119  222   5   4   3  13  12
 1986 35 CAL AL 152  513   90  137  27  4  20   95   4  4  90  84  .267  .389  .452  130  232   3   8   2  17  14
 1987 36 CAL AL 155  567  110  154  29  3  29   77   5  5 106  85  .272  .400  .487  137  276   2   3   6  17  10
 1988 37 CAL AL 135  484   80  117  18  2  25   64   3  4  81  63  .242  .362  .442  128  214   5   6   5  14  12
 1989 38 CAL AL 142  544   59  154  25  2  14   59   0  2  56  87  .283  .354  .414  118  225   0   4   3   6   6
 1990 39 CAL AL  96  330   47   90  18  2  14   51   0  0  50  45  .273  .374  .467  138  154   0   4   2   6  11
 1991 40 TEX AL 123  407   76  113  17  2  17   49   1  1  58  70  .278  .377  .455  132  185   1   2   7   8   7
 1992 41 TEX AL 107  320   53   89  18  0  10   39   1  0  62  58  .278  .407  .428  138  137   0   1   2   8   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons         7853      2099     28     1073     44    1127  .267  .370  .425  122       60  70  55 129 197
               2344      1188      360    275       50   1197                            3340
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        543   82  145  25  2  19   74   3  3  83  78  .267  .370  .425  122  231   4   5   4   9  14
 Career High    158  623  110  175  37  4  29   95  13  5 106  87  .326  .418  .487  142  300  11   9   7  17  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1973 22 CHW AL   85   65    6   2.5    97| .178  .265| .277  .335| .274  .390| .551  .725|  53  .264  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1974 23 CHW AL  350  243   38   4.2    92| .225  .262| .344  .327| .375  .376| .719  .703| 105  .509   3.2   0.3   0%
 1975 24 CHW AL  516  352   54   4.1    94| .240  .260| .356  .330| .324  .382| .680  .713|  93  .480  -0.6  -0.1  76%
 1976 25 CHW AL  365  248   39   4.3    87| .256  .257| .338  .322| .328  .362| .666  .684|  96  .529  -0.2   0.0  70%
 1977 26 CHW AL  214  135   30   6.0   100| .284  .266| .402  .330| .402  .405| .804  .735| 121  .613   7.2   0.7  33%
 1978 27 CAL AL  476  329   49   4.0    90| .255  .256| .345  .321| .342  .378| .687  .699|  98  .463   1.2   0.1  60%
 1979 28 CAL AL  596  368   99   7.2    98| .326  .265| .418  .329| .462  .401| .880  .730| 142  .683  34.5   3.3  50%
 1980 29 CAL AL  108   76   13   4.6    96| .290  .266| .364  .327| .419  .394| .783  .721| 118  .501   3.0   0.3   0%
 1981 30 CAL AL  370  253   43   4.6    89| .249  .256| .351  .321| .379  .373| .730  .693| 111  .549   6.0   0.6  50%
 1982 31 CAL AL  725  474  114   6.5    98| .281  .264| .368  .328| .482  .402| .850  .730| 132  .651  30.3   3.0  66%
 1983 32 CAL AL  473  317   63   5.3    97| .246  .264| .352  .326| .429  .399| .781  .725| 115  .572   9.8   1.0  33%
 1984 33 CAL AL  628  425   89   5.6    97| .275  .264| .360  .326| .462  .398| .822  .724| 126  .598  21.8   2.1   0%
 1985 34 CAL AL  620  407   87   5.7    99| .263  .261| .371  .327| .427  .406| .798  .733| 119  .599  16.6   1.6  62%
 1986 35 CAL AL  631  405   96   6.3    99| .267  .260| .389  .328| .452  .406| .841  .734| 130  .636  26.7   2.6  50%
 1987 36 CAL AL  695  433  117   7.2   103| .272  .261| .400  .329| .487  .420| .887  .749| 137  .664  36.1   3.4  50%
 1988 37 CAL AL  590  394   81   5.5    92| .242  .256| .362  .320| .442  .385| .804  .706| 128  .600  21.3   2.1  42%
 1989 38 CAL AL  610  402   83   5.5    92| .283  .258| .354  .323| .414  .380| .768  .703| 118  .609  14.2   1.4   0%
 1990 39 CAL AL  390  255   59   6.2    92| .273  .256| .374  .324| .467  .382| .841  .706| 138  .652  18.6   1.9   0%
 1991 40 TEX AL  476  305   73   6.4    95| .278  .258| .377  .326| .455  .391| .832  .717| 132  .654  19.1   1.9  50%
 1992 41 TEX AL  391  239   61   6.9    92| .278  .256| .407  .324| .428  .380| .835  .704| 138  .693  20.4   2.0 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons     9309 6125 1294   5.7    95| .267  .260| .370  .326| .425  .392| .795  .718| 122  .604 284.0  27.7  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 22 CHW AL OF 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.54 2.02 2.00 2.29 11 90.0 C 11 46 7 1 1 .981 .985 4.82 5.29 9.54 6.05 3 50.0 0 2 5 5 RF 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.73 2.48 2.09 8 58.0 3B 8 7 9 4 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.67 4.08 3.01 4 35.3 LF 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.68 1.12 2.00 3 32.0 DH 1 1974 23 CHW AL C 63 278 28 2 3 .994 .983 4.86 5.01 6.09 5.89 46 452.0 4 14 42 21 OF 39 59 2 0 2 1.000 .981 1.56 2.12 2.08 2.41 30 264.3 RF 34 54 2 0 2 1.000 .976 1.65 1.86 2.08 2.18 28 242.3 DH 9 LF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.76 2.05 2.13 2 22.0 1975 24 CHW AL C 137 730 84 8 5 .990 .983 5.94 5.04 6.12 6.00 134 1197.0 11 17 89 66 DH 1 1976 25 CHW AL C 93 450 38 6 4 .988 .981 5.25 4.90 6.09 5.75 80 721.7 1 14 78 37 DH 11 1977 26 CHW AL C 61 320 28 6 5 .983 .986 5.70 5.06 6.89 6.01 51 454.3 1 6 51 22 OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.03 1.96 2.35 3 23.0 LF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.75 2.57 2.12 2 14.0 DH 2 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.00 2.10 1 9.0 1978 27 CAL AL C 128 681 82 5 6 .993 .983 5.96 4.86 6.41 5.53 121 1072.0 2 28 112 65 DH 2 1979 28 CAL AL C 129 669 35 11 5 .985 .982 5.46 4.69 5.80 5.46 127 1091.7 6 33 101 34 AS DH 18 AS 1980 29 CAL AL C 16 69 6 0 0 1.000 .986 4.69 4.60 5.67 5.48 15 119.0 0 0 20 1 DH 13 1981 30 CAL AL LF 56 98 1 1 0 .990 .979 1.77 1.99 2.07 2.38 50 431.0 C 37 140 17 1 2 .994 .987 4.24 4.76 4.85 5.51 33 291.3 1 5 21 13 DH 5 1982 31 CAL AL LF 158 322 8 0 0 1.000 .981 2.09 1.91 2.27 2.29 157 1307.7 1983 32 CAL AL LF 84 159 8 1 0 .994 .977 1.99 1.90 2.18 2.32 84 690.7 DH 26 1984 33 CAL AL LF 131 272 5 0 0 1.000 .982 2.11 1.80 2.25 2.27 131 1106.0 DH 21 1985 34 CAL AL LF 121 244 5 2 0 .992 .977 2.06 1.77 2.21 2.25 118 1015.3 DH 25 1986 35 CAL AL LF 138 267 5 3 0 .989 .977 1.97 1.77 2.13 2.24 133 1147.7 DH 10 1987 36 CAL AL DH 118 LF 34 49 2 0 0 1.000 .973 1.50 1.73 1.74 2.11 33 264.0 1988 37 CAL AL DH 132 1989 38 CAL AL DH 141 1990 39 CAL AL DH 87 1991 40 TEX AL DH 109 1992 41 TEX AL DH 93
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1973 22 CHW AL 3B 8 7 9 4 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.67 4.08 3.01 4 35.3 1973 22 CHW AL C 11 46 7 1 1 .981 .985 4.82 5.29 9.54 6.05 3 50.0 0 2 5 5 1974 23 CHW AL C 63 278 28 2 3 .994 .983 4.86 5.01 6.09 5.89 46 452.0 4 14 42 21 1975 24 CHW AL C 137 730 84 8 5 .990 .983 5.94 5.04 6.12 6.00 134 1197.0 11 17 89 66 1976 25 CHW AL C 93 450 38 6 4 .988 .981 5.25 4.90 6.09 5.75 80 721.7 1 14 78 37 1977 26 CHW AL C 61 320 28 6 5 .983 .986 5.70 5.06 6.89 6.01 51 454.3 1 6 51 22 1978 27 CAL AL C 128 681 82 5 6 .993 .983 5.96 4.86 6.41 5.53 121 1072.0 2 28 112 65 1979 28 CAL AL C 129 669 35 11 5 .985 .982 5.46 4.69 5.80 5.46 127 1091.7 6 33 101 34 1980 29 CAL AL C 16 69 6 0 0 1.000 .986 4.69 4.60 5.67 5.48 15 119.0 0 0 20 1 1981 30 CAL AL C 37 140 17 1 2 .994 .987 4.24 4.76 4.85 5.51 33 291.3 1 5 21 13 1973 22 CHW AL DH 1 1974 23 CHW AL DH 9 1975 24 CHW AL DH 1 1976 25 CHW AL DH 11 1977 26 CHW AL DH 2 1978 27 CAL AL DH 2 1979 28 CAL AL DH 18 1980 29 CAL AL DH 13 1981 30 CAL AL DH 5 1983 32 CAL AL DH 26 1984 33 CAL AL DH 21 1985 34 CAL AL DH 25 1986 35 CAL AL DH 10 1987 36 CAL AL DH 118 1988 37 CAL AL DH 132 1989 38 CAL AL DH 141 1990 39 CAL AL DH 87 1991 40 TEX AL DH 109 1992 41 TEX AL DH 93 1973 22 CHW AL LF 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.68 1.12 2.00 3 32.0 1974 23 CHW AL LF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.76 2.05 2.13 2 22.0 1977 26 CHW AL LF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.75 2.57 2.12 2 14.0 1981 30 CAL AL LF 56 98 1 1 0 .990 .979 1.77 1.99 2.07 2.38 50 431.0 1982 31 CAL AL LF 158 322 8 0 0 1.000 .981 2.09 1.91 2.27 2.29 157 1307.7 1983 32 CAL AL LF 84 159 8 1 0 .994 .977 1.99 1.90 2.18 2.32 84 690.7 1984 33 CAL AL LF 131 272 5 0 0 1.000 .982 2.11 1.80 2.25 2.27 131 1106.0 1985 34 CAL AL LF 121 244 5 2 0 .992 .977 2.06 1.77 2.21 2.25 118 1015.3 1986 35 CAL AL LF 138 267 5 3 0 .989 .977 1.97 1.77 2.13 2.24 133 1147.7 1987 36 CAL AL LF 34 49 2 0 0 1.000 .973 1.50 1.73 1.74 2.11 33 264.0 1973 22 CHW AL OF 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.54 2.02 2.00 2.29 11 90.0 1974 23 CHW AL OF 39 59 2 0 2 1.000 .981 1.56 2.12 2.08 2.41 30 264.3 1977 26 CHW AL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.03 1.96 2.35 3 23.0 1981 30 CAL AL OF 56 97 1 1 0 .990 .983 1.75 2.16 2.05 2.48 50 431.0 1982 31 CAL AL OF 158 321 9 0 0 1.000 .982 2.09 2.15 2.27 2.47 157 1307.7 1983 32 CAL AL OF 84 160 9 1 0 .994 .981 2.01 2.16 2.20 2.50 84 690.7 1984 33 CAL AL OF 131 272 5 0 0 1.000 .983 2.11 2.17 2.25 2.51 131 1106.0 1985 34 CAL AL OF 121 244 5 2 0 .992 .982 2.06 2.10 2.21 2.44 118 1015.3 1986 35 CAL AL OF 138 267 5 3 0 .989 .980 1.97 2.06 2.13 2.39 133 1147.7 1987 36 CAL AL OF 34 47 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.44 2.00 1.67 2.31 33 264.0 1973 22 CHW AL RF 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.73 2.48 2.09 8 58.0 1974 23 CHW AL RF 34 54 2 0 2 1.000 .976 1.65 1.86 2.08 2.18 28 242.3 1977 26 CHW AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.00 2.10 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total DH 824 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 777 1491 39 7 2 .995 .982 1.97 2.12 2.17 2.45 750 6339.7 735 0 43# LF* 735 1423 35 7 0 .995 .979 1.98 1.83 2.18 2.27 713 6030.3 C* 675 3383 325 40 31 .989 .983 5.49 4.90 6.12 5.72 610 5449.0 26 119 519 264 RF* 43 71 2 0 2 1.000 .976 1.70 1.83 2.12 2.16 37 309.3 3B* 8 7 9 4 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.67 4.08 3.01 4 35.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1460 4881 373 51 33 .990 .983 3.60 3.41 4.00 3.96 1364 11824
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   ALCS  CAL BAL     L   4  15   1   3  0  0  0   1   1   1  .200  .235  .200   0  0   0   1   0 
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   5  19   4   3  1  0  0   0   3   2  .158  .273  .211   0  0   1   0   0 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   7  27   2   6  0  0  1   7   4   5  .222  .333  .333   0  1   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     0-3  16  61   7  12  1  0  1   8   8   8  .197  .292  .262   0  1   1   2   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1979   CAL AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1979 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1979-AL-14-0.06
1982-AL-14-0.06
1984-AL-18-0.02
Car-795-0.14 shares

Batting Average
1979 AL-.326-3

On-base %
1979 AL-.418-3
1986 AL-.389-7
1987 AL-.400-6

Games
Car-2344-89

At Bats
1982 AL-623-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1982 AL-725-3
1987 AL-695-7

Runs
1982 AL-109-5
1987 AL-110-3

Total Bases
1982 AL-300-8

Doubles
1982 AL-37-8

Home Runs
1988 AL-25-10

Bases on Balls
1982 AL-86-8
1986 AL-90-6
1987 AL-106-1
1988 AL-81-9
Car-1197-52

Runs Created
1982 AL-114-8
1987 AL-117-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1979 AL-34-10
1987 AL-36-9

Batting Wins
1979 AL-3.3-10
1986 AL-2.6-9
1987 AL-3.4-8

Extra-Base Hits
1982 AL-67-9

Times on Base
1982 AL-266-5
1987 AL-277-3

Offensive Win%
1979 AL-.683-8

Hit By Pitch
1981 AL-4-9
1984 AL-7-8
1985 AL-13-3
1986 AL-17-2
1987 AL-17-2
1988 AL-14-2
1989 AL-6-9
1991 AL-8-4
Car-129-34

Sac. Flies
1982 AL-8-7
1984 AL-9-6
1986 AL-8-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1979 AL-17-10
Car-197-83

At Bats per Home Run
1988 AL-19.4-9

Outs
1982 AL-474-4

Oldest Player
1990 AL-39-9
1991 AL-40-6
1992 AL-41-5

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 25 (876) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 32.2 (222) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.5 (818) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 19, 1969: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 5, 1977: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Dave Frost and Chris Knapp to the California Angels for Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley, and Richard Dotson.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

April 13, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 30, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 6, 1992: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985California Angels$808,333
1986California Angels$808,333
1987California Angels$900,000
1988California Angels$900,000
1989California Angels$1,250,000
1990California Angels$1,250,000
1992Texas Rangers$950,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,866,666

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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