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Brian Downing

Brian Jay Downing (The Incredible Hulk)

Positions: Designated Hitter, Leftfielder and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 9, 1950 in Los Angeles, CA
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1973
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox/Rangers 1973-1992
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1973 CHW AL 22 OF 13 11 6 90.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 2.00 1.54 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 CHW AL 22 C 11 3 3 50.0 54 46 7 1 1 .981 1 24 9.54 4.82 .985 6.05 6.02 0 2 5 5 50% 38% 0
1973 CHW AL 22 3B 8 4 3 35.1 20 7 9 4 0 .800 -2 -58 4.08 2.00 .950 3.01 2.98
1973 CHW AL 22 RF 8 8 4 58.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.48 2.00 .976 2.09 2.08
1973 CHW AL 22 LF 6 3 2 32.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -45 1.12 0.67 .978 2.00 1.98
1973 CHW AL 22 DH 1 0
1974 CHW AL 23 C 63 46 46 452.0 308 278 28 2 3 .994 -2 -5 6.09 4.86 .983 5.89 5.87 4 14 42 21 33% 38% 0
1974 CHW AL 23 OF 39 30 21 264.1 61 59 2 0 2 1.000 2 7 2.08 1.56 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 CHW AL 23 RF 34 28 19 242.1 56 54 2 0 2 1.000 2 10 2.08 1.65 .976 2.18 2.17
1974 CHW AL 23 DH 9 6
1974 CHW AL 23 LF 5 2 2 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -22 2.05 1.00 .974 2.13 2.10
1975 CHW AL 24 C 137 134 127 1197.0 822 730 84 8 5 .990 5 5 6.12 5.94 .983 6.00 5.98 11 17 89 66 43% 38% 0
1975 CHW AL 24 DH 1 1
1976 CHW AL 25 C 93 80 69 721.2 494 450 38 6 4 .988 2 3 6.09 5.25 .981 5.75 5.77 1 14 78 37 32% 34% 1
1976 CHW AL 25 DH 11 9
1977 CHW AL 26 C 61 51 43 454.1 354 320 28 6 5 .983 -2 -5 6.89 5.70 .986 6.01 5.97 1 6 51 22 30% 39% 0
1977 CHW AL 26 OF 3 3 2 23.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -42 1.96 1.67 .978 2.35 2.33
1977 CHW AL 26 DH 2 1
1977 CHW AL 26 LF 2 2 1 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -51 2.57 2.00 .975 2.12 2.10
1977 CHW AL 26 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 1.00 1.00 .970 2.10 2.10
1978 CAL AL 27 C 128 121 110 1072.0 768 681 82 5 6 .993 4 4 6.41 5.96 .983 5.53 5.48 2 28 112 65 37% 38% 1
1978 CAL AL 27 DH 2 2
1979 CAL AL 28 C 129 127 114 1091.2 715 669 35 11 5 .985 -8 -9 5.80 5.46 .982 5.46 5.39 6 33 101 34 25% 36% 1 AS,MVP-14
1979 CAL AL 28 DH 18 17 AS,MVP-14
1980 CAL AL 29 C 16 15 11 119.0 75 69 6 0 0 1.000 -2 -20 5.67 4.69 .986 5.48 5.47 0 0 20 1 5% 35% 1
1980 CAL AL 29 DH 13 12
1981 CAL AL 30 LF 56 50 33 431.0 100 98 1 1 0 .990 -8 -22 2.07 1.77 .979 2.38 2.38
1981 CAL AL 30 OF 56 50 33 431.0 99 97 1 1 0 .990 -8 -22 2.05 1.75 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 CAL AL 30 C 37 33 30 291.1 158 140 17 1 2 .994 2 8 4.85 4.24 .987 5.51 5.49 1 5 21 13 38% 38% 1
1981 CAL AL 30 DH 5 5
1982 CAL AL 31 LF 158 157 102 1307.2 330 322 8 0 0 1.000 6 6 2.27 2.09 .981 2.29 2.28 MVP-14
1982 CAL AL 31 OF 158 157 102 1307.2 330 321 9 0 0 1.000 6 6 2.27 2.09 .982 2.47 2.46 MVP-14
1983 CAL AL 32 LF 84 84 53 690.2 168 159 8 1 0 .994 -5 -8 2.18 1.99 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 CAL AL 32 OF 84 84 53 690.2 170 160 9 1 0 .994 -5 -8 2.20 2.01 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 CAL AL 32 DH 26 26
1984 CAL AL 33 LF 131 131 93 1106.0 277 272 5 0 0 1.000 -0 -0 2.25 2.11 .982 2.27 2.26 MVP-18
1984 CAL AL 33 OF 131 131 93 1106.0 277 272 5 0 0 1.000 -0 -0 2.25 2.11 .983 2.51 2.49 MVP-18
1984 CAL AL 33 DH 21 19 MVP-18
1985 CAL AL 34 LF 121 118 98 1015.1 251 244 5 2 0 .992 -4 -4 2.21 2.06 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 CAL AL 34 OF 121 118 98 1015.1 251 244 5 2 0 .992 -4 -4 2.21 2.06 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 CAL AL 34 DH 25 21
1986 CAL AL 35 LF 138 133 103 1147.2 275 267 5 3 0 .989 0 0 2.13 1.97 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 CAL AL 35 OF 138 133 103 1147.2 275 267 5 3 0 .989 0 0 2.13 1.97 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 CAL AL 35 DH 10 9
1987 CAL AL 36 DH 118 115
1987 CAL AL 36 LF 34 33 19 264.0 51 49 2 0 0 1.000 -3 -15 1.74 1.50 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 CAL AL 36 OF 34 33 19 264.0 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 -3 -15 1.67 1.44 .980 2.31 2.29
1988 CAL AL 37 DH 132 131
1989 CAL AL 38 DH 141 141
1990 CAL AL 39 DH 87 87
1991 TEX AL 40 DH 109 98
1992 TEX AL 41 DH 93 90
10 Seasons OF 777 750 530 6339.2 1537 1491 39 7 2 .995 -14 -3 2.17 1.97 .982 2.45 2.43
10 Seasons LF 735 713 506 6030.1 1465 1423 35 7 0 .995 -16 -3 2.18 1.98 .979 2.27 2.25
9 Seasons C 675 610 553 5449.0 3748 3383 325 40 31 .989 0 0 6.12 5.49 .983 5.72 5.69 26 119 519 264 34% 37% 5
3 Seasons RF 43 37 24 309.1 73 71 2 0 2 1.000 2 8 2.12 1.70 .976 2.16 2.15
1 Season 3B 8 4 3 35.1 20 7 9 4 0 .800 -2 -58 4.08 2.00 .950 3.01 2.98
20 Seasons TOT 1460 1364 1086 11824.0 5305 4881 373 51 33 .990 -15 -2 4.00 3.60 .983 3.96 3.94 26 119 519 264 34% 37% 5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1973 CHW AL 22 C 1 24 1
1973 CHW AL 22 3B -2 -58 -2 1 -3 0
1973 CHW AL 22 RF 0 6 0 1 -0 0
1973 CHW AL 22 LF -1 -45 -1 -0 -1 0
1974 CHW AL 23 C -2 -5 -2
1974 CHW AL 23 RF 2 10 0 -2 2 2
1974 CHW AL 23 LF -0 -22 -0 -0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 24 C 5 5 5
1976 CHW AL 25 C 2 3 2
1977 CHW AL 26 C -2 -5 -2
1977 CHW AL 26 LF -1 -51 -1 0 -1 0
1977 CHW AL 26 RF -0 -27 -0 -0 0 0
1978 CAL AL 27 C 4 4 4
1979 CAL AL 28 C -8 -9 -8
1980 CAL AL 29 C -2 -20 -2
1981 CAL AL 30 LF -8 -22 -5 -2 -2 -3
1981 CAL AL 30 C 2 8 2
1982 CAL AL 31 LF 6 6 3 4 -0 3
1983 CAL AL 32 LF -5 -8 -5 -4 -1 0
1984 CAL AL 33 LF -0 -0 -1 1 -2 1
1985 CAL AL 34 LF -4 -4 -3 1 -4 -1
1986 CAL AL 35 LF 0 0 1 0 0 -1
1987 CAL AL 36 LF -3 -15 -4 -3 -1 1
10 Seasons LF -16 -3 -16 -4 -12 0
9 Seasons C 0 0 0
3 Seasons RF 2 8 0 -1 1 2
1 Season 3B -2 -58 -2 1 -3 0
20 Seasons TOT -15 -2 -17 -4 -13 0 2 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CHW AL 22 34 18 34 30 0 11 0 0 8 0 6 0 8 14 1 10 0
1974 CHW AL 23 108 82 108 98 0 63 0 0 0 0 5 0 34 39 9 13 6
1975 CHW AL 24 138 135 138 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 CHW AL 25 104 89 104 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0
1977 CHW AL 26 69 55 69 64 0 61 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 5 1
1978 CAL AL 27 133 123 133 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
1979 CAL AL 28 148 144 148 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 0
1980 CAL AL 29 30 27 30 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0
1981 CAL AL 30 93 88 93 87 0 37 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 56 5 2 0
1982 CAL AL 31 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 158 0 1 0
1983 CAL AL 32 113 110 113 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 84 26 3 0
1984 CAL AL 33 156 150 156 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 131 21 4 2
1985 CAL AL 34 150 139 150 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 121 25 11 0
1986 CAL AL 35 152 142 152 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 138 10 10 0
1987 CAL AL 36 155 148 155 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 118 7 0
1988 CAL AL 37 135 131 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 4 0
1989 CAL AL 38 142 141 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 1 0
1990 CAL AL 39 96 87 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 9 0
1991 TEX AL 40 123 98 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 25 0
1992 TEX AL 41 107 91 107 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 15 1
20 Seasons 2344 2155 2344 1449 0 675 0 1 8 0 735 0 43 778 824 136 14
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 4 1 14.3% 0 145 86% 80% 28% 10 40%
1974 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 96 74% 91% 27% 9 56%
1977 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 81 42% 80% 20% 7 57%
1981 CAL AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 23 16 0 17 4 1 8 6 0 6 0 0 14 11 0 68 37 54.4% 30 1 1.5% 0 1803 58% 88% 27% 209 47%
1982 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 0 5 100 84 2 48 11 2 36 25 1 13 1 0 38 36 0 235 157 66.8% 72 5 2.1% 3 5508 59% 83% 25% 689 48%
1983 CAL AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 1 1 3 60 48 1 39 4 2 20 15 1 6 2 0 18 17 0 143 86 60.1% 53 4 2.8% 4 3022 65% 84% 23% 385 43%
1984 CAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 3 0 31 27 0 45 32 71.1% 12 1 2.2% 4 4718 55% 83% 27% 284 96%
1985 CAL AL 34 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 25 22 0 37 23 62.2% 14 0 0.0% 5 4313 51% 83% 27% 258 95%
1986 CAL AL 35 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 3 50 43 1 26 3 0 16 9 2 10 2 0 24 21 0 126 78 61.9% 45 3 2.4% 2 4769 49% 79% 31% 469 58%
1987 CAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 14 11 1 8 0 1 8 7 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 36 22 61.1% 12 2 5.6% 0 1168 61% 81% 36% 118 43%
10 Seasons 7 0 6 1 1 35 1 7 8 16 257 208 7 144 22 6 90 63 4 57 8 0 155 139 0 703 440 62.6% 245 17 2.4% 18 25623 56% 83% 27% 2438 59%
MLB Averages 60.1% 2.8% 60% 81% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1973 CHW AL 22 213 3.42 3.78 2 100% 0 0 46 2 1 0 43 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
1974 CHW AL 23 1968 4.02 4.52 19 100% 0 0 276 13 0 8 255 28 4 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 24 5187 3.77 4.15 67 97% 0 1 729 46 2 25 656 84 14 0 0 12 8 0 1 7 0 7 0 0 0 6 100%
1976 CHW AL 25 3129 4.17 4.48 33 91% 2 0 451 23 4 4 420 39 7 0 0 1 6 0 3 3 0 4 0 1 1 4 100%
1977 CHW AL 26 1993 4.50 5.17 39 97% 1 1 319 29 1 6 283 28 7 0 0 1 6 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 8 88%
1978 CAL AL 27 4579 3.74 4.09 56 96% 0 0 685 34 0 16 635 83 14 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 1 8 100%
1979 CAL AL 28 4702 4.27 4.76 53 92% 0 0 669 34 1 11 623 37 8 0 0 0 11 1 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 12 83%
1980 CAL AL 29 510 3.18 3.55 11 100% 0 0 69 7 0 0 62 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1981 CAL AL 30 1244 4.02 4.54 7 100% 0 0 141 3 1 4 133 17 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 23525 4.00 4.42 287 96% 3 2 3385 191 10 74 3110 329 62 2 0 22 40 1 7 32 0 33 0 2 4 41 93%
MLB Averages 3.82 4.28 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1973 CHW AL 22 0 2 78 5 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1.72 0.96
1974 CHW AL 23 4 14 772 42 21 18 33% 37 18 4 1 1 2 0 0 76 22 1.09 1.43
1975 CHW AL 24 11 17 2092 89 66 48 43% 83 59 6 3 0 4 0 0 145 73 1.37 1.15
1976 CHW AL 25 1 14 1252 78 37 27 32% 74 34 4 1 0 2 1 0 116 40 1.23 1.40
1977 CHW AL 26 1 6 824 51 22 18 30% 46 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 71 25 1.19 1.07
1978 CAL AL 27 2 28 1659 112 65 60 37% 102 61 8 4 2 0 1 0 174 70 1.30 1.35
1979 CAL AL 28 6 33 1806 101 34 26 25% 95 33 6 1 0 0 1 0 175 44 1.08 1.02
1980 CAL AL 29 1 0 204 20 1 1 5% 14 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 27 3 1.15 1.95
1981 CAL AL 30 2 5 487 21 13 13 38% 19 9 2 2 0 2 1 1 38 17 1.17 1.27
9 Seasons 28 119 9174 519 264 216 34% 475 241 39 13 5 10 5 2 830 299 1.23 1.24
MLB Averages 33% 1.29 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 256 80% 82% 22% 23 70%
1974 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 9 6 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 1 22 11 50.0% 9 2 9.1% 0 999 75% 83% 30% 96 57%
1977 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 51% 70% 22% 4 25%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 10 6 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 1 25 11 44.0% 12 2 8.0% 0 1292 75% 82% 28% 123 59%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.0% 60% 81% 31% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 CHW AL 22 157 57% 85% 27% 21 71% 0 7 6 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 157 57% 85% 27% 21 71% 0 7 6 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 81% 29% 89% 70%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1998 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1979 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (14, 6%)
1982 AL (14, 6%)
1984 AL (18, 2%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1975 AL  137 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1975 AL  730 (2nd)
1978 AL  681 (3rd)
1979 AL  669 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1975 AL  84 (3rd)
1978 AL  82 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1979 AL  11 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1975 AL  11 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1975 AL  89 (2nd)
1978 AL  112 (1st)
1979 AL  101 (1st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1975 AL  66 (1st)
1978 AL  65 (2nd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1975 AL  42.6 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  158 (2nd)
1984 AL  131 (3rd)
1986 AL  138 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  322 (4th)
1984 AL  272 (3rd)
1985 AL  244 (5th)
1986 AL  267 (3rd)
Career  1,423 (98th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1982 AL  158 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1975 AL  5 (4th)
1978 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1975 AL  6.12 (5th)
1976 AL  6.09 (5th)
1978 AL  6.41 (1st)
1979 AL  5.80 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1975 AL  5.94 (2nd)
1978 AL  5.96 (1st)
1979 AL  5.46 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1975 AL  .990 (4th)
1976 AL  .988 (3rd)
1978 AL  .993 (2nd)
1979 AL  .985 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1984 AL  2.25 (5th)
Career  2.18 (26th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 AL  2.11 (5th)
1986 AL  1.97 (4th)
Career  1.98 (75th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 AL  .990 (2nd)
1982 AL  1.000 (1st)
1983 AL  .994 (1st)
1984 AL  1.000 (1st)
1985 AL  .992 (3rd)
1986 AL  .989 (3rd)
Career  .995 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1982 AL  1.000 (1st)
1983 AL  .994 (3rd)
1984 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .995 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1990 AL  born 1950-10-09 (9th)
1991 AL  born 1950-10-09 (6th)
1992 AL  born 1950-10-09 (5th)

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