BRIAN DOWNING

| Retired | Played: 1970-1992

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 25th in HBP
Positions: DH-824, OF-777, C-675, 3B-8
Full Name: Brian Jay Downing
Born: Oct 9, 1950 (62.226) in Los Angeles,California

MLB Debut: May 31, 1973 (22.234)

Speed
24

Contact
55

Patience
87

Batting
53

Power
66

Ht/Wt: 5-10 / 194 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Magnolia (Anaheim,CA)
College: Cypress College
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1969 by CHW

Tags: Major League All-Star Game || Player of the Month || Player of the Week

TBC Player ID: 10875
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1970	GCL White Sox	GCL	Rk	-	chw	19		-	34	96	16	21	1	1	0	14	2		16	20						.219	.330	.250	580	-	-	24			--	--
1971	Appleton	Midw	A	-	chw	20		-	99	333	51	82	6	3	3	22	5		55	54						.246	.353	.309	662	-	-	103			--	--
1972	Knoxville	Sou	AA	-	chw	21		-	135	442	75	123	24	7	15	67	3		82	112						.278	.391	.466	857	-	-	206			--	--
1973	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chw	22		-	68	228	34	56	6	1	7	27	1		37	53						.246	.351	.373	724	-	-	85			--	--
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	16	chw	22	of-c	-	34	73	5	13	1	0	2	4	0	0	10	17	0	1	2	0	3	.178	.277	.274	551	18	53	20	85	65	4	1.7	.204
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	16	chw	23	c-of	-	108	293	41	66	12	1	10	39	0	1	51	72	2	3	4	0	11	.225	.344	.375	719	82	76	110	350	243	37	4.2	.265
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	16	chw	24	c	59	138	420	58	101	12	1	7	41	13	4	76	75	3	5	11	6	12	.240	.356	.324	680	135	98	136	516	352	54	4.2	.273
1976	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	16	chw	25	c	-	104	317	38	81	14	0	3	30	7	3	40	55	1	0	4	3	2	.256	.338	.328	666	89	86	104	365	248	40	4.3	.298
1977	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	16	chw	26	c	-	69	169	28	48	4	2	4	25	1	2	34	21	2	0	5	4	3	.284	.402	.402	804	55	80	68	214	135	32	6.4	.297
1978	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	27	c	79	133	412	42	105	15	0	7	46	3	2	52	47	6	2	4	2	14	.255	.345	.342	688	123	92	141	476	329	53	4.3	.272
1979	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	28	c	28	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	3	3	77	57	5	4	3	2	17	.326	.418	.462	880	143	97	235	596	368	106	7.8	.348
1980	California	AL	MLB	9	cal	29	c-dh	-	30	93	5	27	6	0	2	25	0	2	12	12	0	1	1	2	5	.290	.364	.419	784	27	90	39	108	76	14	5.0	.309
1981	California	AL	MLB	9	cal	30	of-c	56	93	317	47	79	14	0	9	41	1	1	46	35	4	1	3	0	11	.249	.351	.379	730	88	95	120	370	253	47	5.0	.256
1982	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	31	of	10	158	623	109	175	37	2	28	84	2	1	86	58	5	1	3	8	14	.281	.368	.482	850	157	99	300	725	474	127	7.2	.270
1983	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	32	of-dh	77	113	403	68	99	15	1	19	53	1	2	62	59	5	4	1	2	8	.246	.352	.429	781	110	97	173	473	317	68	5.8	.245
1984	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	33	of	31	156	539	65	148	28	2	23	91	0	4	70	66	7	3	3	9	18	.275	.360	.462	822	150	96	249	628	425	98	6.2	.272
1985	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	34	of-dh	35	150	520	80	137	23	1	20	85	5	3	78	61	13	3	5	4	12	.263	.371	.427	798	139	93	222	620	407	94	6.2	.264
1986	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	35	of	18	152	513	90	137	27	4	20	95	4	4	90	84	17	2	3	8	14	.267	.389	.452	841	142	93	232	631	405	101	6.8	.281
1987	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	36	dh-of	20	155	567	110	154	29	3	29	77	5	5	106	85	17	6	2	3	10	.272	.400	.487	886	148	95	276	695	433	124	7.7	.274
1988	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	37	dh	33	135	484	80	117	18	2	25	64	3	4	81	63	14	5	5	6	12	.242	.362	.442	805	131	97	214	590	394	88	6.0	.229
1989	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	38	dh	52	142	544	59	154	25	2	14	59	0	2	56	87	6	3	0	4	6	.283	.354	.414	768	140	99	225	610	402	87	5.8	.313
1990	California	AL	MLB	5	cal	39	dh	90	96	330	47	90	18	2	14	51	0	0	50	45	6	2	0	4	11	.273	.374	.467	841	87	91	154	390	255	64	6.8	.276
1991	Texas	AL	MLB	55	tex	40	dh	59	123	407	76	113	17	2	17	49	1	1	58	70	8	7	1	2	7	.278	.377	.455	831	98	80	185	476	305	76	6.7	.298
1992	Texas	AL	MLB	5,55	tex	41	dh	78	107	320	53	89	18	0	10	39	1	0	62	58	8	2	0	1	7	.278	.407	.428	835	91	85	137	391	239	63	7.1	.312
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MLB Totals (20 years) Career Ranks									2344	7853	1188	2099	360	28	275	1073	50	44	1197	1127	129	55	60	70	197	.267	.370	.425	796	2153	92	3340	9309	6125	1375.4	6.1	.280
Minor League Totals (4 years)									336	1099	176	282	37	12	25	130	11	0	190	239	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.366	.380	747	--	--	418	1289	817	174.2	5.8	.308
AAA Totals (1 year)									68	228	34	56	6	1	7	27	1	0	37	53	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.351	.373	724	--	--	85	265	172	32.7	5.1	.292
AA Totals (1 year)									135	442	75	123	24	7	15	67	3	0	82	112	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.391	.466	857	--	--	206	524	319	89.3	7.6	.343
A Totals (1 year)									99	333	51	82	6	3	3	22	5	0	55	54	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.353	.309	662	--	--	103	388	251	43.4	4.7	.286
Rookie Totals (1 year)									34	96	16	21	1	1	0	14	2	0	16	20	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.330	.250	580	--	--	24	112	75	9	3.2	.276
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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	C	11		54	46	7	1	1	50	.981	4.82	9.54
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	8		20	7	9	4	0	35	.800	2.00	4.11
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	13		20	19	1	0	0	90	1.000	1.54	2.00
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	1		0						--	--	--
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	C	63		308	278	28	2	3		.994	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	39		61	59	2	0	2		1.000	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	9		0						--	--	--
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	C	137		822	730	84	8	5		.990	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	1		0						--	--	--
1976	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	C	93		494	450	38	6	4		.988	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	11		0						--	--	--
1977	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	C	61		354	320	28	6	5		.983	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	3		5	5	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	2		0						--	--	--
1978	California	AL	MLB	C	128		768	681	82	5	6		.993	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	2		0						--	--	--
1979	California	AL	MLB	C	129		715	669	35	11	5		.985	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	18		0						--	--	--
1980	California	AL	MLB	C	16		75	69	6	0	0		1.000	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	13		0						--	--	--
1981	California	AL	MLB	C	37		158	140	17	1	2		.994	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	OF	56		99	97	1	1	0		.990	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	5		0						--	--	--
1982	California	AL	MLB	OF	158		330	321	9	0	0		1.000	--	--
1983	California	AL	MLB	OF	84		170	160	9	1	0		.994	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	26		0						--	--	--
1984	California	AL	MLB	OF	131		277	272	5	0	0		1.000	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	21		0						--	--	--
1985	California	AL	MLB	OF	121		251	244	5	2	0		.992	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	25		0						--	--	--
1986	California	AL	MLB	OF	138		275	267	5	3	0		.989	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	10		0						--	--	--
1987	California	AL	MLB	OF	34		49	47	2	0	0		1.000	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	118		0						--	--	--
1988	California	AL	MLB	DH	132		0						--	--	--
1989	California	AL	MLB	DH	141		0						--	--	--
1990	California	AL	MLB	DH	87		0						--	--	--
1991	Texas	AL	MLB	DH	109		0						--	--	--
1992	Texas	AL	MLB	DH	93		0						--	--	--
Major League Totals:				C	675	0	3748	3383	325	40	31	50	.989	5.49	0.00
				3B	8	0	20	7	9	4	0	35	.800	2.00	0.00
				OF	777	0	1537	1491	39	7	2	90	.995	1.97	0.00
				DH	824	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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