Brian Downing
1973–1992 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers
2,344G
.267AVG
.370OBP
.425SLG
More career statistics
2,099H
275HR
1,073RBI
50SB
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1,127 | 1,128 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,344 | 9,309 | 7,853 | 1,188 | 2,099 | 360 | 28 | 275 | 1,073 | 1,197 | 1,127 | 50 | 44 | 129 | 70 | 3,340 | .267 | .370 | .425 | .795 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1987-07-28 to 1987-08-17
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1987-07-06 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1991-06-01 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1978-08-10 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1170 | 4592 | 1016 | 138 | 512 | 624 | 522 | .265 | .357 | .426 |
| Away | 1174 | 4717 | 1083 | 137 | 561 | 573 | 606 | .270 | .351 | .425 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 309 | 1254 | 275 | 48 | 154 | 187 | 142 | .268 | .368 | .461 |
| May | 355 | 1426 | 327 | 40 | 144 | 191 | 165 | .272 | .363 | .425 |
| June | 371 | 1463 | 328 | 30 | 153 | 170 | 177 | .262 | .340 | .400 |
| July | 398 | 1589 | 370 | 53 | 193 | 214 | 182 | .279 | .368 | .442 |
| August | 424 | 1703 | 386 | 49 | 213 | 210 | 219 | .267 | .350 | .420 |
| September | 446 | 1721 | 378 | 53 | 201 | 209 | 226 | .259 | .341 | .417 |
| October | 41 | 153 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 17 | .261 | .333 | .381 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| athletics | 210 | 806 | 190 | 29 | 100 | 109 | 103 | .280 | .371 | .459 |
| minnesota-twins | 201 | 781 | 180 | 19 | 87 | 111 | 84 | .276 | .373 | .428 |
| kansas-city-royals | 201 | 777 | 176 | 25 | 95 | 94 | 92 | .265 | .347 | .431 |
| texas-rangers | 189 | 738 | 163 | 14 | 69 | 88 | 91 | .261 | .340 | .388 |
| baltimore-orioles | 181 | 732 | 156 | 22 | 77 | 86 | 81 | .246 | .331 | .405 |
| boston-red-sox | 180 | 740 | 174 | 27 | 90 | 92 | 83 | .275 | .359 | .451 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 170 | 694 | 150 | 23 | 86 | 85 | 82 | .254 | .339 | .417 |
| detroit-tigers | 169 | 666 | 157 | 19 | 81 | 88 | 77 | .280 | .368 | .418 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  Chicago White Sox | 34 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 4 | – | .178 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox | 108 | 293 | 66 | 10 | 39 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1975 | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 420 | 101 | 7 | 41 | 13 | .240 | – | – |
| 1976 | Chicago White Sox | 104 | 317 | 81 | 3 | 30 | 7 | .256 | – | – |
| 1977 | Chicago White Sox | 69 | 169 | 48 | 4 | 25 | 1 | .284 | – | – |
| 1978 |  California Angels | 133 | 412 | 105 | 7 | 46 | 3 | .255 | – | – |
| 1979 | California Angels | 148 | 509 | 166 | 12 | 75 | 3 | .326 | – | – |
| 1980 | California Angels | 30 | 93 | 27 | 2 | 25 | – | .290 | – | – |
| 1981 | California Angels | 93 | 317 | 79 | 9 | 41 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1982 | California Angels | 158 | 623 | 175 | 28 | 84 | 2 | .281 | – | – |
| 1983 | California Angels | 113 | 403 | 99 | 19 | 53 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1984 | California Angels | 156 | 539 | 148 | 23 | 91 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1985 | California Angels | 150 | 520 | 137 | 20 | 85 | 5 | .263 | – | – |
| 1986 | California Angels | 152 | 513 | 137 | 20 | 95 | 4 | .267 | – | – |
| 1987 | California Angels | 155 | 567 | 154 | 29 | 77 | 5 | .272 | – | – |
| 1988 | California Angels | 135 | 484 | 117 | 25 | 64 | 3 | .242 | – | – |
| 1989 | California Angels | 142 | 544 | 154 | 14 | 59 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1990 | California Angels | 96 | 330 | 90 | 14 | 51 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1991 |  Texas Rangers | 123 | 407 | 113 | 17 | 49 | 1 | .278 | – | – |
| 1992 | Texas Rangers | 107 | 320 | 89 | 10 | 39 | 1 | .278 | – | – |