How Brian Downing's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Brian Downing posted a career BABIP of .280, near the league average of .289 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 1979, posting .348, well above the league average of .287 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .204, well below the league average of .280 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .276 in 1990 to .298 in 1991 and .312 in 1992. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 20 seasons.
Brian Downing Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Brian Downing
| Brian Downing
BABIP |
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| Career | 0.28 |
| Season Avg. | 0.28 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.28 |
| More Info | See More |
Brian Downing BABIP Per Season
Brian Downing's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, DH, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Brian Downing BABIP by Team
Brian Downing's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brian Downing BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Brian Downing's career BABIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Brian Downing BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Brian Downing's seasonal BABIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Brian Downing BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Brian Downing's MLB career with BABIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
