Sal Bando vs. Brian Downing — Career Comparison

Sal Bando
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueThird BasemanAll-Star
Brian Downing
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueDesignated HitterAll-Star

Sal Bando and Brian Downing are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 117 for Sal Bando, 119 for Brian Downing), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 120 vs 116). The overall lean goes to Brian Downing, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Sal Bando and Brian Downing

Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
2019
146.16
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2344
151.08
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
8288
600
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9309
600
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7060
511.1
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7853
506.16
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.781
0.781
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.812
0.812
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
1790
129.58
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2099
135.29
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
1221
88.39
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1436
92.56
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
289
20.92
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
23.2
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
2.75
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
28
1.8
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
242
17.52
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
17.72
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
569
41.19
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
663
42.73
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
1074.67
77.8
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1286.96
82.95
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
2881
208.57
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3340
215.28
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
2896
209.65
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3425
220.75
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
0.76
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.743
0.743
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.787
0.787
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
982
71.09
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1188
76.57
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1039
75.22
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1073
69.16
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1779
128.79
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1986
128.01
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
1099.14
79.57
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1326.5
85.5
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
75
5.43
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
8.31
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
1031
74.64
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1197
77.15
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
5
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
55
3.54
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
923
66.82
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1127
72.64
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.98
8.98
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
8.26
8.26
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
1.12
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
1.06
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
4.71
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
60
3.87
Sal Bando
Career
Per 600 PA
57
4.13
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
4.51
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
10.79
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
197
12.7
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
5.43
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
50
3.22
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
3.33
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
44
2.84
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
8.76
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
94
6.06
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.98
61.98
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
53.19
53.19

Fielding Stats for Sal Bando and Brian Downing

Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1932
1.05
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
1.11
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1879
1.02
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1364
1.04
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49643
27
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
35469
27
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16547.2
9
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
11823
9
Sal Bando
Career
Per 9 Innings
1788
0.97
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4881
3.72
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3743
2.04
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
0.28
Sal Bando
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
0.13
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.04
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5762
3.13
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5305
4.04
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5531
3.01
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5254
4
Sal Bando
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.99
95.99
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Sal Bando
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.863
2.863
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.599
3.599
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.26
97.26
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.42
93.42
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.2
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.03
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.02
Sal Bando
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Bando
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
0.4
Sal Bando
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
0.2