Brian Downing vs. Lou Whitaker — Career Comparison

Brian Downing
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueDesignated HitterAll-Star
Lou Whitaker
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueSecond BasemanGold GloveSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Brian Downing and Lou Whitaker 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+ 119 for Brian Downing, 117 for Lou Whitaker), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 116 vs 118). The overall lean goes to Lou Whitaker, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Brian Downing and Lou Whitaker

Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
19
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2344
151.08
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2390
143.87
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
9309
600
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9967
600
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
7853
506.16
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8570
515.9
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.812
0.812
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
0.81
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
2099
135.29
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2369
142.61
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1436
92.56
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1640
98.73
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
360
23.2
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
25.28
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
28
1.8
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
3.91
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
17.72
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
244
14.69
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
663
42.73
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
729
43.88
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1286.96
82.95
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1393.24
83.87
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
3340
215.28
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3651
219.79
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3425
220.75
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3586
215.87
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.789
0.789
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.787
0.787
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.781
0.781
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1188
76.57
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1386
83.44
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1073
69.16
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1084
65.26
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1986
128.01
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2226
134
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1326.5
85.5
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1437.49
86.53
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
8.31
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
1.2
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1197
77.15
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 600 PA
1197
72.06
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
55
3.54
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
4.76
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1127
72.64
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
66.16
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
8.26
8.26
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.07
9.07
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
1.06
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
1.09
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
60
3.87
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
5.36
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
70
4.51
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
5.48
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
197
12.7
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
8.61
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
50
3.22
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
8.61
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
44
2.84
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
4.51
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
94
6.06
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
13.12
Brian Downing
Career
Per 600 PA
53.19
53.19
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.6
65.6

Fielding Stats for Brian Downing and Lou Whitaker

Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
1.11
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2308
1.09
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1364
1.04
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2146
1.01
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
35469
27
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57204
27
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
11823
9
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19068
9
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4881
3.72
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4771
2.25
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
0.28
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6653
3.14
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.04
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
0.09
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5305
4.04
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11613
5.48
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5254
4
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11424
5.39
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.04
99.04
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.37
98.37
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.599
3.599
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.03
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
0.72
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.02
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Downing
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
0.4
Lou Whitaker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Downing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
0.2
Lou Whitaker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0