Brian Downing vs Steve Kemp

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Brian Downing and Steve Kemp compared on their MLB careers: Brian Downing played 20 seasons, 1973 to 1992, Steve Kemp 11 seasons, 1977 to 1988. Brian Downing has .267 batting average to Steve Kemp's .278.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brian Downing and Steve Kemp career totals
2,344GP1,168
7,853AB4,058
1,188R581
2,099H1,128
275HR130
1,073RBI634
50SB39
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.4
0.4SLG0.4
0.8OPS0.8

Where each stands all time

Brian Downing and Steve Kemp all-time places
209th (275)Home runs—
236th (2,099)Hits—
211th (1,073)RBI—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Brian Downing: 0 championships; none on file
  • Steve Kemp: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Brian Downing and Steve Kemp season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1973.178241977.2571888
2nd1974.22510391978.2771579
3rd1975.2407411979.31826105
4th1976.2563301980.29321101
5th1977.2844251981.277949
6th1978.2557461982.2861998
7th1979.32612751983.2411249
8th1980.2902251984.291741
9th1981.2499411985.250221
10th1982.28128841986.18811
11th1983.24619531988.22202
12th1984.2752391————
13th1985.2632085————
14th1986.2672095————
15th1987.2722977————
16th1988.2422564————
17th1989.2831459————
18th1990.2731451————
19th1991.2781749————
20th1992.2781039————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI