He played from 1987 through 1995 for the Chicago Cubs (1987), Detroit Tigers (1989), Seattle Mariners (1990), Boston Red Sox (1991–1992), Houston Astros (1993, 1995) and Oakland Athletics (1994).

[2] The Cubs traded him along with Keith Moreland to the San Diego Padres for Goose Gossage and Ray Hayward on February 12, 1988.

[3] Brumley spent one year in the Padres organization but did not play in the major leagues as he was behind Roberto Alomar and Garry Templeton on their depth chart.

[6] He signed with the Seattle Mariners to back up Omar Vizquel, but was injured in June and lost playing time after his return to Brian Giles.

[10] Austin Riley credited Brumley with helping him to make a significant change to the mental aspect of his at bats, learning to recognize where an off-speed pitch would land, and avoid swinging at the sliders that pitchers had used against him in prior years.