Al Downing
Alphonso Erwin Downing
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 177 lb.

Born: June 28, 1941 in Trenton, NJ
High School: Central (Trenton, NJ)
School: Rider University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1961
Final Game: July 13, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1961 20 NYY AL 0 1 .000 8.00 5 1 3 0 0 0 9.0 7 8 8 0 12 0 12 1 1 1 47 47 2.111 7.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.00
1962 21 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1963 22 NYY AL 13 5 .722 2.56 24 22 2 10 4 0 175.2 114 52 50 7 80 1 171 0 1 5 707 137 1.104 5.8 0.4 4.1 8.8 2.14
1964 23 NYY AL 13 8 .619 3.47 37 35 2 11 1 2 244.0 201 104 94 18 120 5 217 0 3 14 1041 105 1.316 7.4 0.7 4.4 8.0 1.81
1965 24 NYY AL 12 14 .462 3.40 35 32 2 8 2 0 212.0 185 92 80 16 105 2 179 2 1 5 902 100 1.368 7.9 0.7 4.5 7.6 1.70
1966 25 NYY AL 10 11 .476 3.56 30 30 0 1 0 0 200.0 178 90 79 23 79 3 152 1 0 4 845 93 1.285 8.0 1.0 3.6 6.8 1.92
1967 26 NYY AL 14 10 .583 2.63 31 28 2 10 4 0 201.2 158 65 59 13 61 1 171 6 0 5 807 118 1.086 7.1 0.6 2.7 7.6 2.80 AS
1968 27 NYY AL 3 3 .500 3.52 15 12 1 1 0 0 61.1 54 24 24 7 20 2 40 1 1 1 256 81 1.207 7.9 1.0 2.9 5.9 2.00
1969 28 NYY AL 7 5 .583 3.38 30 15 5 5 1 0 130.2 117 57 49 12 49 6 85 0 0 5 550 103 1.270 8.1 0.8 3.4 5.9 1.73
1970 29 TOT AL 5 13 .278 3.52 27 22 1 2 0 0 135.1 118 66 53 13 81 2 79 4 0 8 595 105 1.470 7.8 0.9 5.4 5.3 0.98
1970 29 OAK AL 3 3 .500 3.95 10 6 0 1 0 0 41.0 39 19 18 5 22 0 26 1 0 0 180 89 1.488 8.6 1.1 4.8 5.7 1.18
1970 29 MIL AL 2 10 .167 3.34 17 16 1 1 0 0 94.1 79 47 35 8 59 2 53 3 0 8 415 112 1.463 7.5 0.8 5.6 5.1 0.90
1971 30 LAD NL 20 9 .690 2.68 37 36 0 12 5 0 262.1 245 93 78 16 84 3 136 3 1 12 1095 121 1.254 8.4 0.5 2.9 4.7 1.62 CYA-3,MVP-10
1972 31 LAD NL 9 9 .500 2.98 31 30 1 7 4 0 202.2 196 81 67 13 67 2 117 7 1 2 868 113 1.298 8.7 0.6 3.0 5.2 1.75
1973 32 LAD NL 9 9 .500 3.31 30 28 1 5 2 0 193.0 155 87 71 19 68 3 124 1 1 7 790 105 1.155 7.2 0.9 3.2 5.8 1.82
1974 33 LAD NL 5 6 .455 3.66 21 16 2 1 1 0 98.1 94 52 40 7 45 0 63 3 0 3 427 93 1.414 8.6 0.6 4.1 5.8 1.40
1975 34 LAD NL 2 1 .667 2.89 22 6 6 0 0 1 74.2 59 31 24 6 28 1 39 2 1 2 311 118 1.165 7.1 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.39
1976 35 LAD NL 1 2 .333 3.86 17 3 6 0 0 0 46.2 43 21 20 3 18 1 30 0 0 2 196 88 1.307 8.3 0.6 3.5 5.8 1.67
1977 36 LAD NL 0 1 .000 6.75 12 1 2 0 0 0 20.0 22 15 15 4 16 0 23 0 0 1 99 57 1.900 9.9 1.8 7.2 10.4 1.44
17 Seasons 123 107 .535 3.22 405 317 37 73 24 3 2268.1 1946 938 811 177 933 32 1639 31 11 77 9539 105 1.269 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.76
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .535 3.22 38 30 3 7 2 0 214 183 88 76 17 88 3 154 3 1 7 898 105 1.269 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.76
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYY (9 yrs) 72 57 .558 3.23 208 175 18 46 12 2 1235.1 1014 492 443 96 526 20 1028 11 7 40 5158 105 1.247 7.4 0.7 3.8 7.5 1.95
LAD (7 yrs) 46 37 .554 3.16 170 120 18 25 12 1 897.2 814 380 315 68 326 10 532 16 4 29 3786 107 1.270 8.2 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.63
OAK (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.95 10 6 0 1 0 0 41.0 39 19 18 5 22 0 26 1 0 0 180 89 1.488 8.6 1.1 4.8 5.7 1.18
MIL (1 yr) 2 10 .167 3.34 17 16 1 1 0 0 94.1 79 47 35 8 59 2 53 3 0 8 415 112 1.463 7.5 0.8 5.6 5.1 0.90
AL (10 yrs) 77 70 .524 3.26 235 197 19 48 12 2 1370.2 1132 558 496 109 607 22 1107 15 7 48 5753 105 1.269 7.4 0.7 4.0 7.3 1.82
NL (7 yrs) 46 37 .554 3.16 170 120 18 25 12 1 897.2 814 380 315 68 326 10 532 16 4 29 3786 107 1.270 8.2 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.63

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1963 22 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 1 .000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 21 1.600 12.6 1.8 1.8 10.8 6.00
1964 23 NYY AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 8.22 3 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 8 7 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 35 1.435 10.6 2.3 2.3 5.9 2.50
1974 33 LAD NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
1974 33 LAD NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 20 2.182 9.8 0.0 9.8 7.4 0.75
3 Seasons (4 Series) 0 3 .000 4.87 6 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 21 14 11 3 8 0 14 0 0 0 91 1.426 9.3 1.3 3.5 6.2 1.75
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.500 2.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
3 WS 0 3 .000 6.06 5 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 20 14 11 3 7 0 14 0 0 0 76 1.653 11.0 1.7 3.9 7.7 2.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1967 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 20 NYY AL 5 47 33 8 7 2 0 0 2 0 12 12 .212 .426 .273 .698 .318 9 0 1 0 1 0
1962 21 NYY AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 22 NYY AL 24 706 620 52 114 23 3 7 5 1 80 171 .184 .277 .265 .541 .242 164 12 0 5 1 1
1964 23 NYY AL 37 1041 901 104 201 32 10 18 4 7 120 217 .223 .312 .341 .653 .272 307 12 0 13 7 5
1965 24 NYY AL 35 902 781 92 185 25 10 16 3 5 105 179 .237 .326 .356 .682 .285 278 21 2 7 7 2
1966 25 NYY AL 30 844 755 90 178 32 4 23 2 6 79 152 .236 .308 .380 .688 .265 287 10 1 5 4 3
1967 26 NYY AL 31 807 728 65 158 19 4 13 7 8 61 171 .217 .281 .308 .589 .264 224 15 6 7 5 1
1968 27 NYY AL 15 256 228 24 54 10 1 7 0 1 20 40 .237 .299 .382 .680 .257 87 3 1 5 2 2
1969 28 NYY AL 30 550 488 57 117 24 1 12 6 2 49 85 .240 .306 .367 .673 .265 179 6 0 8 5 6
1970 29 TOT AL 27 595 496 66 118 18 2 13 9 8 81 79 .238 .346 .361 .707 .257 179 15 4 9 5 2
1970 29 MIL AL 17 415 341 47 79 11 2 8 7 4 59 53 .232 .346 .346 .692 .250 118 11 3 8 4 2
1970 29 OAK AL 10 180 155 19 39 7 0 5 2 4 22 26 .252 .346 .394 .740 .272 61 4 1 1 1 0
1971 30 LAD NL 37 1095 992 93 245 33 1 16 11 4 84 136 .247 .307 .331 .637 .271 328 26 3 12 4 3
1972 31 LAD NL 31 868 772 81 196 24 5 13 15 6 67 117 .254 .317 .348 .665 .282 269 21 7 15 7 2
1973 32 LAD NL 30 790 707 87 155 21 3 19 8 6 68 124 .219 .288 .338 .626 .240 239 12 1 12 2 3
1974 33 LAD NL 21 427 368 52 94 9 5 7 9 2 45 63 .255 .338 .364 .702 .288 134 10 3 7 4 0
1975 34 LAD NL 22 311 274 31 59 7 0 6 5 4 28 39 .215 .292 .307 .598 .230 84 7 2 6 1 1
1976 35 LAD NL 17 196 172 21 43 4 1 3 2 2 18 30 .250 .318 .337 .655 .284 58 4 0 4 2 1
1977 36 LAD NL 12 99 79 15 22 2 0 4 5 0 16 23 .278 .400 .456 .856 .346 36 1 0 4 0 0
17 Seasons 405 9537 8397 938 1946 285 50 177 93 62 933 1639 .232 .309 .341 .650 .266 2862 175 31 119 57 32
162 Game Avg. 38 898 791 88 183 27 5 17 9 6 88 154 .232 .309 .341 .650 .266 270 16 3 11 5 3
MLB Averages
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 20 NYY AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 3 3 0 1 2.0 0.0 1.0
1963 22 NYY AL 24 22 13 4 5 1 2 15 7 .682 0 4 10 4 18 82% 66 95 36 10 3 12 4 4.2 4.4 7.7
1964 23 NYY AL 37 35 13 8 14 4 2 21 14 .600 1 5 11 1 18 51% 57 93 26 24 11 22 4 4.2 4.2 7.0
1965 24 NYY AL 35 32 12 14 6 1 6 15 17 .469 2 2 8 2 19 59% 55 87 21 22 10 13 7 4.1 4.2 6.5
1966 25 NYY AL 30 30 10 11 9 3 5 15 15 .500 3 6 1 0 17 57% 54 78 28 30 9 5 9 4.1 3.8 6.7
1967 26 NYY AL 31 28 12 10 6 0 3 14 13 .519 1 1 10 4 18 64% 60 94 24 18 8 4 11 3.2 3.3 6.8
1968 27 NYY AL 15 12 3 3 6 0 0 5 7 .417 0 1 1 0 5 42% 52 74 32 4 0 2 7 2.2 2.6 4.7
1969 28 NYY AL 30 15 6 4 5 0 1 9 6 .600 0 2 5 1 9 60% 56 82 29 16 4 3 3 4.3 4.9 6.6
1970 29 TOT AL 27 22 5 13 4 0 3 7 15 .318 0 3 2 0 12 55% 50 80 26 22 9 6 9 3.1 3.0 5.8
1970 29 OAK AL 10 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 .500 0 0 1 0 3 50% 49 80 26 5 3 4 2 5.0 4.1 5.7
1970 29 MIL AL 17 16 2 10 4 0 3 4 12 .250 0 3 1 0 9 56% 51 79 28 17 6 2 7 2.4 2.6 5.8
1971 30 LAD NL 37 36 20 9 7 2 5 26 10 .722 2 3 12 5 26 72% 56 84 23 32 12 13 5 4.8 4.7 7.1
1972 31 LAD NL 31 30 9 9 12 0 3 15 15 .500 2 5 7 4 18 60% 54 85 16 23 6 4 11 4.4 3.6 6.7
1973 32 LAD NL 30 28 8 9 11 0 5 17 11 .607 0 9 5 2 18 64% 55 86 25 21 2 2 11 4.2 3.7 6.8
1974 33 LAD NL 21 16 5 6 5 1 1 7 9 .438 1 3 1 1 7 44% 50 86 26 14 7 4 9 5.0 5.1 5.6
1975 34 LAD NL 22 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 .167 2 1 0 0 5 83% 55 71 40 2 2 0 5 3.9 3.1 6.2
1976 35 LAD NL 17 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 3 100% 62 78 43 2 1 0 3 1.9 1.9 7.0
1977 36 LAD NL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 3 0 0 1 5.0 0.0 1.7
16 Seasons 404 317 116 102 99 12 37 167 149 .528 14 46 73 24 193 61% 56 95 16 246 87 90 100 4.0 4.0 6.6
MLB Averages
G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 20 NYY AL 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.336 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 6.0
1962 21 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.057 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1963 22 NYY AL 24 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.923 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 9.0
1964 23 NYY AL 37 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 9 1.268 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1965 24 NYY AL 35 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 8 1.046 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.7
1967 26 NYY AL 31 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.153 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 12.0
1968 27 NYY AL 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.062 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 5.3
1969 28 NYY AL 30 15 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 6 0.929 1 2 11 0 2 13 4 11 10 1 10 2 6.3
1970 29 TOT AL 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 1.124 1 1 3 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 4 1 4.8
1970 29 OAK AL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 1.102 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 5.3
1970 29 MIL AL 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.134 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1971 30 LAD NL 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1.038 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0
1972 31 LAD NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 1.087 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1973 32 LAD NL 30 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.079 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1974 33 LAD NL 21 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 6 0.985 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 5 4 0 4 1 5.4
1975 34 LAD NL 22 16 6 2 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 7 4 57% 6 0.976 4 3 9 4 2 10 4 12 13 1 13 0 7.1
1976 35 LAD NL 17 14 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 8 0.703 1 1 12 0 1 13 3 11 11 2 11 0 5.5
1977 36 LAD NL 12 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 6 0.720 2 1 8 0 2 9 4 7 8 2 8 2 5.0
16 Seasons 375 88 37 7 5 6 3 3 50% 7 1 37 16 43% 1.056 13 14 59 8 9 71 22 66 62 8 62 6 6.1
G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1961 20 NYY AL 47 72% 0.0% 25.5% 25.5% 4.3% 29% 0.67 47% 14 0 0%
1962 21 NYY AL 3 33% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 67% 0 0
1963 22 NYY AL 706 77% 1.0% 24.2% 11.3% 4.7% 29% 1.08 63% 132 12 9%
1964 23 NYY AL 1041 77% 1.7% 20.9% 11.5% 5.8% 30% 0.81 65% 191 12 6%
1965 24 NYY AL 902 82% 1.8% 19.8% 11.6% 5.7% 28% 0.83 66% 190 21 11%
1966 25 NYY AL 844 81% 2.7% 18.0% 9.4% 7.0% 33% 0.72 69% 138 10 7%
1967 26 NYY AL 807 79% 1.6% 21.2% 7.6% 4.5% 23% 0.91 68% 131 15 11%
1968 27 NYY AL 256 77% 2.7% 15.6% 7.8% 7.0% 33% 1.33 71% 40 3 8%
1969 28 NYY AL 550 80% 2.2% 15.5% 8.9% 6.7% 32% 0.83 72% 106 6 6%
1970 29 TOT AL 595 80% 2.2% 13.3% 13.6% 5.6% 28% 1.19 69% 133 15 11%
1970 29 OAK AL 180 78% 2.8% 14.4% 12.2% 6.7% 31% 1.36 69% 39 4 10%
1970 29 MIL AL 415 81% 1.9% 12.8% 14.2% 5.1% 27% 1.13 68% 94 11 12%
1971 30 LAD NL 1095 84% 1.5% 12.4% 7.7% 4.6% 20% 1.10 77% 197 26 13%
1972 31 LAD NL 868 82% 1.5% 13.5% 7.7% 4.8% 21% 1.38 75% 173 21 12%
1973 32 LAD NL 790 78% 2.4% 15.7% 8.6% 5.4% 28% 1.02 72% 128 12 9%
1974 33 LAD NL 427 83% 1.6% 14.8% 10.5% 4.9% 22% 1.34 71% 85 10 12%
1975 34 LAD NL 311 69% 1.9% 12.5% 9.0% 4.2% 22% 1.97 74% 54 7 13%
1976 35 LAD NL 196 77% 1.5% 15.3% 9.2% 4.1% 19% 1.77 72% 34 4 12%
1977 36 LAD NL 99 68% 4.0% 23.2% 16.2% 6.1% 27% 1.85 53% 24 1 4%
17 Seasons 9537 80% 1.9% 17.2% 9.8% 5.4% 26% 1.04 70% 1770 175 10%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1961 20 NYY AL 47 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 57% 0 1 1 27 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1962 21 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 22 NYY AL 706 114 7 0 14 4 3 4 3 36 20 4 56% 7 5 4 239 5 1 83% 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 13 0
1964 23 NYY AL 1041 201 18 1 23 16 2 7 11 55 24 13 44% 10 14 3 379 4 7 36% 4 6 0 1 0 0 5 0 31 0
1965 24 NYY AL 902 185 16 0 20 12 4 7 9 40 12 8 30% 10 5 1 355 3 5 38% 3 3 0 2 0 0 8 1 14 0
1966 25 NYY AL 844 178 23 0 11 18 5 7 16 33 16 6 48% 10 4 0 290 2 6 25% 1 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 10 0
1967 26 NYY AL 807 158 13 0 8 9 4 5 8 28 16 5 57% 3 5 2 264 7 8 47% 5 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 16 0
1968 27 NYY AL 256 54 7 1 6 5 2 3 4 11 5 3 45% 1 1 0 83 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1969 28 NYY AL 550 117 12 0 9 8 4 6 6 28 17 3 61% 11 5 0 203 6 2 75% 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 15 0
1970 29 TOT AL 594 118 13 1 21 10 3 4 9 39 14 8 36% 11 8 3 234 9 8 53% 8 7 1 1 0 0 3 0 18 1
1970 29 OAK AL 180 39 5 1 14 4 1 2 3 19 5 4 26% 3 0 1 61 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
1970 29 MIL AL 414 79 8 0 7 6 2 2 6 20 9 4 45% 8 8 2 173 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 1
1971 30 LAD NL 1095 245 16 0 20 13 3 5 11 40 15 6 38% 12 12 2 400 11 4 73% 10 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 24 0
1972 31 LAD NL 868 196 13 0 13 9 4 2 11 38 19 6 50% 21 2 2 339 15 6 71% 14 6 1 0 0 0 4 2 15 0
1973 32 LAD NL 790 155 19 0 9 15 4 6 13 28 19 6 68% 10 7 0 257 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 5 2 14 0
1974 33 LAD NL 427 94 7 0 9 7 0 2 5 33 19 4 58% 9 3 0 157 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 8 0
1975 34 LAD NL 311 59 6 0 6 4 2 3 3 9 4 2 44% 9 2 0 118 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 0
1976 35 LAD NL 196 43 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 8 6 0 75% 1 2 2 75 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1977 36 LAD NL 99 22 4 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 2 1 50% 1 1 0 47 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
17 Seasons 9536 1946 177 4 176 135 42 65 112 437 212 77 49% 126 77 20 3467 93 62 60% 82 51 10 8 1 3 43 7 205 1
MLB Averages
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1961 20 0 1 .000 8.00 5 1 3 0 0 0 9.0 7 8 8 0 12 0 12 1 1 1 47 47 2.111 7.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.00 47
1962 21 0 1 .000 7.20 6 1 4 0 0 0 10.0 7 8 8 0 12 0 13 1 1 1 50 52 1.900 6.3 0.0 10.8 11.7 1.08 52
1963 22 13 6 .684 2.81 30 23 6 10 4 0 185.2 121 60 58 7 92 1 184 1 2 6 757 126 1.147 5.9 0.3 4.5 8.9 2.00 126
1964 23 26 14 .650 3.18 67 58 8 21 5 2 429.2 322 164 152 25 212 6 401 1 5 20 1798 113 1.243 6.7 0.5 4.4 8.4 1.89 113
1965 24 38 28 .576 3.25 102 90 10 29 7 2 641.2 507 256 232 41 317 8 580 3 6 25 2700 108 1.284 7.1 0.6 4.4 8.1 1.83 108
1966 25 48 39 .552 3.33 132 120 10 30 7 2 841.2 685 346 311 64 396 11 732 4 6 29 3545 104 1.284 7.3 0.7 4.2 7.8 1.85 104
1967 26 62 49 .559 3.19 163 148 12 40 11 2 1043.1 843 411 370 77 457 12 903 10 6 34 4352 106 1.246 7.3 0.7 3.9 7.8 1.98 106
1968 27 65 52 .556 3.21 178 160 13 41 11 2 1104.2 897 435 394 84 477 14 943 11 7 35 4608 105 1.244 7.3 0.7 3.9 7.7 1.98 105
1969 28 72 57 .558 3.23 208 175 18 46 12 2 1235.1 1014 492 443 96 526 20 1028 11 7 40 5158 105 1.247 7.4 0.7 3.8 7.5 1.95 105
1970 29 77 70 .524 3.26 235 197 19 48 12 2 1370.2 1132 558 496 109 607 22 1107 15 7 48 5753 105 1.269 7.4 0.7 4.0 7.3 1.82 105
1971 30 97 79 .551 3.16 272 233 19 60 17 2 1633.0 1377 651 574 125 691 25 1243 18 8 60 6848 107 1.266 7.6 0.7 3.8 6.9 1.80 107
1972 31 106 88 .546 3.14 303 263 20 67 21 2 1835.2 1573 732 641 138 758 27 1360 25 9 62 7716 107 1.270 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.79 107
1973 32 115 97 .542 3.16 333 291 21 72 23 2 2028.2 1728 819 712 157 826 30 1484 26 10 69 8506 107 1.259 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.6 1.80 107
1974 33 120 103 .538 3.18 354 307 23 73 24 2 2127.0 1822 871 752 164 871 30 1547 29 10 72 8933 107 1.266 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.78 107
1975 34 122 104 .540 3.17 376 313 29 73 24 3 2201.2 1881 902 776 170 899 31 1586 31 11 74 9244 107 1.263 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.76 107
1976 35 123 106 .537 3.19 393 316 35 73 24 3 2248.1 1924 923 796 173 917 32 1616 31 11 76 9440 106 1.264 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.76 106
1977 36 123 107 .535 3.22 405 317 37 73 24 3 2268.1 1946 938 811 177 933 32 1639 31 11 77 9539 105 1.269 7.7 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.76 105

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1961 20 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 7 8 7 0 12 12 1 2.111 7.0 12.0 12.0 1.00 0.0 5
1962 21 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1963 22 12 6 .667 2.95 168.0 120 61 55 7 84 164 0 1.214 6.4 4.5 8.8 1.95 0.4 24
1964 23 13 12 .520 3.94 233.0 211 113 102 19 126 207 0 1.446 8.2 4.9 8.0 1.64 0.7 37
1965 24 10 11 .476 4.20 197.0 198 102 92 17 112 166 2 1.574 9.0 5.1 7.6 1.48 0.8 35
1966 25 9 11 .450 4.50 188.0 197 104 94 25 87 143 1 1.511 9.4 4.2 6.8 1.64 1.2 30
1967 26 11 9 .550 3.55 185.0 176 81 73 14 68 157 7 1.319 8.6 3.3 7.6 2.31 0.7 31
1968 27 2 4 .333 5.30 56.0 64 37 33 8 24 37 1 1.571 10.3 3.9 5.9 1.54 1.3 15
1969 28 7 6 .538 3.99 124.0 125 61 55 13 52 81 0 1.427 9.1 3.8 5.9 1.56 0.9 30
1970 29 7 7 .500 3.94 128.0 122 62 56 13 84 75 4 1.609 8.6 5.9 5.3 0.89 0.9 27
1971 30 15 12 .556 3.52 243.0 270 106 95 18 93 126 3 1.494 10.0 3.4 4.7 1.35 0.7 37
1972 31 12 10 .545 3.69 200.0 223 91 82 15 76 115 8 1.495 10.0 3.4 5.2 1.51 0.7 31
1973 32 10 10 .500 3.89 183.0 166 88 79 20 73 118 1 1.306 8.2 3.6 5.8 1.62 1.0 30
1974 33 4 6 .400 4.40 92.0 100 50 45 7 48 59 3 1.609 9.8 4.7 5.8 1.23 0.7 21
1975 34 4 3 .571 3.38 72.0 64 30 27 7 30 38 2 1.306 8.0 3.8 4.8 1.27 0.9 22
1976 35 2 2 .500 4.70 44.0 46 26 23 3 19 28 0 1.477 9.4 3.9 5.7 1.47 0.6 17
1977 36 0 2 .000 6.75 20.0 23 17 15 4 17 23 0 2.000 10.4 7.7 10.4 1.35 1.8 12
17 Seasons 118 112 .513 3.92 2143.0 2112 1037 933 190 1005 1550 33 1.455 8.9 6.5 1.54 0.8 405
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1967 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-NL-10-11%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-NL--3--33%
0.33 Career Shares (122nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1963 AL--2.562--5th
1967 AL--2.633--8th
1971 NL--2.676--7th

Wins s c a p y
1967 AL--14--10th
1971 NL--20--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1963 AL--.722--3rd
1971 NL--.690--2nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1963 AL--1.104--6th
1967 AL--1.086--7th
1973 NL--1.155--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--5.841--1st
1964 AL--7.414--6th
1967 AL--7.051--5th
1973 NL--7.228--6th
Career--7.721--57th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--8.761--1st
1964 AL--8.004--2nd
1965 AL--7.599--6th
1966 AL--6.840--6th
1967 AL--7.631--7th
Career--6.503--145th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1964 AL--244.0--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 AL--171--8th
1964 AL--217--1st
1965 AL--179--5th
Career--1639--125th

Games Started s c a p y
1964 AL--35--8th
1971 NL--36--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 AL--11--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1963 AL--4--3rd
1967 AL--4--9th
1971 NL--5--1st
1972 NL--4--6th
Career--24--187th

Home Runs s c a p y
1966 AL--23--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL--80--10th
1964 AL--120--1st
1965 AL--105--3rd
1966 AL--79--8th
1971 NL--84--9th
Career--933--137th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1967 AL--2.803--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--.359--2nd
1964 AL--.664--7th
1967 AL--.580--9th
1971 NL--.549--10th

Losses s c a p y
1965 AL--14--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1964 AL--14--2nd
1971 NL--12--3rd
Career--77--179th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 NL--7--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1964 AL--1041--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1963 AL--137--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 31 (520), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (464), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Steve Barber (955)
  2. Gary Peters (949)
  3. Bob Veale (940)
  4. Juan Pizarro (932)
  5. Johnny Antonelli (928)
  6. Jon Matlack (925)
  7. Dean Chance (925)
  8. Van Mungo (924)
  9. Sonny Siebert (923)
  10. Earl Wilson (922)
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  1. Francisco Liriano (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Barber (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Barber (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Blue Moon Odom (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Barber (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Vander Meer (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Sid Fernandez (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Vinegar Bend Mizell (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Sid Fernandez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Barber (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Barber (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Barber (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Steve Barber (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Steve Barber (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Steve Barber (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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