Al Downing

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: June 28, 1941 in Trenton, NJ us

High School: Trenton Central HS (Trenton, NJ)

Schools: Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA), Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ)

Debut: July 19, 1961 (Age 20-021d, 11,870th in major league history)
vs. WSA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: July 13, 1977 (Age 36-015d)
vs. HOU 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Alphonso Erwin Downing

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.0

123

107

ERA

3.22

405

317

2268.1

1639

WHIP

1.269

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-19 / in Starts: 7-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	209	6	Apr 14	OAK		MIL	W,9-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	8	1	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	3.39	28	11	4	0	0	8	55			1	1	1	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.53	0.171	2.14	0.14%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
2	210	10	Apr 18	OAK		MIN	L,5-11	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.1	6	5	5	1	5	1	0	4.50	3.74	17	2	3	0	0	6	32			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.30	-0.446	2.28	-0.47%	-3.44	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d2
3	211	14	Apr 22	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.84	3.69	30	12	8	1	0	3	80			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.377	1.43	0.32%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	212	18	Apr 28	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.00	4.51	20	6	7	3	0	4	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.001	.98	0.00%	0.51	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	213	22	May 2	OAK	@	WSA	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	3	6.0	5	3	3	7	4	1	1	3.30	5.10	30	7	6	0	2	5	47			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.044	1.48	0.03%	-0.36	1b start a 3	7b --- 0 out a3
6	214	26	May 6	OAK		NYY	L,6-7	GS-5	L(3-3)	3	4.0	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	4.24	5.05	22	3	6	1	0	7	26			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	-0.221	1.91	-0.17%	-2.81	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d4
7	215	35	May 17(1)	OAK		CAL	L,1-7	7-8		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	4.86	7	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.90	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d7
8	216	37	May 19	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-6	3-4		1	1.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.82	4.66	8	3	0	0	0	3		3	3	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.115	.63	-0.06%	-1.01	3b 123 1 out d1	4b 3 out d4
9	217	39	May 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-8	2-3		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.63	4.48	10	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.021	.18	0.01%	0.94	2b --- 0 out d5	3b 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	218	49	Jun 2	OAK		BAL	L,1-5	6-7		10	1.1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.95	4.64	8	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.022	.71	-0.01%	-0.45	6t --- 0 out d2	7t -23 1 out d2
				Player went from Oakland Athletics to Milwaukee Brewers
11	219	73	Jun 28(2)	MIL		OAK	L,1-4	GS-1	L(3-4)	25	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.79	4.69	5	0	1	0	0	3	28			1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.280	.01	0.00%	-3.03	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d3
12	220	74	Jun 29	MIL		CAL	L,3-10	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.68	4.55	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	221	79	Jul 3(2)	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	7.0	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.74	4.67	30	7	8	1	0	8	44			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.27	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	222	85	Jul 8	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	7.2	6	2	0	2	3	0	0	4.11	4.39	31	15	5	0	1	6	64			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.058	.00	0.00%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
15	223	95	Jul 20	MIL	@	WSA	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-7)	11	7.0	2	2	1	1	9	1	1	3.80	4.22	25	4	8	1	3	2	75			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.035	.00	0.00%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	224	101	Jul 28	MIL		WSA	W,5-1	CG	W(4-7)	7	9.0	2	1	1	6	6	0	0	3.45	4.10	33	8	12	1	5	1	79			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.09	0.319	.00	0.00%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	225	106	Aug 1	MIL		NYY	L,1-4	GS-7		3	6.1	4	1	1	6	3	0	0	3.29	4.14	30	10	8	0	1	3	58			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.52	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out tie
18	226	112	Aug 6	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-5	L(4-8)	4	4.2	7	7	3	3	4	1	0	3.43	4.22	25	3	8	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-3.08	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
19	227	117	Aug 11	MIL		DET	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-9)	4	7.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.36	4.17	30	12	5	2	1	6	56			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.16	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	228	121	Aug 16	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	2	6	6	1	0	3.34	4.27	28	7	5	0	2	4	54			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	2	.78	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
21	229	125	Aug 21	MIL	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-4	L(4-10)	4	3.1	3	4	0	3	1	0	0	3.23	4.28	18	8	3	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.50	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1b start a 2	4b -23 1 out a1
22	230	129	Aug 26	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-6	L(4-11)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.33	4.23	20	6	7	1	1	6	42			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	231	136	Sep 1(2)	MIL		MIN	L,1-7	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	1	6	2	0	0	3.20	4.26	31	10	8	0	0	5	59			0	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.229	.00	0.00%	2.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	232	140	Sep 7(2)	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS-6	L(4-12)	5	6.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.35	4.29	27	6	8	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-1.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
25	233	145	Sep 12	MIL	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	1	3.33	4.37	27	5	8	1	0	7	50			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.65	-0.054	.00	0.00%	0.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
26	234	151	Sep 18	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-12)	5	6.1	4	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.38	4.36	27	10	8	1	0	4	50			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.28	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a2
27	235	161	Sep 29	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-5	L(5-13)	10	4.2	6	4	4	6	3	2	1	3.52	4.60	25	7	2	0	0	6	33			2	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-2.32	1b start tie	5b -23 2 out d2
							8-19		W-L:5-13	3.6	135.1	118	66	53	81	79	13	4	3.52	4.60	595	1.20		4%	5%	116	50	3	100%	9	8	1	496	18	2	2	15	5	11	1.13	-1.234	.44	-0.21%	-3.23

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