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: 9-12 / in Starts: 7-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 0

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	334	4	Apr 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-7	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.0	2	5	2	4	2	1	0	6.00	9.58	15	6	2	0	0	1	39			0	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.332	1.92	-0.38%	-2.54	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out tie
2	335	8	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	5.2	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	6.23	6.85	24	9	4	0	0	5	43			2	0	0	21	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.09	-0.361	2.16	-0.43%	-1.58	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d2
3	336	20	Apr 27	LAD		MON	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-2)	14	7.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.60	4.88	27	7	8	3	1	4	63			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.11	0.274	2.26	0.34%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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
4	337	32	May 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,15-9	GS-7		14	6.0	6	6	5	3	4	0	0	5.40	4.29	28	11	4	2	1	6	39			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.072	2.24	-0.11%	-2.19	1b start a 2	7b 123 0 out a6
5	338	37	May 17	LAD		ATL	L,3-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	1	2	4	0	0	4.40	3.80	29	6	9	2	1	8	55			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.070	3.26	-0.11%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	339	42	May 22	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	GS-6	W(2-2)	4	5.1	8	3	3	5	6	0	0	4.50	3.70	29	6	4	0	1	8	41			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.021	3.61	0.04%	-0.82	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a2
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
7	340	57	Jun 8	LAD		CHC	L,5-6	GS-5		16	4.1	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.93	3.93	21	7	6	1	2	6	33			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.247	1.67	-0.28%	-2.02	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d2
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
8	341	81	Jul 5(1)	LAD	@	MON	L,6-11	GS-4	L(2-3)	26	3.1	6	6	4	2	0	0	1	5.40	4.04	19	8	2	0	0	6	26			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	1	1	.86	-0.243	.96	-0.16%	-3.23	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d4
9	342	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS-7	W(3-3)	3	6.2	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	5.03	3.88	27	5	7	2	1	7	58			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	.55	0.091	.48	0.05%	0.93	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a6
10	343	92	Jul 16	LAD		MON	L,7-8	6-7		6	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.83	3.91	9	2	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.011	.25	0.01%	0.88	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
11	344	93	Jul 17	LAD		MON	L,4-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.73	3.88	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	.79	0.03%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	345	97	Jul 21	LAD		PHI	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-4)	3	7.2	8	2	2	2	3	1	1	4.42	3.98	31	9	8	1	3	8	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.043	2.44	0.05%	1.24	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d1
13	346	101	Jul 27	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-10	GS-4	L(3-5)	5	4.0	7	5	4	2	4	1	0	4.71	4.07	20	3	4	0	1	7	32			1	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.252	1.56	-0.29%	-3.08	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
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
14	347	106	Aug 1	LAD		SDP	W,8-1	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	6.0	3	1	1	4	4	0	0	4.43	4.00	24	7	6	3	1	3	62			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.144	1.98	0.15%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
15	348	117	Aug 13	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS-6	L(4-6)	11	5.1	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.48	3.98	22	5	6	2	0	5	50			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.091	1.39	-0.10%	-0.75	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d3
16	349	122	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-7	5-6		5	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.36	3.94	8	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.058	1.76	0.10%	0.95	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				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	350	134	Sep 2	LAD		SFG	L,3-5	8-GF		13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.25	3.94	8	4	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.037	1.24	0.06%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
18	351	143	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,11-0	SHO	W(5-6)	9	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	3.81	3.78	30	9	13	1	2	2	86			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.209	.91	0.26%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
19	352	149	Sep 18	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.53	3.66	28	12	3	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.421	4.19	0.99%	3.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
20	353	153	Sep 22	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	GS-2		3	2.0	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	3.62	12	5	2	0	1	4	43			2	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	-0.227	2.57	-0.35%	-2.12	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
21	354	162	Oct 2	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-4	6-7	BS(1)	9	2.0	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.66	3.69	13	5	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	1	1	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.42	-0.454	.00	0.00%	-2.13	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out d1
							9-12		W-L:5-6,BSv:1	4.5	98.1	94	52	40	45	63	7	3	3.66	3.69	427	1.38		8%	8%	92	50	0	---%	9	2	2	368	9	5	0	10	4	9	.98	-1.008	2.01	-0.13%	-5.21

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