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Al Worthington
Allan Fulton Worthington (Red)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Alabama

Debut July 6, 1953
Final Game October 2, 1969
Born February 5, 1929 in Birmingham, AL

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1953 24 NYG NL   4   8  20  17   5   2   2  0  102.0  103   55   39   6   54   52   2   2   461       0  3.44  4.32  126 1.539
 1954 25 NYG NL   0   2  10   1   0   0   3  0   18.0   21    7    7   0   15    8   0   0    82       0  3.50  4.07  116 2.000
 1956 27 NYG NL   7  14  28  24   4   0   2  0  165.7  158   82   73  20   74   95   4   3   713   6   0  3.97  3.77   95 1.400
 1957 28 NYG NL   8  11  55  12   1   1  23  4  157.7  140   75   74  19   56   90   5   5   662   7   0  4.22  3.92   93 1.243
 1958 29 SFG NL  11   7  54  12   1   0  17  6  151.3  152   72   61  17   57   76   2   3   666   6   0  3.63  3.79  105 1.381
 1959 30 SFG NL   2   3  42   3   0   0  15  2   73.3   68   34   30   8   37   45   5   4   323   4   0  3.68  3.79  103 1.432
 1960 31 TOT AL   1   2  10   0   0   0   5  0   17.0   20   14   12   1   15    8   0   3    86   3   0  6.35  3.93   62 2.059
         BOS AL   0   1   6   0   0   0   2  0   11.7   17   12   10   1   11    7   0   3    62   3   0  7.71  3.99   52 2.400
         CHW AL   1   1   4   0   0   0   3  0    5.3    3    2    2   0    4    1   0   0    24   0   0  3.38  3.80  112 1.313
 1963 34 CIN NL   4   4  50   0   0   0  32 10   81.3   75   34   27   6   31   55   3   2   345   3   1  2.99  3.35  112 1.303
 1964 35 TOT      6   6  47   0   0   0  34 14   79.3   61   29   19   4   30   65   1   4   333   6   0  2.16  3.59  167 1.147
         CIN NL   1   0   6   0   0   0   2  0    7.0   14   11    8   0    2    6   1   0    40   0   0 10.29  3.61   35 2.286
         MIN AL   5   6  41   0   0   0  32 14   72.3   47   18   11   4   28   59   0   4   293   6   0  1.37  3.59  262 1.037
 1965 36 MIN AL  10   7  62   0   0   0  38 21   80.3   57   25   19   4   41   59   3   1   333   2   0  2.13  3.56  167 1.220
 1966 37 MIN AL   6   3  65   0   0   0  46 16   91.3   66   26   25   6   27   93   1   5   364   3   0  2.46  3.61  146 1.018
 1967 38 MIN AL   8   9  59   0   0   0  44 16   92.0   77   36   29   6   38   80   1   5   383  10   0  2.84  3.46  122 1.250
 1968 39 MIN AL   4   5  54   0   0   0  34 18   76.3   67   26   23   1   32   57   0   6   323   9   1  2.71  3.13  115 1.297
 1969 40 MIN AL   4   1  46   0   0   0  19  3   61.0   65   31   31   7   20   51   0   1   257   2   0  4.57  3.70   81 1.393
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Years            82      69       3    110        1130       469      527       27  44  5331  61   2  3.39  3.71  110 1.329
 WL%= .478       75     602      11     314    1246.7       546      105       834
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   8  61   6   1   0  31 11  126.3  114   55   47  10   53   84   2   4   540   6   0  3.39  3.71  110 1.329
 Career High     11  14  65  24   5   2  46 21  165.7  158   82   74  20   74   95   5   6   713  10   1  2.13  4.32  167 1.018
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 24 NYG NL  20   31    5    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  14  .065  .121  .097  -43    3   4           0   0
 1954 25 NYG NL  10    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
 1956 27 NYG NL  28   51    4   12   1  0   1    3   0  0   0  12  .235  .231  .314   46   16   6   1   0   0   0
 1957 28 NYG NL  55   40    0    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   1  10  .100  .143  .100  -33    4   1   0   0   1   1
 1958 29 SFG NL  54   44    6    8   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  10  .182  .208  .205   11    9   3   2   0   0   2
 1959 30 SFG NL  42   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .077  .077  .077  -58    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 31 TOT AL  10    3    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .667  .667  .667  262    2   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL   4    2    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  445    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 34 CIN NL  50   12    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .083  .083  .167  -31    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1964 35 TOT     47   16    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .063  .063  .063  -65    1   4   0   0   0   0
         MIN AL  41   16    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .063  .063  .063  -65    1   4   0   0   0   0
 1965 36 MIN AL  62   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .100  .250  .100    2    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1966 37 MIN AL  65   11    2    3   3  0   0    3   0  0   0   6  .273  .273  .545  123    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 38 MIN AL  59    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .111  .000  -66    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1968 39 MIN AL  54    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1969 40 MIN AL  46    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     602  255   22   35   7  0   1   15   0  0   8  85  .137  .165  .176   -7   45  25   3   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         69    6    9   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  23  .137  .165  .176   -7   12   7   1   0   0   1
 Career High     65   51    6   12   3  0   1    4   0  0   2  14                          16   6   2   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 24 NYG NL   37   33    0   0.0   112| .065  .277| .121  .348| .097  .431| .218  .779| -43  .000  -6.7  -0.6   0%
 1954 25 NYG NL    4    4    0   0.0   110| .000  .275| .000  .347| .000  .426| .000  .772|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1956 27 NYG NL   58   46    4   2.3   102| .235  .263| .231  .330| .314  .415| .545  .745|  46  .231  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1957 28 NYG NL   43   38    1   0.7   102| .100  .267| .143  .331| .100  .414| .243  .744| -33  .032  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1958 29 SFG NL   51   43    2   1.2   104| .182  .267| .208  .335| .205  .417| .413  .752|  11  .083  -5.5  -0.5   0%
 1959 30 SFG NL   13   12    0   0.0   103| .077  .268| .077  .333| .077  .414| .154  .747| -58  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1960 31 TOT AL    3    1    2  53.9   102| .667  .265| .667  .338| .667  .405|1.334  .743| 262  .990   0.7   0.1   0%
         BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .341| .000  .408| .000  .749|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CHW AL    2    0    2         101|1.000  .264|1.000  .337|1.000  .403|2.000  .740| 445         0.9   0.1   0%
 1963 34 CIN NL   14   13    0   0.0    92| .083  .258| .083  .320| .167  .385| .250  .705| -31  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1964 35 TOT      20   19    0   0.0    97| .063  .257| .063  .325| .063  .399| .126  .724| -65  .000  -3.6  -0.4   0%
         MIN AL   20   19    0   0.0    97| .063  .257| .063  .325| .063  .399| .126  .724| -65  .000  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1965 36 MIN AL   14   11    1   2.4    96| .100  .256| .250  .327| .100  .393| .350  .720|   2  .287  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1966 37 MIN AL   11    8    2   6.7    95| .273  .256| .273  .324| .545  .394| .818  .718| 123  .730   0.4   0.0   0%
 1967 38 MIN AL    9    8    0   0.0    90| .000  .252| .111  .322| .000  .377| .111  .699| -66  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1968 39 MIN AL    9    9    0   0.0    85| .000  .245| .000  .316| .000  .363| .000  .679|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1969 40 MIN AL    6    6    0   0.0    98| .000  .259| .000  .336| .000  .390| .000  .727|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      292  251   12   1.3   102| .137  .264| .165  .332| .176  .410| .341  .742|  -7  .093 -38.6  -3.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1953 24 NYG NL   P   20     12   16    2    1  .933  .956  1.40  0.87  2.47  2.06   17  102.0
 1954 25 NYG NL   P   10      0    4    1    0  .800  .952  0.40  0.87  2.00  2.05    1   18.0
 1956 27 NYG NL   P   28      9   35    4    6  .917  .967  1.57  0.83  2.39  2.05   24  165.7
 1957 28 NYG NL   P   55     10   26    0    0 1.000  .963  0.65  0.82  2.05  2.06   12  157.7
 1958 29 SFG NL   P   54      9   26    2    0  .946  .956  0.65  0.77  2.08  1.97   12  151.3
 1959 30 SFG NL   P   42      5   15    0    0 1.000  .952  0.48  0.82  2.46  1.99    3   73.3
 1960 31 TOT AL   P   10      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.50  0.78  2.65  1.96    0   17.0
         BOS AL   P    6      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.78  2.31  1.92    0   11.7
         CHW AL   P    4      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.78  3.40  2.04    0    5.3
 1963 34 CIN NL   P   50      5   22    0    3 1.000  .951  0.54  0.84  2.99  2.06    0   81.3
 1964 35 TOT      P   47      8   14    4    0  .846  .961  0.47  0.73  2.50  1.93    0   79.3
         CIN NL   P    6      0    1    1    0  .500 1.000  0.17  0.83  1.29  2.19    0    7.0
         MIN AL   P   41      8   13    3    0  .875  .959  0.51  0.72  2.61  1.90    0   72.3
 1965 36 MIN AL   P   62      3   24    1    0  .964  .951  0.44  0.75  3.03  2.04    0   80.3
 1966 37 MIN AL   P   65      8   14    2    0  .917  .952  0.34  0.75  2.17  1.99    0   91.3
 1967 38 MIN AL   P   59      4   13    0    1 1.000  .955  0.29  0.74  1.66  1.96    0   92.0
 1968 39 MIN AL   P   54      5   11    1    0  .941  .958  0.30  0.73  1.89  1.89    0   76.3
 1969 40 MIN AL   P   46      2    6    0    1 1.000  .952  0.17  0.69  1.18  1.87    0   61.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1953 24 NYG NL   P   20     12   16    2    1  .933  .956  1.40  0.87  2.47  2.06   17  102.0
 1954 25 NYG NL   P   10      0    4    1    0  .800  .952  0.40  0.87  2.00  2.05    1   18.0
 1956 27 NYG NL   P   28      9   35    4    6  .917  .967  1.57  0.83  2.39  2.05   24  165.7
 1957 28 NYG NL   P   55     10   26    0    0 1.000  .963  0.65  0.82  2.05  2.06   12  157.7
 1958 29 SFG NL   P   54      9   26    2    0  .946  .956  0.65  0.77  2.08  1.97   12  151.3
 1959 30 SFG NL   P   42      5   15    0    0 1.000  .952  0.48  0.82  2.46  1.99    3   73.3
 1960 31 TOT AL   P   10      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.50  0.78  2.65  1.96    0   17.0
         BOS AL   P    6      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.78  2.31  1.92    0   11.7
         CHW AL   P    4      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.50  0.78  3.40  2.04    0    5.3
 1963 34 CIN NL   P   50      5   22    0    3 1.000  .951  0.54  0.84  2.99  2.06    0   81.3
 1964 35 TOT      P   47      8   14    4    0  .846  .961  0.47  0.73  2.50  1.93    0   79.3
         CIN NL   P    6      0    1    1    0  .500 1.000  0.17  0.83  1.29  2.19    0    7.0
         MIN AL   P   41      8   13    3    0  .875  .959  0.51  0.72  2.61  1.90    0   72.3
 1965 36 MIN AL   P   62      3   24    1    0  .964  .951  0.44  0.75  3.03  2.04    0   80.3
 1966 37 MIN AL   P   65      8   14    2    0  .917  .952  0.34  0.75  2.17  1.99    0   91.3
 1967 38 MIN AL   P   59      4   13    0    1 1.000  .955  0.29  0.74  1.66  1.96    0   92.0
 1968 39 MIN AL   P   54      5   11    1    0  .941  .958  0.30  0.73  1.89  1.89    0   76.3
 1969 40 MIN AL   P   46      2    6    0    1 1.000  .952  0.17  0.69  1.18  1.87    0   61.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 602     82  229   17   12  .948  .957  0.52  0.77  2.25  2.00   69 1246.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       602     82  229   17   12  .948  .957  0.52  0.77  2.24  2.00   69   1247

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1965   WS    MIN LAD     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   4     2   0   2   2 
 1969   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   1   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   1.1   3   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      0-2   3   0   1.69  0  0  0  0   5.1   5   1   2   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1965   WS    MIN LAD     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1969   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   0-2   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1958 NL-.611-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1957 NL-7.99-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1956 NL-5.16-5
1957 NL-5.14-7

Games
1957 NL-55-4
1958 NL-54-5
1966 AL-65-4
1967 AL-59-8
1968 AL-54-9

Saves
1963 NL-10-10
1964 AL-14-7
1965 AL-21-6
1966 AL-16-6
1967 AL-16-5
1968 AL-18-1

Shutouts
1953 NL-2-10

Losses
1956 NL-14-6

Wild Pitches
1957 NL-5-9

Games Finished
1957 NL-23-8
1963 NL-32-8
1964 AL-32-9
1965 AL-38-9
1966 AL-46-3
1967 AL-44-4
1968 AL-34-6
Car-314-86

Oldest Player
1966 AL-37-8
1967 AL-38-7
1968 AL-39-3
1969 AL-40-2

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (965) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June, 1951: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
Before 1952 Season: Sent from the Chicago Cubs to the New York Giants in an unknown transaction.
March 29, 1960: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Marshall.
September 1, 1960: Sent to the Chicago White Sox by the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.
November 26, 1962: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago White Sox in the 1962 rule 5 draft.
June 26, 1964: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Cincinnati Reds.
October 13, 1969: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Al Worthington's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Won-Loss % 1958 NL-.611-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1957 NL-7.99-5	Strikeouts/9IP 1956 NL-5.16-5 1957 NL-5.14-7	Games 1957 NL-55-4 1958 NL-54-5 1966 AL-65-4 1967 AL-59-8 1968 AL-54-9	Saves 1963 NL-10-10 1964 AL-14-7 1965 AL-21-6 1966 AL-16-6 1967 AL-16-5 1968 AL-18-1	Shutouts 1953 NL-2-10
Losses 1956 NL-14-6	Wild Pitches 1957 NL-5-9	Games Finished 1957 NL-23-8 1963 NL-32-8 1964 AL-32-9 1965 AL-38-9 1966 AL-46-3 1967 AL-44-4 1968 AL-34-6 Car-314-86	Oldest Player 1966 AL-37-8 1967 AL-38-7 1968 AL-39-3 1969 AL-40-2