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, 9,478th in MLB 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

1x All-Star

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.0

W

123

L

107

ERA

3.22

G

405

GS

317

SV

IP

2268.1

SO

1639

WHIP

1.269

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1961	20	NYY-min	A	9	1	.900	1.84	12	12		8	3		98.0	70	28	20	3	50	4	96	2	0	7				1.224	6.4	0.3	4.6	8.8	1.92	BNG EL
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	48	4.24	2.111	7.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00
1962	21	NYY-min	AAA	9	13	.409	4.10	32	31		7	1		169.0	135	87	77	10	113	6	180	2	1	16				1.467	7.2	0.5	6.0	9.6	1.59	RMD IL
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		0.62	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1963	22	NYY-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.68	10	9		3	1		57.0	40	23	17	3	45	1	64	0	0	0				1.491	6.3	0.5	7.1	10.1	1.42	RMD IL
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	138	2.42	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	3.26	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	3.32	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	3.73	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	2.68	1.086	7.1	0.6	2.7	7.6	2.80	AS
1968	27	NYY-min	AA	1	4	.200	3.48	5	5		1	0		31.0	24	17	12	0	16	0	17	0	0	2				1.290	7.0	0.0	4.6	4.9	1.06	BNG EL
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	82	3.59	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	104	3.53	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	4.60	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	90	4.64	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	113	4.59	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	3.20	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	3.17	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	106	3.63	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	94	3.69	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	119	3.79	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	3.34	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	58	5.44	1.900	9.9	1.8	7.2	10.4	1.44
17 Yrs				123	107	.535	3.22	405	317	37	73	24	3	2268.1	1946	938	811	177	933	32	1639	31	11	77	9539	106	3.37	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	106	3.37	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	3.18	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	3.45	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	90	4.64	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	113	4.59	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	3.32	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	3.45	1.270	8.2	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.63

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