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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-17 / in Starts: 21-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	62 (32-16-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
E Howard	3
C Boyer	1
J Blanchard	1
T Tresh	1
P Linz	1

Most Driven In By
B Richardson	3
P Linz	1
R Maris	1

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	31	3 (2)	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.58	-0.155	2.85	-0.17%	-1.19	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	32	11 (7)	May 3 (1)	NYY		WSA	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.67	-0.049	1.40	-0.06%	-1.41	P
3	33	16 (4)	May 7	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.80	0.147	4.01	0.20%	1.52	P
4	34	21 (4)	May 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
5	35	31 (9)	May 23	NYY		LAA	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.00	0.007	2.64	0.01%	0.16	P
6	36	35 (3)	May 27	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.400	.667	9	.53	0.056	1.51	0.10%	1.04	P
7	37	38 (2)	May 31	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.353	.588	9	1.58	-0.090	4.28	-0.15%	-0.68	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	38	42 (3)	Jun 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-7	GS-3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.444	.722	9	.93	0.072	2.07	0.10%	1.00	P
9	39	46 (3)	Jun 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.400	.650	9	1.24	-0.068	2.96	-0.10%	-0.67	P
10	40	52 (5)	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.381	.619	9	1.09	0.045	4.40	0.11%	0.37	P
11	41	57 (4)	Jun 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.304	.435	.739	9	1.11	0.126	4.56	0.31%	0.99	P
12	42	61 (3)	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.269	.385	.654	9	1.86	-0.242	10.24	-0.80%	-2.22	P
13	43	66 (4)	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.345	.586	9	1.30	-0.099	5.60	-0.26%	-0.78	P
14	44	69 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		DET	L,5-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.241	.345	.586	9						PR
15	45	71 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.219	.313	.531	9	.89	-0.085	3.49	-0.20%	-1.05	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	46	72	Jul 1	NYY		KCA	L,4-5	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.219	.313	.531	8						PR
17	47	76 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.235	.303	.538	9	1.40	0.030	6.29	0.08%	0.27	P
18	48	77	Jul 5	NYY		MIN	L,2-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.235	.303	.538	9						PR
19	49	78	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.211	.270	.481	9	1.08	-0.102	4.37	-0.25%	-1.10	P
20	50	83 (4)	Jul 14	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.195	.250	.445	9	1.01	-0.077	7.39	-0.34%	-0.77	P
21	51	87 (3)	Jul 18	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.182	.233	.414	9	.82	-0.061	4.18	-0.19%	-0.46	P
22	52	91 (3)	Jul 22	NYY		WSA	W,6-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.178	.227	.405	9	1.04	-0.026	5.31	-0.08%	-0.22	P
23	53	96 (4)	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.184	.213	.396	9	.57	-0.005	3.14	-0.02%	0.14	P
24	54	101 (4)	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.170	.196	.366	9	.95	-0.095	5.52	-0.33%	-1.26	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	55	105 (3)	Aug 5	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.164	.189	.352	9	.57	-0.028	3.22	-0.10%	-0.32	P
26	56	109 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.155	.179	.334	9	.44	-0.033	3.58	-0.16%	-0.34	P
27	57	114 (4)	Aug 13	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.164	.172	.336	9	.46	-0.019	2.60	-0.07%	-0.24	P
28	58	117 (2)	Aug 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.164	.172	.336	9						P
29	59	119 (1)	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.169	.164	.333	9	.79	-0.052	5.14	-0.21%	-0.27	P
30	60	123 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.164	.159	.323	9	1.04	-0.056	2.23	-0.07%	-0.44	P
31	61	126 (2)	Aug 25	NYY		WSA	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.164	.159	.323	9						P
32	62	128 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.171	.167	.338	9	.42	-0.012	1.37	-0.02%	-0.25	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	63	132 (3)	Sep 1	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.176	.171	.347	9	.55	0.001	2.54	0.00%	-0.38	P
34	64	136 (3)	Sep 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	GS-3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.184	.181	.365	9	.55	0.028	2.43	0.08%	0.36	P
35	65	141 (4)	Sep 10	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.147	.190	.187	.377	9	.61	-0.044	5.23	-0.23%	-0.67	P
36	66	145 (3)	Sep 15	NYY		LAA	L,0-7	GS-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.198	.195	.392	9	.80	0.033	7.66	0.19%	0.15	P
37	67	149 (3)	Sep 19	NYY		KCA	W,8-3	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.193	.190	.383	9	.40	-0.021	5.24	-0.17%	-0.43	P
38	68	153 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.198	.195	.393	9	.54	-0.017	4.74	-0.09%	-0.12	P
39	69	158 (4)	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.207	.205	.412	9	3.16	0.202	23.79	0.91%	1.84	P
40	70	163 (4)	Oct 3	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.213	.212	.425	9	.82	-0.029	4.59	-0.10%	-0.41	P
							23-17		93	85	5	15	1	1	0	7	4	0	33	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.176	.213	.212	.425		.94	-0.718	4.40	-2.04%	-7.82

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