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: 10-20 / in Starts: 9-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 4

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	179	17	Apr 27(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-6	6-7		99	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.50	2.51	10	1	4	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.065	.36	-0.09%	-2.08	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d6
2	180	21	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	2.51	7	4	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.017	.26	0.02%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
3	181	23	May 2	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.40	1.71	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	0.003	.08	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
4	182	25	May 4(1)	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	6-7		1	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.05	2.06	5	1	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.095	2.19	-0.07%	-0.07	6t 123 1 out tie	7t 3 out d2
5	183	26	May 4(2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-14	8-GF		-1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.15	3.43	8	1	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	8t --- 0 out d13	9t end d12
6	184	28	May 7	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-4	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.38	3.17	7	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.012	.06	0.01%	0.85	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
7	185	32	May 12	NYY	@	SEP	L,4-8	GS-1	L(0-1)	4	0.0	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	6.75	4.01	4	0	0	0	0	1	29			1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.377	.88	-0.11%	-3.61	1b start a 2	1b -2- 0 out d1
8	186	46	May 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	5-5	L(0-2)	15	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	8.49	5.25	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.306	.47	-0.08%	-2.52	5b --- 0 out tie	5b 3 out d3
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
9	187	50	Jun 1	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-5	3-8	W(1-2)	3	5.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.94	4.61	20	7	7	3	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.179	.37	0.04%	2.05	3b -2- 1 out d4	8b 12- 1 out a3
10	188	58	Jun 9	NYY		KCR	L,1-7	6-8		7	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.49	4.95	12	3	6	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.008	.05	0.00%	0.31	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
11	189	65	Jun 17(1)	NYY		DET	L,0-8	7-8		7	2.0	2	3	2	0	1	1	0	5.82	5.23	10	5	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	.09	-0.007	.02	0.00%	-1.79	7t 1-3 0 out d4	8t 3 out d8
12	190	74	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.96	5.60	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
13	191	76	Jun 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.08	5.38	4	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
14	192	77	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	5-6		0	2.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.96	5.04	9	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.023	.01	0.00%	-0.07	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d4
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
15	193	87	Jul 8(2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	2-7		9	5.1	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.23	4.51	20	10	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.092	.02	0.00%	1.77	2b 1-3 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
16	194	92	Jul 13(2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-10	GS-4	L(1-3)	4	3.0	7	6	3	0	3	0	0	5.56	4.16	18	4	6	4	0	5	30			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	2	.98	-0.266	.01	0.00%	-3.68	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d4
17	195	98	Jul 19(2)	NYY		WSA	L,0-4	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.50	4.34	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-1.06	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 123 1 out d4
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
18	196	108	Aug 2	NYY	@	SEP	W,5-4	GS-7	W(2-3)	13	7.0	10	2	2	2	7	1	0	5.01	4.15	31	6	7	0	0	9	54			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.268	.00	0.00%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
19	197	113	Aug 8(2)	NYY		OAK	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-3)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.11	3.78	32	12	9	3	0	4	82			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.458	.00	0.00%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	198	118	Aug 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.2	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.72	3.58	31	9	11	3	0	5	65			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.41	0.155	.00	0.00%	1.43	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out tie
21	199	123	Aug 19	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	8	1	0	3.36	3.61	36	8	12	6	1	3	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.286	.00	0.00%	3.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	200	127	Aug 24	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	L(4-4)	4	8.0	4	1	0	5	5	0	0	3.00	3.56	34	8	12	2	0	4	72			0	0	0	28	0	0	3	1	0	2	1.41	0.167	.00	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out d1
23	201	130	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,6-1	GS-9	W(5-4)	4	8.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.82	3.51	33	12	10	2	2	3	68			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.220	.00	0.00%	1.88	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a5
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
24	202	135	Sep 2	NYY		SEP	W,5-4	GS-9		3	9.0	6	3	3	2	9	1	0	2.84	3.42	35	9	15	5	3	0	70			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.129	.00	0.00%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	203	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-2		4	1.2	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.07	3.50	11	1	3	1	0	4	32			0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.83	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-2.81	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d1
26	204	144	Sep 12(1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	9	0	0	3.07	3.27	36	10	8	2	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.05	0.270	.00	0.00%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	205	149	Sep 16	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-9		3	8.2	9	6	5	3	5	2	0	3.23	3.43	38	5	16	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.07	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-2.16	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out tie
28	206	153	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS-5		3	4.1	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.42	3.45	20	5	8	0	0	5	33			1	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-1.06	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out a2
29	207	157	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.55	3.56	27	8	5	1	0	8	44			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d2
30	208	161	Sep 30	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	2	1	3	2	0	0	3.38	3.53	34	11	12	2	0	6	68			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.03	0.162	.00	0.00%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							10-20		W-L:7-5	3.7	130.2	117	57	49	49	85	12	0	3.38	3.53	550	0.86		11%	4%	100	56	8	38%	6	2	0	488	24	1	6	6	5	11	.91	0.031	.06	-0.29%	-0.77

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