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: 26-11 / in Starts: 26-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	236	4	Apr 9	LAD		SDP	L,3-6	2-7		99	5.2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.10	21	11	2	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.121	.62	0.10%	2.65	2t -2- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d3
2	237	10	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	9	1	1	4	2	0	0	0.61	2.86	38	15	9	1	2	8	63			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.62	0.356	1.62	0.21%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	238	15	Apr 20	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	2	2	5	3	0	0	1.14	3.08	36	10	13	0	2	5	67			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	.63	0.171	.67	0.11%	1.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
4	239	20	Apr 25(2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	2	1	0	1.47	3.53	29	9	9	0	0	6	56			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.014	1.33	0.01%	0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	240	23	Apr 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-8		3	7.1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.42	3.29	29	11	9	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	0.158	2.15	0.13%	2.07	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out tie
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
6	241	27	May 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.15	3.11	32	13	8	1	0	3	83			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.595	1.46	0.47%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	242	31	May 8	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	6.2	10	5	5	1	5	1	0	1.84	3.14	31	8	7	1	0	10	38			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.372	1.27	-0.25%	-1.42	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
8	243	35	May 14	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	GS-6		5	5.2	6	3	3	5	2	2	0	2.12	3.70	26	4	9	0	0	6	42			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.127	2.42	-0.14%	-1.14	1b start a 2	6b 123 2 out a1
9	244	39	May 19	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	4	4	1	0	0	2.48	3.74	28	7	9	0	2	7	37			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.28	-0.333	1.05	-0.17%	-2.29	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
10	245	43	May 23	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.2	10	3	3	1	5	1	1	2.63	3.74	30	12	7	5	2	4	46			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.57	0.026	1.44	0.01%	1.12	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out tie
11	246	47	May 28	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.56	3.81	37	10	14	2	1	5	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	1	0	.92	0.170	.68	0.08%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
12	247	51	Jun 1	LAD		MON	L,2-5	GS-6	L(4-3)	3	6.0	6	4	2	3	4	0	1	2.59	3.76	28	8	6	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.238	.70	-0.11%	-1.55	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	248	55	Jun 6	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	GS-9	W(5-3)	4	8.0	6	3	2	4	2	0	0	2.56	3.74	33	10	11	3	1	6	58			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.14	-0.036	1.24	-0.02%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
14	249	59	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,12-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	1	0	2.42	3.78	34	10	13	1	0	5	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.074	.17	0.06%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
15	250	63	Jun 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.23	3.58	32	11	6	1	0	5	83			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.30	0.547	2.31	0.58%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	251	67	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,7-9	GS-3	L(7-4)	4	2.2	8	7	2	1	1	0	0	2.33	3.57	18	4	4	0	0	8	24			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.437	2.16	-0.50%	-4.16	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out tie
17	252	71	Jun 24	LAD		STL	W,11-4	GS-8	W(8-4)	3	7.1	9	4	2	5	3	0	0	2.34	3.57	36	10	10	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	1	2	.39	-0.017	.46	-0.01%	-0.19	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a9
18	253	76	Jun 28	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-7	W(9-4)	3	6.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	2.44	3.58	22	9	7	2	1	3	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.68	-0.005	1.06	-0.01%	-0.40	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 0 out a4
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
19	254	81	Jul 3	LAD	@	SDP	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.28	3.44	31	10	11	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.663	2.21	0.71%	3.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	255	85	Jul 7(1)	LAD		CHC	L,5-6	GS-6	L(10-5)	3	5.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.45	3.53	24	6	7	2	1	3	39			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.335	2.64	-0.44%	-2.75	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d2
21	256	90	Jul 11	LAD		SFG	W,11-3	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.49	3.53	38	5	16	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.041	.77	0.07%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
22	257	94	Jul 18(1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	L(11-6)	6	8.0	7	3	1	4	4	0	0	2.42	3.50	36	9	12	1	0	7	60			2	0	0	32	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.05	-0.232	1.75	-0.23%	0.21	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out tie
23	258	99	Jul 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	7	4	3	1	5	2	0	2.45	3.56	35	14	8	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.069	.17	0.05%	-0.29	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
24	259	103	Jul 27	LAD		PIT	W,8-5	GS-3		4	2.2	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	2.67	3.53	17	3	3	1	1	8	23			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.293	.93	-0.16%	-3.16	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d4
25	260	107	Jul 31	LAD		CIN	W,4-1	GS-8	W(13-6)	3	8.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.60	3.43	29	8	10	0	0	3	78			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.202	.90	0.11%	2.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
26	261	111	Aug 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-6	L(13-7)	3	6.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.62	3.36	23	6	4	0	0	7	54			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	-0.012	1.82	-0.01%	0.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
27	262	115	Aug 9	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	7.2	9	5	5	4	6	0	0	2.75	3.32	36	11	7	1	1	8	43			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.096	3.10	-0.12%	-1.60	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
28	263	120	Aug 14	LAD		MON	L,0-3	GS-8	L(14-8)	4	7.2	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.78	3.33	30	8	9	1	0	8	54			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.039	2.48	-0.06%	-0.02	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d3
29	264	125	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	GS-4		5	3.2	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.81	3.30	18	3	5	0	1	6	41			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.103	1.32	-0.06%	-0.82	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out a1
30	265	129	Aug 24	LAD	@	MON	W,6-4	GS-8	W(15-8)	3	7.2	8	4	4	2	5	1	1	2.88	3.32	34	14	4	0	0	8	50			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.034	.93	-0.02%	-0.65	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a2
31	266	134	Aug 30	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-8	W(16-8)	5	7.2	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.86	3.27	30	8	13	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	0	.89	0.143	.45	0.04%	1.08	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a1
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
32	267	139	Sep 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(17-8)	4	9.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	0	2.75	3.19	32	14	6	1	0	4	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.572	.69	0.15%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	268	144	Sep 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-8	W(18-8)	4	7.1	11	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.70	3.17	35	10	9	0	0	11	53			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.112	2.20	0.11%	1.43	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
34	269	148	Sep 14	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.2	6	3	3	3	1	2	0	2.74	3.29	29	9	10	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.089	12.08	0.53%	0.72	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a1
35	270	153	Sep 19(1)	LAD		ATL	W,12-0	SHO	W(19-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.64	3.24	31	13	10	1	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.213	2.32	0.70%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
36	271	157	Sep 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(20-8)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.55	3.21	35	11	13	5	0	8	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.610	4.00	1.06%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	272	161	Sep 29	LAD		HOU	L,0-11	GS-2	L(20-9)	4	1.1	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.68	3.20	12	1	0	0	0	6	27			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.356	11.16	-2.44%	-3.99	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d4
							26-11		W-L:20-9	3.8	262.1	245	93	78	84	136	16	3	2.68	3.20	1095	1.08		5%	2%	227	56	1	0%	11	4	1	992	33	1	3	26	4	12	1.02	1.881	1.85	0.55%	20.02

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