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: 18-12 / in Starts: 17-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 0

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	304	5	Apr 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-6		99	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.00	1.90	21	8	7	0	0	4	58			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.011	1.53	0.01%	0.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
2	305	10	Apr 15	LAD		ATL	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	2	1	1	7	1	0	1.80	2.43	33	11	10	1	1	4	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.190	1.01	0.14%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	306	15	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	L,3-7	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	3.2	8	5	2	4	3	0	0	2.41	2.78	23	4	4	1	0	8	30			0	1	0	19	3	1	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.385	1.21	-0.31%	-3.96	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d4
4	307	19	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.92	3.13	23	5	9	0	2	5	52			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.101	.65	-0.05%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
5	308	21	Apr 29(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-8	12-GF(13)	W(2-1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.70	3.05	9	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.24	0.311	2.72	0.16%	0.90	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
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	309	28	May 6	LAD		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	6	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.02	2.82	31	10	12	0	3	2	86			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.422	.89	0.27%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	310	32	May 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.2	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.08	2.68	30	7	11	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.385	1.57	0.33%	2.53	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
8	311	36	May 16	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-5		4	4.1	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.45	2.78	20	8	3	0	0	4	42			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.195	1.69	-0.17%	-1.66	1b start a 3	5b 12- 1 out a1
9	312	41	May 20(2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2.54	3.24	31	11	13	0	0	3	69			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.176	.71	0.16%	1.48	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
10	313	46	May 26	LAD		NYM	W,9-5	GS-5		5	5.0	7	5	3	1	4	0	0	2.77	3.10	24	6	6	0	2	7	40			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.396	1.91	-0.37%	-2.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
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
11	314	53	Jun 3	LAD		MON	L,1-4	GS-8	L(5-2)	7	7.2	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.73	3.07	31	10	7	3	1	5	62			0	2	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	-0.030	3.07	-0.04%	0.81	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d1
12	315	58	Jun 9	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-3)	5	6.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.87	3.16	23	11	5	1	1	3	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.086	1.61	-0.10%	-0.29	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
13	316	63	Jun 15	LAD	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	2	3	3	0	0	2.88	3.16	25	9	4	1	0	6	50			0	0	1	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.42	-0.106	3.32	-0.15%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
14	317	68	Jun 20	LAD		ATL	W,6-5	GS-10		4	9.2	12	5	5	4	5	1	0	3.07	3.26	43	9	13	1	2	12	46			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.172	3.45	-0.27%	-0.99	1t start tie	10t 12- 2 out d2
15	318	73	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	7	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.88	3.22	34	10	13	0	2	7	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.195	2.89	0.38%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	319	78	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,12-9	GS-6		4	5.0	5	7	5	1	0	3	0	3.17	3.59	22	7	9	1	0	5	32			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.564	2.15	-0.82%	-4.51	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d3
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
17	320	84	Jul 4	LAD		SDP	L,2-4	GS-8	L(6-4)	4	8.0	10	3	3	4	7	1	0	3.19	3.61	36	11	4	0	2	10	53			1	1	0	31	2	0	2	1	0	0	.92	-0.022	2.44	-0.04%	0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	321	93	Jul 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	GS-8	W(7-4)	9	7.0	4	3	3	5	9	0	1	3.23	3.55	30	7	6	2	3	2	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.029	1.77	0.05%	-0.37	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a5
19	322	98	Jul 19	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(8-4)	4	8.2	3	2	2	5	4	0	0	3.15	3.54	32	11	9	0	1	3	69			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	0.372	3.10	0.47%	1.73	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a1
20	323	103	Jul 27	LAD		HOU	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-5)	7	6.2	6	4	3	3	7	0	0	3.19	3.45	29	10	3	0	0	6	52			0	1	1	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.250	2.63	-0.38%	-1.37	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d2
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
21	324	108	Aug 1	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-5	GS-6	L(8-6)	4	5.1	4	4	3	3	4	0	0	3.26	3.43	22	6	5	0	0	4	47			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.080	3.25	-0.15%	-0.75	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d3
22	325	113	Aug 6	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.07	3.31	32	11	9	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.558	3.43	0.97%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	326	118	Aug 11	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	7.0	5	2	1	2	4	1	0	2.99	3.35	28	3	14	6	2	5	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.008	3.44	-0.02%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	327	123	Aug 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-5	6-7		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.95	3.33	7	4	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.016	.38	0.03%	0.99	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
25	328	130	Aug 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-6		7	6.0	5	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.01	3.40	26	5	8	0	3	5	50			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.102	2.00	-0.17%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
26	329	135	Aug 30	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.16	3.52	25	4	11	0	0	7	39			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.376	3.33	-0.67%	-2.35	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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
27	330	140	Sep 4	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-6	L(9-8)	4	5.2	7	3	3	1	7	2	0	3.22	3.58	25	7	3	0	0	7	49			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.060	5.06	-0.18%	-0.34	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d3
28	331	150	Sep 15	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS-6	L(9-9)	10	6.0	4	4	4	1	8	3	0	3.31	3.68	24	5	6	0	1	4	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.181	.78	-0.18%	-1.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
29	332	155	Sep 20	LAD		ATL	W,5-3	GS-9		4	9.0	6	3	0	3	7	0	0	3.15	3.61	37	12	9	0	0	6	73			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	0.144	.75	0.04%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
30	333	160	Sep 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-8	GS-2		5	1.2	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.31	3.63	14	1	3	1	1	6	25			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.349	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d2
							18-12		W-L:9-9	4.6	193.0	155	87	71	68	124	19	1	3.31	3.63	790	1.01		4%	6%	151	55	0	---%	8	6	4	707	21	3	3	12	2	10	1.06	-0.654	2.19	-1.04%	-1.16

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