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: 15-9 / in Starts: 15-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 0

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	7	47	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.48	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
2	8	50	Jun 10(1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	2	9.0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	0.00	1.48	32	8	10	0	0	2	89			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.385	2.80	0.90%	4.08	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
3	9	55	Jun 15	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	2	2	7	9	1	0	0.95	2.79	38	10	7	2	0	5	67			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.234	4.20	0.54%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
4	10	60	Jun 20	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	4	4	5	0	0	2.31	2.82	23	5	3	0	0	6	36			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.349	6.20	-1.00%	-2.39	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
5	11	65	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-5	L(2-1)	3	5.0	4	5	5	3	5	1	0	3.49	3.18	21	8	2	0	0	3	41			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.319	6.79	-1.37%	-2.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
6	12	69	Jun 28	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7		3	6.1	4	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.63	2.77	24	10	7	1	0	2	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.161	6.52	-0.57%	-0.21	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out tie
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
7	13	74	Jul 2	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	3	9.0	1	0	0	6	10	0	0	2.89	2.66	34	8	10	3	0	0	89			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.424	5.63	1.88%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	14	79	Jul 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-6	GS-8	W(4-1)	3	7.2	6	4	4	5	14	2	0	3.16	2.89	33	8	2	0	0	4	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.066	1.20	0.25%	-1.14	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a7
9	15	86	Jul 14(2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-1)	7	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.69	2.60	33	8	10	1	0	3	87			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.347	3.49	1.18%	4.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
10	16	91	Jul 21(1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	GS-9	W(6-1)	6	8.0	4	2	2	9	10	0	0	2.63	2.68	37	7	7	1	0	4	67			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.310	6.42	1.03%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
11	17	96	Jul 25	NYY		LAA	L,0-5	GS-6	L(6-2)	3	6.0	3	3	3	2	9	0	0	2.78	2.51	22	3	5	1	0	3	61			0	0	1	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.135	2.69	-0.32%	-0.31	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
12	18	101	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	L,0-5	GS-7	L(6-3)	3	7.0	6	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.10	2.82	28	15	3	0	0	5	46			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.58	-0.180	2.02	-0.38%	-1.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
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
13	19	105	Aug 3	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(7-3)	4	8.1	10	2	2	1	12	0	0	3.01	2.56	35	8	6	2	0	8	66			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.013	8.51	0.05%	0.69	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a1
14	20	110	Aug 7	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-1	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	2.74	2.67	32	12	9	2	0	2	76			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.37	0.137	1.43	0.32%	3.08	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
15	21	114	Aug 11	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-4	GS-7		3	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.73	2.65	27	9	10	1	0	5	58			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.027	3.29	0.04%	0.99	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	22	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-4)	5	7.0	6	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.72	2.68	31	9	7	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	1	.90	0.021	2.38	0.03%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
17	23	123	Aug 21(1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	3	1	1	4	10	0	0	2.59	2.60	34	12	6	2	0	2	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.443	1.31	0.29%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	24	128	Aug 25(1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	13	0	0	2.41	2.42	31	6	9	1	0	2	95			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.467	.34	0.12%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	25	134	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.32	2.43	35	13	10	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.91	0.302	.36	0.07%	2.92	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
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
20	26	139	Sep 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-6		3	6.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.35	2.46	23	7	10	1	0	3	57			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.005	.03	0.00%	0.80	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
21	27	144	Sep 8	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	7	0	0	2.39	2.45	37	8	12	3	0	6	64			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	.70	0.258	.00	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	28	153	Sep 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-7		8	7.0	6	2	2	4	12	0	0	2.39	2.37	32	9	3	2	0	4	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
23	29	157	Sep 22	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	CG	W(13-4)	4	9.0	9	3	2	0	6	1	0	2.37	2.39	35	11	11	2	0	7	65			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.278	.00	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	30	161	Sep 28	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	5-GF	L(13-5)	5	5.0	6	5	5	5	5	0	0	2.56	2.42	25	6	3	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.465	.00	0.00%	-2.76	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
							15-9		W-L:13-5	3.9	175.2	114	52	50	80	171	7	0	2.56	2.42	706	1.24		7%	0%	92	66	0	---%	5	1	2	620	23	3	1	12	1	7	.90	2.116	2.79	3.08%	25.97

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