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: 16-19 / in Starts: 15-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	68	4	Apr 17	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	6	1	1	8	3	0	0	1.42	5.36	28	10	4	1	0	3	52			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.66	0.102	3.49	0.13%	1.20	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
2	69	8	Apr 22	NYY		MIN	L,2-8	GS-2	L(1-1)	4	1.2	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.50	4.89	10	1	3	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.291	3.63	-0.37%	-2.59	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d2
3	70	12	Apr 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.65	3.63	37	10	13	1	0	4	75			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.238	1.01	0.27%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
4	71	16	May 2(2)	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	5.0	4	4	2	2	3	1	0	2.86	3.97	21	5	7	2	0	4	48			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.193	1.38	-0.21%	-1.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
5	72	20	May 7(2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-7	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	6.1	7	4	4	4	7	0	0	3.49	3.58	29	7	5	1	0	6	46			0	0	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.068	2.24	-0.06%	-0.32	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a1
6	73	27	May 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-3	8-8	H(1)	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.41	3.48	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	0.141	3.29	0.08%	0.48	8b 1-- 1 out a1	8b 3 out a1
7	74	32	May 19	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	5.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	1	3.71	3.37	26	7	5	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.145	.82	-0.08%	-0.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
8	75	37	May 23(2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-4)	3	8.2	5	2	2	6	5	0	0	3.38	3.38	37	11	10	3	0	5	65			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.311	1.08	0.15%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
9	76	42	May 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-5	L(3-5)	5	4.0	7	4	3	5	0	0	0	3.66	3.63	23	6	5	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.224	.89	-0.11%	-1.98	1b start a 1	5b -2- 0 out d2
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
10	77	49	Jun 6(2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	SHO	W(4-5)	7	9.0	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	3.07	3.29	33	5	13	3	0	3	87			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.153	.23	0.06%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
11	78	53	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	13	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.20	3.29	41	8	12	0	0	13	49			0	0	0	39	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.193	.79	0.10%	-0.17	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
12	79	58	Jun 16	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	9	3	0	3.27	3.55	29	6	6	1	0	7	59			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.092	.38	-0.03%	0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
13	80	63	Jun 20(2)	NYY		MIN	L,4-7	GS-3	L(5-7)	3	3.0	8	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.74	3.44	18	4	3	1	0	6	26			0	0	0	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.323	.29	-0.07%	-3.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
14	81	68	Jun 25	NYY		CAL	W,5-1	GS-8	W(6-7)	4	8.0	2	1	1	2	10	0	0	3.48	3.18	29	7	8	2	0	2	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.302	.24	0.04%	2.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
15	82	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(6-8)	3	8.0	2	2	1	2	8	1	1	3.28	3.19	29	6	10	1	0	2	78			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	-0.111	.45	-0.03%	1.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
16	83	77	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS-8	W(7-8)	3	7.2	7	2	2	7	4	0	0	3.20	3.27	34	5	11	2	0	7	54			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	.83	0.223	.35	0.06%	1.25	1b start a 2	8b 1-3 2 out a4
17	84	82	Jul 7	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	5	3	3	5	8	1	0	3.19	3.32	36	9	9	0	0	5	68			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.378	.30	0.06%	0.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
18	85	87	Jul 11	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	6	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.36	3.34	23	4	6	1	1	5	43			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.11	-0.289	.23	-0.04%	-1.70	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
19	86	89	Jul 16	NYY		WSA	W,9-5	GS-7	W(9-8)	4	7.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.32	3.33	30	8	8	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	1	0	.73	-0.006	.10	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
20	87	91	Jul 18	NYY		WSA	L,0-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	3.32	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.01	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
21	88	94	Jul 21	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	GS-5		2	4.1	6	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.47	3.36	23	2	9	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.210	.17	-0.02%	-1.32	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a2
22	89	99	Jul 25(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-2	L(9-9)	3	1.0	2	6	6	4	0	1	0	3.87	3.55	9	0	3	1	0	2	21			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.471	.17	-0.04%	-4.89	1b start a 2	2b 1-3 0 out d2
23	90	104	Jul 30	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	GS-7	L(9-10)	4	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.80	3.55	24	7	6	1	0	3	67			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.020	.04	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 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
24	91	109	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.1	7	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.77	3.44	34	9	8	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.76	0.282	.03	0.00%	1.23	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a1
25	92	113	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-6		3	6.0	8	5	5	2	6	3	0	3.92	3.63	28	4	8	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.323	.01	0.00%	-2.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
26	93	116	Aug 12	NYY		MIN	L,2-8	GS-7	L(9-11)	3	6.2	10	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.98	3.60	28	9	5	2	0	7	43			0	0	1	26	2	1	0	1	1	0	.81	-0.114	.01	0.00%	-0.29	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d3
27	94	121	Aug 17	NYY		CAL	W,6-1	CG	W(10-11)	4	9.0	9	1	1	3	9	0	0	3.82	3.49	35	3	11	0	0	9	71			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	0	.56	0.194	.00	0.00%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	95	127	Aug 25	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-7	L(10-12)	7	6.1	4	5	3	4	8	1	0	3.83	3.51	29	5	8	0	0	4	53			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	2	.98	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-1.69	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d2
29	96	131	Aug 29	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	5	3	2	3	12	0	0	3.74	3.37	34	8	6	0	0	5	76			0	0	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.370	.00	0.00%	0.91	1b start tie	9b 3 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
30	97	136	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	W,9-0	SHO	W(12-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.56	3.26	31	7	10	2	0	5	84			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.343	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
31	98	142	Sep 7(1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	GS-7	L(12-13)	3	7.0	7	4	3	6	3	1	0	3.57	3.36	34	6	13	3	0	6	46			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
32	99	147	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	L(12-14)	4	7.2	5	4	1	5	7	0	0	3.48	3.34	33	7	9	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d3
33	100	151	Sep 18	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	7	3	2	4	5	0	0	3.44	3.32	30	10	4	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	26	2	1	1	4	0	1	1.67	-0.073	.00	0.00%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
34	101	155	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.31	8	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
35	102	160	Sep 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.40	3.32	5	1	1	0	0	0	52			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.44	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
							16-19		W-L:12-14,Hld:1	3.9	212.0	185	92	80	105	179	16	2	3.40	3.32	902	0.83		7%	0%	171	55	1	0%	3	5	6	781	25	10	2	21	7	10	1.03	-0.188	.52	-0.11%	3.23

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