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: 15-16 / in Starts: 15-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	273	2	Apr 16	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-10	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	5	4	2	7	4	1	0	2.70	6.30	30	8	7	0	1	4	49			3	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.084	1.42	-0.08%	-0.59	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d3
2	274	7	Apr 21	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	6	0	0	1.72	3.68	35	13	8	2	1	6	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.11	0.083	.22	0.10%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
3	275	12	Apr 27	LAD		MON	L,5-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	5.1	8	4	4	3	3	0	1	3.00	3.64	27	8	4	0	1	8	36			1	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.18	-0.212	2.13	-0.23%	-1.94	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d2
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	276	17	May 2	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.2	11	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.38	3.00	27	6	5	0	0	11	40			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.067	1.84	-0.07%	-0.66	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
5	277	22	May 10	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-8		7	8.0	7	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.38	3.35	35	13	7	0	2	7	56			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.52	-0.006	3.00	-0.01%	0.35	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
6	278	27	May 15	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-7		4	6.2	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.83	3.10	27	9	8	2	0	3	69			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.299	3.52	0.46%	2.08	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a1
7	279	32	May 20	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.32	2.92	31	16	9	1	0	2	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.78	0.385	2.34	0.69%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	280	37	May 26	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-6		5	5.2	7	3	1	3	4	0	0	2.25	2.88	28	12	2	0	0	7	48			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.54	-0.172	4.44	-0.30%	-0.86	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
9	281	42	May 31	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	6	4	4	3	7	0	0	2.59	2.75	28	8	4	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.41	-0.223	3.28	-0.31%	-1.21	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out tie
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	282	47	Jun 6	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	2.26	2.76	33	12	8	0	1	5	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	.65	0.293	1.48	0.40%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	283	52	Jun 11	LAD		PIT	L,5-7	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	3	0	6	0	0	2.48	2.58	20	2	6	2	0	6	46			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.229	2.36	-0.29%	-1.18	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d1
12	284	56	Jun 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-4	L(3-3)	5	4.0	4	4	1	0	4	1	0	2.46	2.64	18	6	4	1	0	4	48			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	.71	-0.203	1.33	-0.23%	-2.10	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
13	285	60	Jun 23	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	1	2.32	2.56	32	14	8	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.550	2.61	0.60%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	286	65	Jun 27	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	5.0	8	5	2	2	2	0	1	2.39	2.60	28	11	4	2	1	8	37			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.21	-0.235	2.45	-0.29%	-2.69	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d2
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	287	69	Jul 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-8	GS-5	L(4-5)	3	4.1	9	8	7	2	3	3	0	2.92	2.99	24	8	2	0	0	9	16			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.604	.79	-0.41%	-6.03	1b start a 2	5b --- 1 out d4
16	288	73	Jul 6	LAD	@	MON	W,11-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	7.0	5	3	3	6	3	2	0	2.98	3.31	32	8	10	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.30	-0.002	1.06	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
17	289	77	Jul 10(1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	1	3.06	3.36	23	5	8	1	0	4	53			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.119	.80	-0.10%	-0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	290	82	Jul 15	LAD		MON	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	8	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.98	3.31	28	9	6	1	0	8	51			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.51	0.021	1.19	0.01%	0.54	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
19	291	86	Jul 20	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	7.0	4	2	1	1	7	0	0	2.89	3.17	30	9	9	1	0	4	69			1	0	1	27	1	0	1	0	1	3	1.22	0.064	1.17	0.04%	0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	292	91	Jul 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-6		7	5.1	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.05	3.14	24	7	5	1	0	7	39			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.56	-0.126	1.64	-0.08%	-0.78	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 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
21	293	96	Aug 1	LAD		SFG	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.09	3.25	31	11	9	1	0	7	49			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.002	.79	0.00%	-0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
22	294	103	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		7	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.02	3.21	11	3	3	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.015	.10	0.01%	1.69	6b -23 0 out d3	8b end d 4
23	295	110	Aug 17	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-6)	7	8.1	11	2	2	2	2	1	1	2.97	3.28	38	17	5	0	0	11	53			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.054	.56	0.01%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
24	296	115	Aug 22	LAD		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-6)	4	9.0	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.80	3.23	34	15	7	1	0	9	70			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.689	.21	0.05%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	297	120	Aug 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	3	3	2	5	0	1	2.87	3.19	31	8	7	2	0	8	47			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	2	1.51	-0.121	.28	-0.01%	-0.46	1b start a 2	6b 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
26	298	125	Sep 1(2)	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.77	3.10	32	5	14	0	1	4	80			1	1	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.656	.07	0.02%	2.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	299	131	Sep 6	LAD		CIN	L,3-6	GS-7	L(8-7)	4	7.0	9	5	5	3	5	0	1	2.91	3.08	33	8	7	2	0	9	41			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	.76	-0.320	.12	-0.03%	-2.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
28	300	136	Sep 11	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	5.2	9	3	3	4	1	0	0	2.97	3.12	28	10	4	1	0	9	36			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.114	.04	0.00%	-0.86	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
29	301	141	Sep 17	LAD	@	HOU	L,11-15	GS-3		5	2.2	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.07	3.20	14	5	1	1	0	5	35			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.93	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out tie
30	302	147	Sep 24	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-8)	6	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.93	3.12	31	8	15	2	0	4	83			0	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.40	0.237	.00	0.00%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	303	151	Sep 29	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-9)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.98	3.17	25	9	5	0	2	7	46			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
							15-16		W-L:9-9	4.5	202.2	196	81	67	67	117	13	7	2.98	3.17	868	1.41		5%	2%	193	54	2	50%	15	6	3	772	24	5	2	21	7	21	1.09	0.124	1.34	-0.06%	5.08

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