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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: 23-14 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	31	3	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-10		99	9.1	7	1	1	5	8	0	0	0.96	2.50	40	9	11	1	1	7	73			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.59	0.436	2.87	0.47%	2.66	1b start tie	10b 12- 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
2	32	11	May 3(1)	NYY		WSA	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	14	9.0	3	0	0	5	13	0	0	0.49	1.95	34	6	8	1	0	2	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.277	1.82	0.35%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	33	16	May 7	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-6	GS-5		3	4.2	7	6	4	2	5	1	0	1.96	2.47	24	5	6	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.23	-0.561	2.75	-0.75%	-4.15	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d1
4	34	21	May 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-1		4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.96	2.61	1	0	0	0	0	0	49			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.039	3.09	-0.08%	-0.37	1b start a 2	1b 1-- 0 out a2
5	35	31	May 23	NYY		LAA	L,5-9	GS-6	L(1-1)	10	5.1	5	7	7	7	5	0	0	3.81	2.99	28	9	4	0	0	3	28			0	0	1	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.361	3.90	-0.57%	-2.76	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a1
6	36	35	May 27	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.38	3.17	37	10	13	3	0	5	68			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.70	0.299	1.99	0.51%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	37	38	May 31	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-4	GS-6		3	6.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.12	2.91	23	10	6	1	4	3	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.143	2.96	0.23%	1.82	1b start tie	6b 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
8	38	42	Jun 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-7	GS-3		3	2.2	5	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.91	3.06	17	4	4	1	2	3	26			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.331	2.52	-0.44%	-3.94	1b start a 4	3b -2- 2 out a1
9	39	46	Jun 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	6.0	4	3	3	6	5	0	0	3.98	3.16	26	6	7	3	2	2	51			0	1	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.107	2.08	-0.15%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	40	52	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	GS-4		3	4.0	3	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.18	3.16	18	6	2	0	0	1	45			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.162	5.37	-0.39%	-1.16	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
11	41	57	Jun 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	5	3	3	3	5	2	0	4.14	3.49	27	8	6	1	0	5	57			0	2	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.077	3.28	-0.19%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	42	61	Jun 21(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-12		3	12.0	7	1	1	4	13	0	0	3.60	3.17	46	16	10	3	2	3	93			0	1	0	41	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.66	0.848	9.16	2.80%	4.26	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
13	43	66	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,0-1	GS-9		4	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.21	3.08	35	13	12	2	2	4	81			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.57	0.659	6.74	1.70%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
14	44	71	Jun 30(2)	NYY		LAA	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	4	6	1	0	3.10	3.17	37	9	12	4	4	6	65			0	0	1	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	0.418	7.74	0.98%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	45	76	Jul 4(2)	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.91	3.06	36	12	12	2	4	6	69			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.557	6.52	1.50%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	46	78	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.1	5	5	5	4	8	1	0	3.13	3.11	31	7	8	0	1	4	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.023	2.91	-0.06%	-0.24	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
17	47	83	Jul 14	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	5	6	0	0	3.12	3.10	39	7	17	2	6	4	64			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.89	0.225	13.81	0.99%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	48	87	Jul 18	NYY		CLE	L,4-6	GS-10		3	10.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.02	2.99	37	10	15	1	2	3	79			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.478	6.94	1.46%	2.61	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
19	49	91	Jul 22	NYY		WSA	W,6-3	GS-5	W(7-2)	3	5.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.11	2.95	21	5	6	2	0	3	50			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.138	4.78	-0.42%	-0.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
20	50	96	Jul 26(1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	GS-7	W(8-2)	3	6.1	7	5	4	3	7	0	0	3.22	2.90	28	3	11	1	2	4	45			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.058	5.02	0.19%	-0.64	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a4
21	51	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	L(8-3)	4	8.2	11	4	4	4	9	2	0	3.28	3.02	40	9	9	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	-0.535	10.25	-1.87%	0.01	1b start tie	9b --- 2 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
22	52	105	Aug 5	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-10	GS-5	L(8-4)	4	5.0	6	8	3	2	5	2	0	3.35	3.15	23	6	6	3	0	4	36			0	0	1	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.268	4.05	-0.92%	-5.65	1b start tie	5b 3 out d8
23	53	109	Aug 9(1)	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	0	3.22	3.02	32	14	7	2	0	1	83			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.562	11.61	2.76%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	54	114	Aug 13	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	10	2	1	1	8	0	0	3.10	2.93	39	11	10	0	0	9	68			0	0	0	37	2	0	1	1	1	2	1.63	0.190	9.27	0.65%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	55	117	Aug 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	2.91	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	0.135	35.66	0.61%	0.57	9b -23 2 out a2	9b end a 2
26	56	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(10-5)	1	9.2	7	4	4	7	5	1	0	3.13	3.03	42	8	16	3	1	6	57			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.321	9.01	-1.26%	-0.02	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
27	57	123	Aug 22(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	L(10-6)	3	7.2	5	5	5	7	8	1	0	3.24	3.11	34	10	6	0	0	3	50			0	0	1	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.378	2.73	-0.49%	-0.43	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d1
28	58	126	Aug 25	NYY		WSA	W,4-1	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.22	3.09	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.030	1.14	0.05%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
29	59	128	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	L(10-7)	2	7.0	7	5	5	4	7	2	0	3.34	3.19	31	7	7	1	0	6	46			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.364	4.00	-0.71%	-1.77	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d2
Sep/Oct				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	60	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.23	3.13	34	11	13	1	1	4	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.350	3.91	0.97%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	61	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	GS-3		3	2.0	4	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.42	3.21	12	4	2	0	1	3	27			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.194	3.04	-0.52%	-3.04	1b start a 3	3b 12- 0 out a3
32	62	141	Sep 10	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(12-7)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	9	1	0	3.36	3.22	36	5	13	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.266	10.42	1.37%	2.15	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
33	63	145	Sep 15	NYY		LAA	L,0-7	GS-9	L(12-8)	4	8.0	8	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.36	3.23	32	11	6	1	3	5	58			1	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.153	8.66	0.88%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d2
34	64	149	Sep 19	NYY		KCA	W,8-3	GS-5	W(13-8)	3	5.0	4	2	1	5	5	0	0	3.33	3.24	23	3	8	1	0	2	53			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.120	12.84	0.94%	0.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
35	65	153	Sep 23(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.0	7	3	3	5	5	1	0	3.36	3.30	30	7	7	0	0	6	46			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.316	12.22	-1.67%	-2.11	1b start a 3	7b 123 0 out tie
36	66	158	Sep 30(1)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-4		6	3.2	5	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.42	3.30	21	6	3	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.01	-0.209	7.62	-0.95%	-1.90	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out a2
37	67	163	Oct 3	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	GS-6		2	5.1	5	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.45	3.26	22	5	4	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.223	5.98	-0.75%	-1.15	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out tie
							23-14		W-L:13-8,Sv:2	3.2	245.0	201	104	94	120	217	18	0	3.45	3.26	1041	0.95		7%	7%	145	57	2	0%	4	7	5	901	32	10	5	12	7	10	1.26	1.597	6.47	7.23%	11.05

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