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Al Downing

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Full Name: Alphonso Erwin Downing Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175 First Game: July 19, 1961
Birthdate: June 28, 1941 Final Game: July 13, 1977
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Career Highlights
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 28, 1941 in Trenton, New Jersey, Al Downing (Alphonso Erwin Downing) played for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 17 year career. Downing broke into the bigs on July 19, 1961 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.56 ERA in 175.2 innings pitched in 1963, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Al Downing's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1971, when he posted a 2.68 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 136 batters. However, others believe that it was 1964, when he posted a 3.47 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 217 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1961 NY A 5 1 0 1 8.00 12 8 8 0 0 0 9 7 0 12 0 1 1
1962 NY A 1 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NY A 24 22 13 5 2.56 171 52 50 10 4 0 175.2 114 7 80 1 5 0
1964 NY A 37 35 13 8 3.47 217 104 94 11 1 2 244 201 18 120 5 14 0
1965 NY A 35 32 12 14 3.40 179 92 80 8 2 0 212 185 16 105 2 5 2
1966 NY A 30 30 10 11 3.56 152 90 79 1 0 0 200 178 23 79 3 4 1
1967 NY A 31 28 14 10 2.63 171 65 59 10 4 0 201.2 158 13 61 1 5 6
1968 NY A 15 12 3 3 3.52 40 24 24 1 0 0 61.1 54 7 20 2 1 1
1969 NY A 30 15 7 5 3.38 85 57 49 5 1 0 130.2 117 12 49 6 5 0
1970 OAK A 10 6 3 3 3.95 26 19 18 1 0 0 41 39 5 22 0 0 1
1970 MIL A 17 16 2 10 3.34 53 47 35 1 0 0 94.1 79 8 59 2 8 3
1970 TOT A 27 22 5 13 3.52 79 66 53 2 0 0 135.1 118 13 81 2 8 4
1971 LA N 37 36 20 9 2.68 136 93 78 12 5 0 262.1 245 16 84 3 12 3
1972 LA N 31 30 9 9 2.98 117 81 67 7 4 0 202.2 196 13 67 2 2 7
1973 LA N 30 28 9 9 3.31 124 87 71 5 2 0 193 155 19 68 3 7 1
1974 LA N 21 16 5 6 3.66 63 52 40 1 1 0 98.1 94 7 45 0 3 3
1975 LA N 22 6 2 1 2.89 39 31 24 0 0 1 74.2 59 6 28 1 2 2
1976 LA N 17 3 1 2 3.86 30 21 20 0 0 0 46.2 43 3 18 1 2 0
1977 LA N 12 1 0 1 6.75 23 15 15 0 0 0 20 22 4 16 0 1 0
Total NL 170 120 46 37 3.16 532 380 315 25 12 1 897.2 814 68 326 10 29 16
Total AL 235 197 77 70 3.26 1107 558 496 48 12 2 1370.2 1132 109 607 22 48 15
Total 405 317 123 107 3.22 1639 938 811 73 24 3 2268.1 1946 177 933 32 77 31

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 NY A P 5 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000
1962 NY A P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1963 NY A P 24 22 175.2 7 18 1 1 0 4 5 1 2 .962
1964 NY A P 37 35 245 6 39 0 0 0 3 4 7 5 1.000
1965 NY A P 35 32 212 6 36 2 4 0 1 3 5 6 .955
1966 NY A P 30 30 200 4 16 3 2 0 0 2 6 3 .870
1967 NY A P 31 28 201.2 9 27 1 2 0 2 7 8 1 .973
1968 NY A P 15 12 61.1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1969 NY A P 30 15 130.2 3 14 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 .944
1970 OAK A P 10 6 41 1 15 0 2 0 1 2 4 1 1.000
1970 MIL A P 17 16 94.1 8 15 3 0 0 2 7 4 0 .885
1970 TOT A P 27 22 135.1 9 30 3 2 0 3 9 8 1 .929
1971 LA N P 37 36 262.1 7 40 1 2 0 2 11 4 1 .979
1972 LA N P 31 30 202.2 5 54 1 5 0 2 15 6 2 .983
1973 LA N P 30 28 193 8 34 3 1 0 0 8 6 3 .933
1974 LA N P 21 16 98.1 2 20 1 2 0 0 9 2 2 .957
1975 LA N P 22 6 74.2 4 17 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 1.000
1976 LA N P 17 3 46.2 0 9 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1.000
1977 LA N P 12 1 20 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 .750
Total P 405 317 2269.1 72 368 18 23 0 20 93 62 28 .961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 NY A 5 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NY A 24 58 4 6 0 2 .103 .148 .138 2 0 3 31 0 3 0 0 0
1964 NY A 40 85 5 15 0 7 .176 .213 .212 1 1 4 33 0 4 0 0 2
1965 NY A 36 74 4 8 1 7 .108 .143 .176 2 0 3 30 0 6 0 0 0
1966 NY A 30 70 4 7 0 7 .100 .149 .129 0 1 4 30 0 5 0 0 2
1967 NY A 31 66 5 8 1 2 .121 .183 .182 1 0 5 29 0 1 0 0 3
1968 NY A 15 17 1 3 0 1 .176 .222 .176 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 1
1969 NY A 30 44 2 6 0 5 .136 .174 .159 1 0 2 17 0 2 0 0 0
1970 OAK A 10 11 0 2 0 1 .182 .182 .182 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
1970 MIL A 17 24 0 2 0 1 .083 .083 .083 0 0 0 12 0 7 0 0 0
1970 TOT A 27 35 0 4 0 2 .114 .114 .114 0 0 0 17 0 8 0 0 0
1971 LA N 37 92 4 16 0 10 .174 .224 .196 2 0 6 28 0 8 0 0 5
1972 LA N 31 66 2 8 0 2 .121 .134 .167 1 1 1 27 0 6 0 0 0
1973 LA N 30 57 2 5 0 3 .088 .161 .123 2 0 5 18 0 7 0 0 1
1974 LA N 21 29 3 5 0 2 .172 .194 .172 0 0 1 11 0 3 0 0 1
1975 LA N 22 16 0 0 0 1 .000 .105 .000 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LA N 17 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1977 LA N 12 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 170 267 11 34 0 18 .127 .173 .154 5 1 15 96 0 24 0 0 7
Total AL 239 450 25 57 2 33 .127 .167 .164 7 2 22 197 0 29 0 0 8
Total 409 717 36 91 2 51 .127 .169 .160 12 3 37 293 0 53 0 0 15

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1961).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Frank Fernandez to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Danny Cater and Ossie Chavarria (December 5, 1969).
  • Traded by Oakland Athletics with Tito Francona to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Steve Hovley (June 11, 1970).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Andy Kosco (February 10, 1971).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 21, 1977).

[edit] Career Highlights

  • 1 Time All-Star: 1967

[edit] Trivia

  • Al Downing was a solid pitcher for 18 years but is best remembered as the man who surrendered Henry Aaron's 715th home run on April 8, 1974.

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