Al Downing

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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[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.

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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