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Al Downing
Alphonso Erwin Downing

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 177 lb.
School Rider

MLB Debut July 19, 1961
Final Game July 13, 1977
Born June 28, 1941 in Trenton, NJ (age 83)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1963 22 NYA AL  12  10  .545  29  29   3   0   0   1  193.0  139   794   62   56   9   96   2   2  192   8  1  2.61  CY-10
 1964 23 NYA AL   9  17  .346  32  32   4   0   0   2  217.1  199   956  130  117  23  124   3   4  192  18  1  4.85  
 1965 24 NYA AL  12  14  .462  35  34   3   1   0   2  220.2  190   977  116   97  15  137   7   7  178   4  0  3.96  
 1966 25 NYA AL   7  16  .304  29  29   5   0   0   2  186.0  196   822  109   96  34   69   1   9  142   6  0  4.65  
 1967 26 NYA AL   7  15  .318  31  30   2   1   0   1  201.0  193   856   81   73  16   73   4   8  188   7  0  3.27  
 1968 27 NYA AL   2   6  .250  38   5   0  16   0   0   64.1   66   274   31   28   8   21   3   3   42   1  2  3.92  
 1969 28 NYA AL  13   4  .765  27  15   5   5   0   1  130.2  120   540   44   39  10   42   3   3   93   1  1  2.69  
 1970 29 LAN NL   7  13  .350  26  22   1   1   0   1  138.1  124   604   79   68  18   78   0   5   78   9  0  4.42  
 1971 30 LAN NL  26   8  .765  39  38   9   1   0   2  281.1  266  1163  127  107  29   79   1   6  117  15  1  3.42  CY-2
 1972 31 LAN NL  10  15  .400  34  34   5   0   0   0  232.2  245  1008  114  107  18   77   3   5  140   2  1  4.14  
 1973 32 LAN NL  18   7  .720  30  30   5   0   0   2  215.2  156   864   64   59  17   67   2   8  132   5  1  2.46  CY-8
 1974 33 LAN NL   4   5  .444  47   5   2  23   1   1   96.1   94   429   50   39   8   60   3   1   72   1  0  3.64  
 1975 34 LAN NL   6   2  .750  55   0   0  25   7   0   73.0   61   294   23   20   6   19   1   0   20   1  4  2.47  
 1976 35 LAN NL   1   5  .167  26   1   0  11   0   0   37.0   27   146   15   14   2   12   2   0   25   1  0  3.41  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 14 Seasons     134 137  .494 478 304  44  84   8  15 2287.1 2076  9727 1045  920 213  954  35  61 1611  79 12  3.62
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With NYA      62  82  .431 221 174  22  23   0   9 1213.0 1103  5219  573  506 115  562  23  36 1027  45  5  3.75
   With LAN      72  55  .567 257 130  22  61   8   6 1074.1  973  4508  472  414  98  392  12  25  584  34  7  3.47
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     123 107  .535 405 317  73  37   3  24 2269.1 1946  9539  938  811 177  933  32  31 1639  77 11  3.22
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1963 22 NYA AL  22   63   3.0   0  3.28   48   5   0  .104   0    5    5 1.000    3    2  .600   21   
 1964 23 NYA AL  23  110   4.6   0  4.41   74  12   0  .162   0    8    7  .875    2    3  .400   34   
 1965 24 NYA AL  17  101   4.1   0  4.29   60   2   0  .033   2    9    7  .778    4    0 1.000  -25   
 1966 25 NYA AL  22  110   5.3   0  3.17   58   6   0  .103   4    9    5  .556    2    1  .667   49   
 1967 26 NYA AL  30   95   4.3   0  3.03   67   5   0  .075   1    7    6  .857    8    6  .571   74   
 1968 27 NYA AL  20   34   4.8   1  2.20    8   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    5    2  .714   22   
 1969 28 NYA AL  22   52   3.6   0  6.13   37   9   0  .243   0    4    4 1.000    5    5  .500  -44   
 1970 29 LAN NL  23   72   4.7   0  3.68   40   6   0  .150   5    7    2  .286   13    6  .684    5   
 1971 30 LAN NL  27  121   3.9   0  4.97   95  13   0  .137   2   11    8  .727   12    7  .632   13   
 1972 31 LAN NL  22  119   4.6   0  3.91   68   7   0  .103   1   12    9  .750   18    6  .750   24   
 1973 32 LAN NL  20   65   2.7   0  4.83   76   6   0  .079   1   10    9  .900    8    7  .533  -77   
 1974 33 LAN NL  32   50   4.6   4  4.40   18   0   0  .000   2    4    1  .250    2    1  .667   10   
 1975 34 LAN NL  38   24   3.0   8          3   1   0  .333   0    2    1  .500    7    1  .875  -34   
 1976 35 LAN NL  40   10   2.4   1  0.00    4   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    5    1  .833 -116   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 14 Seasons         1033   4.0  14        656  72   0  .110  18   91   67  .736   94   48  .662    5   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 16.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 32.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1971 NLCS  LAN NYN   W    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   7.0   5   0   3   5
      WS    LAN OAA   L    2  2.92   1-0   0  2  12.1  14   4   3   3
 1973 NLCS  LAN MON   W    2  4.91   2-0   0  2  11.0  10   6   8   7
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1963  NYA   86-76   Billy Vanson
 1964  NYA   70-92   Billy Vanson
 1965  NYA   75-87   Billy Vanson
 1966  NYA   63-99   Billy Vanson
 1967  NYA   57-105  Billy Vanson
 1968  NYA   74-88   Ozzie Perez, Dave Jackson
 1969  NYA   93-69   Dave Jackson, Chris Kohlwes
 1970  LAN   72-90   Scott Campbell
 1971  LAN  102-60   Scott Campbell
 1972  LAN   78-84   Scott Campbell
 1973  LAN  109-54   Scott Campbell
 1974  LAN   92-70   Scott Campbell
 1975  LAN  102-60   Billy Vanson
 1976  LAN   77-85   Billy Vanson

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