Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 405
- W
- 123
- L
- 107
- ERA
- 3.22
- IP
- 2268.1
- K
- 1,639
- BB
- 933
- WHIP
- 1.27
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NYY | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 9.0 | 12 | 12 | 2.11 |
| 1962 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1963 | NYY | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2.56 | 175.2 | 171 | 80 | 1.10 |
| 1964 | NYY | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3.47 | 244.0 | 217 | 120 | 1.32 |
| 1965 | NYY | 35 | 12 | 14 | 3.40 | 212.0 | 179 | 105 | 1.37 |
| 1966 | NYY | 30 | 10 | 11 | 3.56 | 200.0 | 152 | 79 | 1.29 |
| 1967 | NYY | 31 | 14 | 10 | 2.63 | 201.2 | 171 | 61 | 1.09 |
| 1968 | NYY | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3.52 | 61.1 | 40 | 20 | 1.21 |
| 1969 | NYY | 30 | 7 | 5 | 3.38 | 130.2 | 85 | 49 | 1.27 |
| 1970 |  MIL/ATH | 27 | 5 | 13 | 3.52 | 135.1 | 79 | 81 | 1.47 |
| 1971 | LAD | 37 | 20 | 9 | 2.68 | 262.1 | 136 | 84 | 1.25 |
| 1972 | LAD | 31 | 9 | 9 | 2.98 | 202.2 | 117 | 67 | 1.30 |
| 1973 | LAD | 30 | 9 | 9 | 3.31 | 193.0 | 124 | 68 | 1.16 |
| 1974 | LAD | 21 | 5 | 6 | 3.66 | 98.1 | 63 | 45 | 1.41 |
| 1975 | LAD | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2.89 | 74.2 | 39 | 28 | 1.17 |
| 1976 | LAD | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 46.2 | 30 | 18 | 1.31 |
| 1977 | LAD | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 20.0 | 23 | 16 | 1.90 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- W
- 0
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 5.21
- IP
- 19.0
- K
- 14
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 1.53
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 73
- SHO
- 24
- K/9
- 6.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | NYY | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | NYY | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | NYY | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | NYY | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYY | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | MIL/ATH | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | LAD | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | LAD | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | LAD | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | LAD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Al Downing's career stats?
Al Downing played 17 seasons for the Yankees and the Dodgers. He had 123 wins and 1,639 strikeouts with a 3.22 ERA over 2,268.1 innings. His best season was 1971: 20 wins, a 2.68 ERA and 136 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1961 to 1977
Al Downing finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Championships ×2
- 1961 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1962 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 179th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,639)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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