Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 602
- W
- 75
- L
- 82
- ERA
- 3.39
- IP
- 1246.2
- K
- 834
- BB
- 527
- WHIP
- 1.33
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | SF | 20 | 4 | 8 | 3.44 | 102.0 | 52 | 54 | 1.54 |
| 1954 | SF | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3.50 | 18.0 | 8 | 15 | 2.00 |
| 1956 | SF | 28 | 7 | 14 | 3.97 | 165.2 | 95 | 74 | 1.40 |
| 1957 | SF | 55 | 8 | 11 | 4.22 | 157.2 | 90 | 56 | 1.24 |
| 1958 | SF | 54 | 11 | 7 | 3.63 | 151.1 | 76 | 57 | 1.38 |
| 1959 | SF | 42 | 2 | 3 | 3.68 | 73.1 | 45 | 37 | 1.43 |
| 1960 |  BOS/CHW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6.35 | 17.0 | 8 | 15 | 2.06 |
| 1963 | CIN | 50 | 4 | 4 | 2.99 | 81.1 | 55 | 31 | 1.30 |
| 1964 |  CIN/MIN | 47 | 6 | 6 | 2.16 | 79.1 | 65 | 30 | 1.15 |
| 1965 | MIN | 62 | 10 | 7 | 2.13 | 80.1 | 59 | 41 | 1.22 |
| 1966 | MIN | 65 | 6 | 3 | 2.46 | 91.1 | 93 | 27 | 1.02 |
| 1967 | MIN | 59 | 8 | 9 | 2.84 | 92.0 | 80 | 38 | 1.25 |
| 1968 | MIN | 54 | 4 | 5 | 2.71 | 76.1 | 57 | 32 | 1.30 |
| 1969 | MIN | 46 | 4 | 1 | 4.57 | 61.0 | 51 | 20 | 1.39 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.80
- IP
- 5.0
- K
- 3
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 1.40
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 11
- SHO
- 3
- K/9
- 6.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | SF | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | SF | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | SF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | SF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | BOS/CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN/MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Al Worthington's career stats?
Al Worthington played 14 seasons for the Giants, the Reds and the Twins. He had 75 wins and 834 strikeouts with a 3.39 ERA over 1,246.2 innings. His best season was 1958: 11 wins, a 3.63 ERA and 76 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1953 to 1969
Al Worthington finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
Championships
- 1954 World Series with the San Francisco Giants
All-time career rank
- 149th in saves (110)
Among the 8,948 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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