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Al DowningWWikipediaβ
Bats: R Β· Throws: L Β· Born 1941-06-28 Β· Played 1961β1977 Β· Career WAR 20.8 (bWAR) Β· IDs
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Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | ||
| 1962 | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1963 | AL | 24 | 58 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .103 | .148 | .138 | .286 | -0.1 | ||
| 1964 | AL | 40 | 85 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | .176 | .213 | .212 | .425 | 0.0 | ||
| 1965 | AL | 36 | 74 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .108 | .143 | .176 | .319 | 0.0 | ||
| 1966 | AL | 30 | 70 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .100 | .149 | .129 | .278 | -0.2 | ||
| 1967 | AL | 31 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .121 | .183 | .182 | .365 | 0.1 | ||
| 1968 | AL | 15 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .398 | 0.0 | ||
| 1969 | AL | 30 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .136 | .174 | .159 | .333 | -0.1 | ||
| 1970 | AL | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | -0.3 | ||
| 1970 | AL | 17 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .166 | |||
| 1971 | NL | 37 | 92 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .174 | .224 | .196 | .420 | 0.0 | ||
| 1972 | NL | 31 | 66 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .121 | .134 | .167 | .301 | -0.3 | ||
| 1973 | NL | 30 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .088 | .161 | .123 | .284 | -0.3 | ||
| 1974 | NL | 21 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .172 | .194 | .172 | .366 | -0.1 | ||
| 1975 | NL | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .105 | .000 | .105 | -0.2 | ||
| 1976 | NL | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -0.1 | ||
| 1977 | NL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | ||
| Total | 409 | 717 | 36 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 293 | .127 | .170 | .160 | .330 | -1.6 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AL | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 8.00 | 2.111 | -0.2 | |
| 1962 | AL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | .000 | 0.0 | |
| 1963 | AL | 13 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 175.2 | 114 | 50 | 7 | 80 | 171 | 2.56 | 1.104 | 3.8 | |
| 1964 | AL | 13 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 244.0 | 201 | 94 | 18 | 120 | 217 | 3.47 | 1.316 | 2.4 | |
| 1965 | AL | 12 | 14 | 35 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 212.0 | 185 | 80 | 16 | 105 | 179 | 3.40 | 1.368 | 2.2 | |
| 1966 | AL | 10 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.0 | 178 | 79 | 23 | 79 | 152 | 3.56 | 1.285 | 1.4 | |
| 1967 | AL | 14 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 201.2 | 158 | 59 | 13 | 61 | 171 | 2.63 | 1.086 | 4.5 | |
| 1968 | AL | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 | 54 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 3.52 | 1.207 | 0.3 | |
| 1969 | AL | 7 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 130.2 | 117 | 49 | 12 | 49 | 85 | 3.38 | 1.270 | 0.9 | |
| 1970 | AL | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 3.95 | 1.488 | 0.9 | |
| 1970 | AL | 2 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.1 | 79 | 35 | 8 | 59 | 53 | 3.34 | 1.463 | ||
| 1971 | NL | 20 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 262.1 | 245 | 78 | 16 | 84 | 136 | 2.68 | 1.254 | 3.8 | |
| 1972 | NL | 9 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 202.2 | 196 | 67 | 13 | 67 | 117 | 2.98 | 1.298 | 2.0 | |
| 1973 | NL | 9 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 193.0 | 155 | 71 | 19 | 68 | 124 | 3.31 | 1.155 | 1.0 | |
| 1974 | NL | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 98.1 | 94 | 40 | 7 | 45 | 63 | 3.66 | 1.414 | -0.5 | |
| 1975 | NL | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.2 | 59 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 39 | 2.89 | 1.165 | 0.1 | |
| 1976 | NL | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 3.86 | 1.307 | 0.2 | |
| 1977 | NL | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6.75 | 1.900 | -0.4 | |
| Total | 123 | 107 | 405 | 317 | 73 | 24 | 3 | 2268.1 | 1946 | 811 | 177 | 933 | 1639 | 3.22 | 1.269 | 22.4 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | AL | P | 5 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 | AL | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 | AL | P | 24 | 22 | 175.2 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1964 | AL | P | 37 | 35 | 245.0 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 | AL | P | 35 | 32 | 212.0 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1966 | AL | P | 30 | 30 | 200.0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1967 | AL | P | 31 | 28 | 201.2 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1968 | AL | P | 15 | 12 | 61.1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 | AL | P | 30 | 15 | 130.2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1970 | AL | P | 10 | 6 | 41.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1970 | AL | P | 17 | 16 | 94.0 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1971 | NL | P | 37 | 36 | 262.0 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1972 | NL | P | 31 | 30 | 203.0 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1973 | NL | P | 30 | 28 | 193.0 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1974 | NL | P | 21 | 16 | 98.1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1975 | NL | P | 22 | 6 | 74.2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1976 | NL | P | 17 | 3 | 46.2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1977 | NL | P | 12 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 405 | 317 | 2269.0 | 72 | 368 | 18 | 23 |
Awards
| Year | Award | Lg |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | TSN Comeback Player of the Year | NL |
Hall of Fame ballots
| Year | Voted by | Votes | Needed | Inducted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | BBWAA | 0 | 281 | No |