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Al Downing played 17 major-league seasons (1961-1977) as a P (405). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 | NYA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1963 | 22 | NYA | 24 | 58 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .103 | .285 | -17 |
| 1964 | 23 | NYA | 40 | 85 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 33 | .176 | .425 | 23 |
| 1965 | 24 | NYA | 36 | 74 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .108 | .319 | -7 |
| 1966 | 25 | NYA | 30 | 70 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .100 | .277 | -17 |
| 1967 | 26 | NYA | 31 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .121 | .365 | 12 |
| 1968 | 27 | NYA | 15 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .399 | 26 |
| 1969 | 28 | NYA | 30 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .136 | .333 | -3 |
| 1970 | 29 | OAK|ML4 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .114 | .229 | -34 |
| 1971 | 30 | LAN | 37 | 92 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .174 | .420 | 24 |
| 1972 | 31 | LAN | 31 | 66 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .121 | .301 | -12 |
| 1973 | 32 | LAN | 30 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .088 | .284 | -17 |
| 1974 | 33 | LAN | 21 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .172 | .366 | 6 |
| 1975 | 34 | LAN | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .105 | -68 |
| 1976 | 35 | LAN | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1977 | 36 | LAN | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 | NYA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8.00 | 50 |
| 1962 | 21 | NYA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| 1963 | 22 | NYA | 24 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 175.2 | 171 | 80 | 2.56 | 142 |
| 1964 | 23 | NYA | 37 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 244 | 217 | 120 | 3.47 | 105 |
| 1965 | 24 | NYA | 35 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 212 | 179 | 105 | 3.40 | 102 |
| 1966 | 25 | NYA | 30 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 200 | 152 | 79 | 3.56 | 97 |
| 1967 | 26 | NYA | 31 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 201.2 | 171 | 61 | 2.63 | 123 |
| 1968 | 27 | NYA | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 61.1 | 40 | 20 | 3.52 | 85 |
| 1969 | 28 | NYA | 30 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 130.2 | 85 | 49 | 3.37 | 107 |
| 1970 | 29 | OAK|ML4 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 135.1 | 79 | 81 | 3.52 | 105 |
| 1971 | 30 | LAN | 37 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 262.1 | 136 | 84 | 2.68 | 130 |
| 1972 | 31 | LAN | 31 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 202.2 | 117 | 67 | 2.98 | 116 |
| 1973 | 32 | LAN | 30 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 193 | 124 | 68 | 3.31 | 111 |
| 1974 | 33 | LAN | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 98.1 | 63 | 45 | 3.66 | 99 |
| 1975 | 34 | LAN | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 74.2 | 39 | 28 | 2.89 | 125 |
| 1976 | 35 | LAN | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46.2 | 30 | 18 | 3.86 | 91 |
| 1977 | 36 | LAN | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 6.75 | 58 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | P | 24 | 22 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 1964 | P | 37 | 35 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | P | 35 | 32 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 1966 | P | 30 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| 1967 | P | 31 | 28 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| 1968 | P | 15 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | P | 30 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 1970 | P | 27 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 2 |
| 1971 | P | 37 | 36 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
| 1972 | P | 31 | 30 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 5 |
| 1973 | P | 30 | 28 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| 1974 | P | 21 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 1975 | P | 22 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 17 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1977 | P | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1971.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 40 / 120 | 1 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 36 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.