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Al Downing

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Apr 16 L, 1-10 at Reds Start 6.2 5 30 4 2 1 7 0 4 2.70 L (0-1) LAD Apr 21 W, 12-2 vs Padres Start 1 9.0 6 35 2 1 0 2 0 6 1.72 W (1-1) LAD Apr 27 L, 5-7 vs Expos Start 5.1 8 27 4 4 0 2 1 3 3.00 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 02 W, 7-6 vs Phillies Start 5.2 11 27 3 3 0 0 0 5 3.38 LAD May 10 L, 3-4 at Mets Start 8.0 7 35 3 3 1 4 0 4 3.38 LAD May 15 W, 2-1 at Padres Start 6.2 4 27 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.83 LAD May 20 W, 3-0 vs Astros Start 2 1 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.32 W (2-2) LAD May 26 L, 3-5 at Astros Start 5.2 7 28 3 1 0 3 0 4 2.25 LAD May 31 W, 5-4 at Giants Start 6.2 6 28 4 4 0 3 0 7 2.59 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 06 W, 5-0 vs Cubs Start 3 2 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 4 0 4 2.26 W (3-2) LAD Jun 11 L, 5-7 vs Pirates Start 4.2 6 20 3 3 0 0 0 6 2.48 LAD Jun 17 L, 2-7 at Cubs Start 4.0 4 18 4 1 1 0 0 4 2.46 L (3-3) LAD Jun 23 W, 2-1 vs Braves Start 4 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 0 0 4 2.32 W (4-3) LAD Jun 27 L, 4-5 vs Reds Start 5.0 8 28 5 2 0 2 0 2 2.39 L (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 01 L, 5-8 at Giants Start 4.1 9 24 8 7 3 2 0 3 2.92 L (4-5) LAD Jul 06 W, 11-3 at Expos Start 7.0 5 32 3 3 2 6 0 3 2.98 W (5-5) LAD Jul 10 (1) W, 6-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 5 23 3 3 1 1 0 4 3.06 LAD Jul 15 L, 2-3 vs Expos Start 6.0 8 28 2 1 0 2 0 3 2.98 LAD Jul 20 L, 1-2 vs Mets Start 7.0 4 30 2 1 0 0 1 7 2.89 L (5-6) LAD Jul 28 W, 6-5 at Astros Start 5.1 7 24 4 4 0 2 0 3 3.05 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 01 L, 3-4 vs Giants Start 7.0 7 31 3 3 1 3 0 1 3.09 LAD Aug 09 L, 3-6 at Reds Finish 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.02 LAD Aug 17 W, 4-2 vs Pirates Start 8.1 11 38 2 2 1 2 0 2 2.97 W (6-6) LAD Aug 22 W, 1-0 vs Cardinals Start 5 3 9.0 9 34 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.80 W (7-6) LAD Aug 27 W, 7-4 at Pirates Start 6.0 8 31 3 3 0 2 0 5 2.87 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 01 (2) W, 2-1 at Cardinals Start 6 9.0 4 32 1 1 0 2 0 7 2.77 W (8-6) LAD Sep 06 L, 3-6 vs Reds Start 7.0 9 33 5 5 0 3 0 5 2.91 L (8-7) LAD Sep 11 L, 3-4 vs Astros Start 5.2 9 28 3 3 0 4 0 1 2.97 L (8-8) LAD Sep 17 L, 11-15 at Astros Start 2.2 5 14 3 3 1 2 0 1 3.07 LAD Sep 24 W, 7-0 vs Giants Start 7 4 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.93 W (9-8) LAD Sep 29 L, 1-4 at Reds Start 6.0 7 25 3 3 1 2 0 2 2.98 L (9-9)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       9   9   3.02   30  30   7   0   0   4  199.2  195   857   81   67  13   64   2  114   15-15  4.40 runs/start
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    3.0    1    11    0    0   0    1   0    3    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              140   13   35   49   2   0   4   11   4   1   10   0   2   19   3  .250  .350  .309  .659
vs RHB              632   63  161  220  22   5   9   57  11   5   55   2   5   98  18  .255  .348  .318  .666

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   5   2.26   16  16   6   0   0   4  115.2  112   486   35   29   2   26   2   58    8-8   4.19 runs/start
Road             2   4   3.93   15  14   1   1   0   0   87.0   84   382   46   38  11   39   0   59    7-8   4.64 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              1   3   4.32    9   9   1   0   0   1   50.0   55   224   31   24   6   18   0   37    3-6   5.00 runs/start
Night            8   6   2.53   22  21   6   1   0   3  152.2  141   644   50   43   7   47   2   80   12-10  4.14 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   2   3.00    3   3   1   0   0   0   21.0   19    92   10    7   1   11   1   13    1-2   6.00 runs/start
May              1   0   2.38    6   6   1   0   0   1   41.2   37   176   13   11   1   13   0   28    4-2   3.83 runs/start
June             2   2   1.99    5   5   2   0   0   1   31.2   28   131   13    7   1    6   0   20    2-3   3.60 runs/start
July             1   2   4.79    6   6   0   0   0   0   35.2   38   161   22   19   6   13   1   23    3-3   5.17 runs/start
August           2   0   2.16    5   4   1   1   0   1   33.1   36   145    8    8   2    9   0   13    3-2   3.75 runs/start
September        2   3   3.43    6   6   2   0   0   1   39.1   38   163   15   15   2   13   0   20    2-4   4.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   1   3.49    5   5   1   0   0   1   28.1   30   125   13   11   1   12   0   12    2-3   5.20 runs/start
Braves           1   0   1.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    5    32    1    1   0    0   0    4    1-0   2.00 runs/start
Cardinals        2   0   0.50    2   2   2   0   0   1   18.0   13    66    1    1   0    3   0    9    2-0   1.50 runs/start
Cubs             1   1   0.69    2   2   1   0   0   1   13.0    9    51    4    1   1    4   0    8    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Expos            1   1   3.93    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.1   21    87    9    8   2   10   1    9    1-2   6.00 runs/start
Giants           1   1   4.67    4   4   1   0   0   1   27.0   26   114   15   14   4    8   0   15    2-2   5.00 runs/start
Mets             0   1   2.40    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.0   11    65    5    4   1    4   1   11    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Padres           1   0   0.57    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.2   10    62    2    1   0    4   0   11    2-0   7.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   0   4.63    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.2   16    50    6    6   1    1   0    9    2-0   6.50 runs/start
Pirates          1   0   3.79    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.0   25    89    8    8   1    4   0   13    2-1   5.33 runs/start
Reds             0   4   3.90    5   4   0   1   0   0   27.2   30   127   17   12   2   15   0   16    0-5   2.25 runs/start

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