1970 Topps - Al Downing #584 (Pitcher) - Autographed Baseball Card (Oakland A's)

Alphonso Erwin "Al" Downing (b. June 28, 1941) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was an All Star in 1967 and the NL Comeback Player of the Year in 1971. Downing is also famous for surrendering Hank Aaron's record breaking 715th home run on April 8, 1974.

Downing signed with the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1961, and was already on the major league roster by July of that season. In his first full major league season, 1963, Downing went 13-5 with a 2.56 earned run average for a Yankee team that went 104-57, but were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 World Series. In 1964, he went 13-8 with a 3.47 earned run average, and led the league with 217 strikeouts.

Downing was 9-5 with a 2.66 ERA when he made his only All-Star team in 1967.

After giving up Hank Aaron's famous 715th home run on April 8, 1974, Downing made his third, and final post-season appearance that season. His Dodgers lost four games to one to the Oakland A's. Downing played two more full seasons with the Dodgers, and was released during the 1977 season with a 0-1 record and 6.75 ERA.

Downing served as a color analyst on Dodgers cable-TV broadcasts from 1980–87 and on Dodgers radio in 2005. He also broadcast for CBS Radio in the 1990s, and the Atlanta Braves in 2000.

MLB debut - July 19, 1961, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance - July 13, 1977, for the Los Angeles Dodgers

MLB statistics:
Win–loss record - 123–107
ERA - 3.22
Strikeouts - 1,639

Teams:
New York Yankees (1961–1969)
Oakland Athletics (1970)
Milwaukee Brewers (1970)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1971–1977)

Career highlights and awards:
All-Star (1967)
AL strikeout leader (1964)

Link to all of his issued baseball cards - www.tradingcarddb.com/Person.cfm/pid/1559/col/1/yea/0/Al-...

Taken on: December 18, 2018

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