How Al Downing's Runs Allowed Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Al Downing posted a career Runs Allowed Per Game of 2.32, near the starting pitcher average of 2.48 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Runs Allowed Per Game season came in 1962, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.21 that year. The highest point came in 1966 at 3.0, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.04 that year. The Runs Allowed Per Game trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.41 in 1975 to 1.24 in 1976 and 1.25 in 1977. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per Game profile — ranging from .000 to 3.0 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Al Downing Lifetime Runs Allowed Per Game

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Al Downing
Runs Allowed Per Game
Career2.32
Season Avg.2.32
162 Game Avg.2.32
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Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game Per Season

Al Downing's Runs Allowed Per Game for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game per season line chart

Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game by Team

Al Downing's career Runs Allowed Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Al Downing career Runs Allowed Per Game by team bar chart

Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Al Downing's career Runs Allowed Per Game shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Al Downing's seasonal Runs Allowed Per Game alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Al Downing's MLB career with Runs Allowed Per Game alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Al Downing Runs Allowed Per Game season-by-season breakdown table