Al Downing
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: referenced
content: New York Yankees
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Alphonso <i>Al</i> Downing (b. 1941) pitched in the Major Leagues for 16 years, playting for the New York Yankees (1961-69,) Oakland Athletics (1970), Milwaukee Brewers (1970,) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1971-77).
label: Description (Brief)
content: A two time All-Star and 1971 comeback player of the year, Downing pitched in three World Series. He finished his career with a 123-107 win-loss record.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Downing famously threw the pitch which Hank Aaron hit for his record breaking home run in 1974. After retiring, Downing had a long career as a broadcaster.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
topic: label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chris Hughes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0456.266
label: accession number
content: 1979.0456
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0456.266
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm