TTM Success - Al Downing

I got a nice 1975 Topps via a TTM success from Al Downing.  The card turned out really well.  I wish I had a couple more of his cards to send off, but this was the only one.

Downing (b. 1941) played in the majors from 1961 to 1977 for the Yankees, A's, Brewers and Dodgers.  He had a career record of 123-107 with 1,639 strike outs and a 3.22 ERA.  He was a 20-game winner in 1971 with the Dodgers when he went 20-9.  That season, he finished 3rd in the NL Cy Young Award voting and 10th in the NL MVP voting.

He didn't perform all that well in the three World Series in which he appeared.  He went 0-3 with a 6.06 ERA.

Downing is probably most well known as the answer to a trivia question; he gave up Hank Aaron's 715th home run on April 8, 1974.

I mailed to Downing on February 2 and got the card back on February 17, for a 15-day TAT.