Roger McDowell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: December 21, 1960 in Cincinnati, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH).

High School: Colerain HS (Cincinnati, OH)

School: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)

Debut: April 11, 1985 (Age 24-111d, 14,999th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: August 14, 1996 (Age 35-237d)
vs. MIL 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Roger Alan McDowell

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1986 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.1

ERA

3.30

723

159

1050.0

524

WHIP

1.386

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Team Record in Appearances: 42-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 24

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	138	32	May 14	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.87	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.030	.75	0.02%	0.51	8b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
2	139	33	May 15	NYM		SFG	W,8-3	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.78	11	3	6	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.044	.37	0.03%	0.81	7t 1-- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
3	140	35	May 17	NYM		SFG	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.93	2.01	4	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.031	.86	0.02%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
4	141	37	May 19	NYM		SDP	W,5-4	7-GF	W(1-0)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	2.48	12	9	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.90	0.361	2.22	0.17%	1.44	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
5	142	39	May 22	NYM		LAD	W,6-4	8-GF	S(3)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.93	2.66	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.142	.99	0.07%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
6	143	41	May 24	NYM		LAD	L,6-8	7-7	L(1-1)	1	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.53	2.78	7	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.54	-0.293	2.00	-0.14%	-1.52	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d2
7	144	42	May 25	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-7	8-9		0	1.2	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.38	2.71	11	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.124	.79	-0.05%	-2.46	8b --- 0 out a4	9b 12- 2 out a1
8	145	44	May 27	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-3	7-9	BW(2-1)	1	2.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	1	4.80	2.67	13	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	-0.383	2.45	-0.21%	-0.86	7b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 2 out a1
9	146	45	May 29	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-4	7-GF	S(4)	1	2.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	2.58	10	6	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.11	0.385	2.99	0.22%	1.19	7b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	147	48	Jun 1	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	7-GF	S(5)	2	3.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.98	2.67	15	6	5	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.083	.89	0.05%	0.48	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
11	148	52	Jun 6	NYM		PIT	W,4-2	8-GF	S(6)	4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.63	2.83	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.142	1.34	0.09%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
12	149	53	Jun 7(1)	NYM		PIT	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(3-1)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.86	3.39	4	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.307	1.09	-0.22%	-0.52	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
13	150	54	Jun 7(2)	NYM		PIT	L,9-10	8-8	BL(3-2)	-1	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	2	0	5.70	4.60	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.743	2.08	-0.58%	-4.03	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 1-- 1 out d2
14	151	56	Jun 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.92	4.56	4	4	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	-0.314	3.00	-0.23%	-1.46	8b 1-- 1 out tie	8b end d 2
15	152	58	Jun 12	NYM	@	PIT	W,10-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.68	4.65	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
16	153	59	Jun 13	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.54	4.72	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.072	1.40	0.05%	1.19	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 1
17	154	62	Jun 16	NYM	@	MON	W,7-3	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.33	4.50	4	1	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.021	.29	0.02%	0.15	9b -2- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
18	155	64	Jun 18	NYM	@	MON	W,10-7	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.97	4.42	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.097	.98	0.07%	1.04	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
19	156	67	Jun 21	NYM		PHI	W,8-3	7-GF	S(8)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	4.15	9	6	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.128	.88	0.11%	2.42	7t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 5
20	157	69	Jun 24	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	9-GF	W(4-2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	4.11	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.133	3.20	0.13%	0.48	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
21	158	72	Jun 27	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	S(9)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.09	3	2	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	0.122	3.93	0.11%	-0.30	9b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 1
22	159	73	Jun 28	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(4-3)	0	1.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.67	4.05	9	4	5	3	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	-0.870	6.00	-0.82%	-3.42	8b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end d 1
23	160	74	Jun 29	NYM		STL	L,7-8	7-9	H(1)	0	1.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.95	4.36	7	2	3	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.040	3.73	-0.05%	-0.39	7t 1-- 1 out a2	9t 1-- 0 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	161	76	Jul 1	NYM		STL	W,9-6	7-GF	S(10)	1	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.81	4.19	13	8	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	1	1	.94	0.148	2.08	0.20%	0.44	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
25	162	81	Jul 7(1)	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-2	9-GF		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.69	4.16	5	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.020	1.15	0.01%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
26	163	86	Jul 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,9-6	9-GF	S(11)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.57	4.08	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	.35	0.02%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
27	164	91	Jul 19	NYM		CIN	W,6-5	7-8		7	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.43	4.11	6	3	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.057	1.15	-0.03%	-0.77	7t 123 2 out d1	8t 3 out tie
28	165	92	Jul 20	NYM		ATL	W,9-2	7-GF		0	2.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.37	4.24	11	4	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.031	.13	0.01%	0.46	7t 1-- 1 out a4	9t end a 7
29	166	94	Jul 22	NYM		ATL	W,4-3	7-GF	S(12)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.10	4.11	11	7	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.369	1.35	0.14%	1.44	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
30	167	95	Jul 24(1)	NYM		HOU	W,5-2	9-GF	S(13)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.09	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.99	0.067	1.14	0.02%	0.46	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
31	168	99	Jul 28	NYM	@	STL	W,6-4	8-GF	S(14)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	4.10	7	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.238	2.93	0.20%	1.03	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
32	169	100	Jul 29	NYM	@	STL	W,6-4	8-GF(10)	BW(5-3)	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.81	4.03	12	7	5	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.95	-0.057	5.20	-0.06%	0.54	8b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 2
33	170	101	Jul 30	NYM	@	STL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(15)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	4.01	4	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	0.187	9.30	0.25%	0.90	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	171	104	Aug 2	NYM	@	MON	W,7-4	7-GF	S(16)	2	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.75	3.96	9	6	2	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.034	1.13	0.03%	-1.17	7b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 3
35	172	105	Aug 3	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	W(6-3)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.62	3.89	7	4	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.46	0.438	5.04	0.38%	1.58	10t -2- 0 out tie	11t end tie
36	173	106	Aug 4	NYM		PHI	W,5-3	9-GF		0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.88	7	2	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.98	0.013	1.48	0.01%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 2
37	174	108	Aug 6	NYM		CHC	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(7-3)	1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.88	4.05	9	6	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.017	4.12	-0.02%	-0.04	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
38	175	114	Aug 12	NYM		MON	W,4-2	8-GF	S(17)	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	4.02	5	4	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.245	3.23	0.27%	1.64	8t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 2
39	176	115	Aug 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-7	8-8	L(7-4)	0	0.1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.04	4.11	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.74	-0.349	5.46	-0.42%	-2.69	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-3 1 out d2
40	177	119	Aug 18	NYM		SFG	W,7-2	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.92	4.07	7	5	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.12	0.016	.23	0.02%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
41	178	120	Aug 19	NYM		SFG	L,6-10	9-GF(10)	L(7-5)	0	2.0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.33	4.12	11	6	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.57	-0.350	3.51	-0.47%	-3.04	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 4
42	179	124	Aug 23	NYM		SDP	W,9-2	7-GF	S(18)	3	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.16	4.08	10	6	3	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.106	.82	0.11%	1.46	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 7
43	180	125	Aug 24	NYM		LAD	W,1-0	9-GF	S(19)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.11	4.03	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.157	3.67	0.17%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
44	181	127	Aug 26	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	8-GF	S(20)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.03	3.98	4	2	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.306	4.99	0.32%	1.07	8t -23 2 out a1	9t end a 1
45	182	130	Aug 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-3	9-GF	S(21)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	3.98	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.044	1.97	0.03%	0.22	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
46	183	131	Aug 31	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	S(22)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.97	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.045	2.35	0.04%	0.10	10b --- 2 out a1	10b end a 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
47	184	134	Sep 4	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.94	3.96	4	2	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.037	1.51	0.06%	0.49	9b 12- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
48	185	135	Sep 5	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-3	9-GF	S(23)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	3.95	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	0.198	6.87	0.31%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
49	186	136	Sep 6	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	9-10		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.93	5	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.042	7.25	-0.08%	-0.50	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 12- 0 out tie
50	187	140	Sep 11	NYM		STL	L,4-6	8-9	BS(6)	4	2.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.08	4.09	11	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.296	8.23	-1.12%	-2.04	8t --- 0 out a3	9t 3 out tie
51	188	144	Sep 15	NYM		CHC	W,12-4	7-GF		3	3.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.26	4.10	14	6	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.014	.21	0.03%	-1.56	7t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 8
52	189	147	Sep 18	NYM	@	PIT	L,9-10	7-7		2	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.23	4.16	5	0	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.91	-0.132	7.74	-0.32%	-0.59	7b -23 1 out tie	7b 3 out d2
53	190	148	Sep 19	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-4	8-GF	S(24)	0	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.15	4.15	6	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.95	0.399	20.09	0.97%	1.19	8b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
54	191	149	Sep 20	NYM	@	PIT	L,8-9	8-9	BS(7)	0	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.15	4.16	9	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	-0.057	10.29	-0.15%	0.01	8b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
55	192	151	Sep 22	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.21	4.22	5	2	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	.46	-0.046	1.64	-0.10%	-1.13	8b 1-3 0 out d1	8b end d 4
56	193	152	Sep 23	NYM		MON	W,4-3	9-GF	S(25)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.16	4.19	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	0.157	10.68	0.24%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
							42-14		W-L:7-5,Sv:25,BSv:7,Hld:1	1.4	88.2	95	41	41	28	32	7	2	4.16	4.19	384	1.94		15%	0%	28		37	43%	3	0	0	344	10	0	4	13	5	7	1.68	0.623	3.07	-0.07%	-1.97

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