Sam McDowell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 190lb (196cm, 86kg)

Born: September 21, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA us

High School: Central Catholic HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

Debut: September 15, 1961 (Age 18-359d, 11,904th in major league history)
vs. MIN 6.1 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 24, 1975 (Age 32-276d)
vs. PHI 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Samuel Edward McDowell

Nicknames: Sudden Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.8

141

134

ERA

3.17

425

346

2492.1

2453

WHIP

1.308

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-17 / in Starts: 20-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 101 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	64 (33-23-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 101 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-19-9)

Most Driven In
M Alvis	2
F Whitfield	1
C Hinton	1

Most Driven In By
L Brown	1
F Whitfield	1
L Wagner	1
R Colavito	1
V Davalillo	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	73	2 (1)	Apr 15	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.82	-0.042	1.89	-0.06%	-0.41	P
2	74	5 (2)	Apr 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.74	-0.056	1.37	-0.06%	-0.02	P
3	75	8 (2)	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	L,1-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	76	13 (4)	May 2 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.18	-0.058	2.72	-0.08%	-0.42	P
5	77	18 (4)	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.20	0.019	.40	0.02%	-0.11	P
6	78	23 (4)	May 14	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9	1.23	-0.088	2.21	-0.10%	-0.64	P
7	79	25 (1)	May 16 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-8	10-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	3						P
8	80	28 (2)	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9	.85	-0.064	1.62	-0.07%	-0.83	P
9	81	31 (2)	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	2						PR
10	82	32	May 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9						P
11	83	35 (2)	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	9	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.09	P
12	84	39 (3)	May 30	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	9	.41	-0.042	.70	-0.04%	-0.37	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	85	43 (3)	Jun 5	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	1.96	0.027	3.44	0.03%	0.15	P
14	86	48 (4)	Jun 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.111	.254	9	.37	-0.022	1.21	-0.04%	-0.50	P
15	87	54 (5)	Jun 15	CLE		WSA	W,8-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.103	.237	9	.86	-0.059	1.98	-0.08%	-0.60	P
16	88	59 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.118	.091	.209	9	.82	-0.074	2.88	-0.15%	-1.70	P
17	89	61 (1)	Jun 22	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.118	.091	.209	9						P
18	90	64 (2)	Jun 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.108	.083	.191	9	.93	-0.070	3.38	-0.15%	-0.95	P
19	91	70 (5)	Jun 30	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.100	.077	.177	9	.80	-0.057	3.74	-0.16%	-0.36	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	92	75 (4)	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.093	.071	.164	9	1.25	-0.121	7.34	-0.43%	-0.91	P
21	93	76	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.093	.071	.164	9						P
22	94	81 (4)	Jul 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.109	.089	.198	9	1.07	-0.012	3.99	-0.03%	0.08	P
23	95	85 (3)	Jul 16	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.102	.083	.185	9	1.19	-0.163	3.76	-0.31%	-1.37	P
24	96	90 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.102	.083	.185	9						P
25	97	93 (2)	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.078	.096	.078	.175	9	.91	-0.076	2.68	-0.13%	-1.32	P
26	98	97 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.093	.075	.168	9	1.71	-0.080	6.23	-0.18%	-0.74	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	99	102 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.105	.107	.212	9	1.44	0.002	3.41	0.00%	-0.10	P
28	100	105 (2)	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.117	.119	.235	9	.19	-0.009	.46	-0.01%	0.02	P
29	101	109 (3)	Aug 9	CLE		CAL	L,0-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.115	.117	.231	9	.71	-0.017	1.12	-0.02%	-0.14	P
30	102	114 (4)	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.109	.111	.220	9	1.22	-0.085	2.27	-0.09%	-0.69	P
31	103	118 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.092	.106	.108	.214	9	.98	-0.048	1.04	-0.03%	-0.42	P
32	104	122 (3)	Aug 22	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.104	.118	.119	.237	9	2.07	0.136	.55	0.02%	1.14	P
33	105	127 (4)	Aug 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.101	.114	.116	.230	9	.96	-0.047	.42	-0.01%	-0.37	P
34	106	129 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.101	.114	.116	.230	9						P
35	107	130	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.135	.137	.272	9	.89	-0.053	.19	-0.01%	0.70	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	108	135 (4)	Sep 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.128	.130	.258	9	2.00	-0.200	.25	-0.02%	-0.97	P
37	109	140 (4)	Sep 8	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.125	.127	.252	9	1.18	-0.057	.22	-0.01%	-0.42	P
38	110	143 (2)	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.143	.145	.287	9	1.24	0.151	.00	0.00%	1.32	P
39	111	149 (5)	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,5-4	9-GF(14)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.151	.153	.304	8	1.95	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
40	112	151 (1)	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.141	.151	.153	.304	9						P
41	113	153 (1)	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.146	.148	.294	9	1.31	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.63	P
42	114	158 (4)	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.140	.141	.281	9	.79	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-1.18	P
43	115	162 (3)	Oct 3	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.126	.135	.137	.272	9	.96	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
							26-17		101	95	5	12	1	0	0	4	1	0	35	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	.126	.135	.137	.272		1.04	-1.517	1.83	-2.20%	-13.25

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