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	21-17 / in Starts: 20-17
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	60 (30-16-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
D Sims	2
V Fuller	1
C Salmon	1
T Horton	1
L Brown	1

Most Driven In By
J Cardenal	1
R Scheinblum	1
T Horton	1
J Azcue	0
L Maye	0

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 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	189	2 (1)	Apr 11	CLE		CAL	L,5-7	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					9	1.51	-0.020	3.70	-0.03%	-0.15	P
2	190	6 (3)	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.21	-0.090	2.89	-0.13%	-0.69	P
3	191	10 (3)	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.19	0.007	.30	0.01%	0.13	P
4	192	13 (2)	Apr 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.23	-0.041	2.31	-0.05%	-0.25	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
5	193	18 (4)	May 1	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.23	0.102	1.43	0.07%	0.31	P
6	194	22 (3)	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	1.81	0.170	3.37	0.19%	1.08	P
7	195	26 (3)	May 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	9	.63	-0.071	1.61	-0.11%	-1.11	P
8	196	31 (4)	May 16	CLE		WSA	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	9	.86	0.040	2.70	0.08%	0.28	P
9	197	36 (4)	May 21 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.00	-0.034	3.54	-0.07%	-0.18	P
10	198	41 (4)	May 25	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.185	.370	9	.70	-0.035	2.31	-0.07%	-0.25	P
11	199	46 (4)	May 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.194	.167	.360	9	.64	-0.015	2.20	-0.03%	-0.16	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
12	200	51 (4)	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.182	.156	.338	9	2.14	-0.098	6.85	-0.19%	-0.81	P
13	201	56 (4)	Jun 8	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.147	.318	9	.63	-0.030	3.31	-0.09%	-0.20	P
14	202	61 (4)	Jun 13	CLE		OAK	L,0-1	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.154	.132	.285	9	2.50	-0.244	8.09	-0.48%	-1.61	P
15	203	66 (4)	Jun 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.143	.122	.265	9	1.08	-0.091	2.07	-0.11%	-1.22	P
16	204	72 (5)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.159	.119	.278	9	1.17	0.006	5.10	0.02%	0.01	P
17	205	76 (3)	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.156	.116	.272	9	.60	-0.014	1.21	-0.02%	-0.25	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
18	206	80 (3)	Jul 1	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	.52	0.004	1.32	0.01%	-0.40	P
19	207	85 (4)	Jul 6	CLE		CAL	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9	.68	-0.031	1.58	-0.04%	-0.19	P
20	208	89 (3)	Jul 12	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.167	.135	.301	9	.83	0.038	1.47	0.04%	0.38	P
21	209	93 (3)	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.161	.130	.290	9	.59	-0.027	1.39	-0.04%	-0.25	P
22	210	96 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.143	.315	9	1.90	0.128	5.64	0.23%	0.89	P
23	211	101 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9	1.02	-0.047	3.03	-0.08%	-0.30	P
24	212	106 (4)	Jul 30	CLE		WSA	W,10-1	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	9	.72	0.069	1.89	0.11%	1.43	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
25	213	110 (3)	Aug 3	CLE		OAK	W,4-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	2.11	-0.157	2.84	-0.13%	-1.51	P
26	214	115 (4)	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9						P
27	215	120 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.179	.141	.320	9	.58	-0.015	.15	0.00%	-0.19	P
28	216	124 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.176	.138	.315	9	.74	-0.017	.04	0.00%	-0.12	P
29	217	129 (4)	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.169	.132	.301	9	1.11	-0.080	.02	0.00%	-0.57	P
30	218	134 (4)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSA	L,9-10	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.189	.155	.344	9	1.17	0.063	.06	0.00%	0.47	P
31	219	139 (4)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.187	.153	.339	9	1.34	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
Sept		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
32	220	144 (4)	Sep 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.195	.162	.357	9	.73	0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
33	221	147 (2)	Sep 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.190	.158	.348	9	.90	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
34	222	151 (3)	Sep 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,1-0	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.183	.152	.335	9	1.68	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.94	P
35	223	155 (3)	Sep 17	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.176	.146	.323	9	2.05	-0.260	.00	0.00%	-1.28	P
36	224	156	Sep 21	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.176	.146	.323	9						P
37	225	158 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.145	.172	.145	.317	9	2.22	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
38	226	162 (3)	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.189	.153	.342	9	.65	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
							21-17		96	85	5	13	0	0	0	6	3	0	35	1	6	1	1	1	0	0	.153	.189	.153	.342		1.11	-1.005	2.02	-0.92%	-8.05

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