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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	2	Apr 15	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	GS	24	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	5 (2)	Apr 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
4	8 (2)	Apr 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12 (3)	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
6	16 (3)	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	44	12.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
7	21 (4)	May 13	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	25 (3)	May 17	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GS	22	4.2	0	1	1	2	0	P
9	29 (3)	May 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	30	May 22 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	34 (3)	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,13-2	GS	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	49 (14)	Jun 8	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	51 (1)	Jun 11	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	GS	23	5.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
14	53 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	56 (2)	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	67 (10)	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	69 (1)	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	73 (2)	Jul 1	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	79 (5)	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	82 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-4	GS	6	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	93 (10)	Jul 22	CLE		DET	L,5-10		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	103 (9)	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	108 (4)	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS	29	6.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
25	113 (4)	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	117 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	122 (4)	Aug 18	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	126 (3)	Aug 23	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
29	130 (3)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-3	GS	25	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	134 (3)	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GS	29	7.2	0	4	0	4	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	139 (4)	Sep 4	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	144 (4)	Sep 9	CLE		CAL	W,8-7	GS	30	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	148 (3)	Sep 14	CLE		KCA	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
34	152 (3)	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	161 (8)	Oct 1	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							35gm		194.1	11	30	2	43	2