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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE		BAL	L,2-8	GS	24	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
3	9 (3)	Apr 18	CLE		WSA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
4	11 (1)	Apr 22	CLE		DET	L,0-5	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	15 (3)	Apr 27	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	20 (4)	May 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	41	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
7	23 (2)	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	0	3	1	4	0	P
8	26 (2)	May 10	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	GS	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	28 (1)	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	32 (3)	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
11	36 (3)	May 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	41 (4)	May 29	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	44 (2)	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	49 (4)	Jun 6	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	53 (3)	Jun 11	CLE		OAK	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	57 (3)	Jun 15	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	60 (2)	Jun 19	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
18	64 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	69 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73 (3)	Jul 2	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-9	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	78 (4)	Jul 6	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P 2B
22	84 (5)	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	90 (5)	Jul 19	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	94 (3)	Jul 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
25	100 (5)	Jul 28	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	104 (3)	Aug 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
27	108 (3)	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS	25	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	113 (4)	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-7	GS	29	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	117 (3)	Aug 13	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	120 (2)	Aug 17	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
31	123 (2)	Aug 21	CLE		OAK	W,6-3	GS	25	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	126 (2)	Aug 25	CLE		MIL	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
33	131 (4)	Aug 29	CLE		CAL	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	135 (3)	Sep 2	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-4	GS	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	1B P
35	140 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	146 (5)	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	150 (3)	Sep 17	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	155 (4)	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	24	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	159 (3)	Sep 27	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							41gm		306.0	4	35	4	43	1