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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Team Record in Appearances: 9-16 / in Starts: 3-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 9

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	2	8	Apr 22(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS-5		99	4.2	4	3	3	5	2	0	0	5.79	4.97	22	7	5	1	0	3	41			0	0	1	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.162	2.76	-0.22%	-1.01	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out tie
2	3	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	W,6-4	3-7	W(1-0)	3	4.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.12	4.35	14	7	4	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.207	2.33	0.32%	2.25	3b 123 2 out d1	7b 12- 2 out a2
May				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
3	4	16	May 1	CLE		LAA	L,6-8	GS-1	L(1-1)	4	0.2	3	4	4	3	1	1	0	6.75	6.37	8	1	0	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.338	2.38	-0.50%	-4.01	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d4
4	5	17	May 4	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	5-7	W(2-1)	2	3.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.11	5.78	13	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.030	.43	0.04%	1.54	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
5	6	20	May 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-1	7-8		1	1.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	5.14	5.90	8	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.012	1.26	-0.02%	-0.37	7b 1-- 0 out a5	8b 123 2 out a4
6	7	22	May 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	5.68	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.048	2.15	0.10%	0.52	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
7	8	25	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,6-9	GS-1	L(2-2)	2	0.2	1	3	2	3	0	0	1	5.74	6.32	7	1	2	0	0	0	37			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.73	-0.211	6.80	-0.50%	-2.28	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d2
8	9	28	May 15	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	8-GF		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.29	5.68	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.039	1.31	0.08%	0.91	8t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
9	10	33	May 20(2)	CLE		DET	L,6-8	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	5.2	7	6	5	7	6	2	0	5.96	6.46	32	8	4	1	1	7	32			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.15	-0.319	4.12	-0.69%	-2.61	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d1
10	11	38	May 26	CLE	@	WSA	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.70	6.29	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.67	0.03%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
11	12	42	May 30(2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-7	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.04	5.89	8	2	0	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.003	.24	0.01%	-0.39	7b 1-3 1 out d5	8b end d 7
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
12	13	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-8	GS-5		50	4.1	2	3	3	4	2	0	1	6.07	5.79	19	6	5	0	0	1	45			0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.004	2.69	0.01%	0.23	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out a2
13	14	96	Jul 25	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	4.2	7	5	5	5	3	1	0	6.55	6.00	25	5	5	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.253	1.11	-0.29%	-2.87	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d5
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
14	15	103	Aug 1(2)	CLE		LAA	L,4-8	GS-7		6	7.0	7	4	4	7	4	0	0	6.31	5.74	34	8	8	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.18	-0.202	.77	-0.08%	-0.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	16	109	Aug 6	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	3	3	3	5	9	3	0	5.84	5.96	33	5	11	1	0	3	68			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.062	.10	-0.01%	0.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
16	17	114	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-9	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	6.0	8	7	6	2	6	0	0	6.18	5.49	27	8	4	0	0	7	34			0	1	0	24	3	2	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.333	.07	-0.02%	-3.96	1b start a 1	7b --3 0 out d4
17	18	119	Aug 15(1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-10	GS-3		3	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.86	5.33	12	6	1	0	0	2	56			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.151	.02	0.00%	1.44	1t start tie	3t 3 out tie
18	19	124	Aug 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.73	5.20	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.81	7b --3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
19	20	126	Aug 22	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	8-8	H(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.67	5.24	4	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.015	.02	0.00%	0.12	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b 123 2 out a2
20	21	132	Aug 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	L(2-6)	4	7.0	10	4	4	4	5	0	0	5.61	4.99	35	14	5	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.008	.01	0.00%	-0.09	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out d2
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
21	22	137	Sep 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-8	GS-3	L(2-7)	4	2.2	5	6	4	4	5	1	0	5.91	5.12	18	0	4	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-3.99	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d5
22	23	141	Sep 3(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.70	5.03	9	3	5	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.457	.00	0.00%	1.39	7b -23 1 out a2	9b end a 1
23	24	149	Sep 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	2-6		10	4.1	6	5	5	4	2	0	0	5.96	4.99	22	3	7	0	0	6		1	0	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.024	.00	0.00%	-1.69	2b -2- 1 out d5	6b 12- 2 out d9
24	25	153	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-9	6-9	H(2)	4	3.0	1	5	5	7	2	0	0	6.30	5.12	15	4	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.47	0.025	.00	0.00%	-1.95	6b 1-3 0 out a2	9b 123 0 out a4
25	26	161	Sep 30(1)	CLE		LAA	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-7)	10	7.2	4	3	3	2	10	1	0	6.06	4.89	29	8	5	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.204	.00	0.00%	0.74	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a1
							9-16		W-L:3-7,Sv:1,Hld:2	3.2	87.2	81	64	59	70	70	9	4	6.06	4.89	409	1.33		3%	1%	74	42	15	13%	2	1	4	332	15	4	1	10	2	6	.91	-0.961	1.07	-1.74%	-14.56

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