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: 17-13 / in Starts: 14-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 5

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	41	36	May 31(1)	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-6	5-8	W(1-0)	99	3.1	2	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.70	4.71	13	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.079	2.88	-0.11%	0.45	5b --- 2 out tie	8b 3 out d1
Jun				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
2	42	39	Jun 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	9	2	2	3	14	0	0	2.19	1.63	40	6	7	0	0	9	72			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.391	4.95	0.79%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	43	44	Jun 7(1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.2	6	2	2	4	10	0	0	2.25	1.61	33	7	6	0	0	6	65			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.325	3.46	0.44%	2.15	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a1
4	44	51	Jun 12	CLE		KCA	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	6	9	0	2	1.55	2.12	39	6	12	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.383	1.48	0.32%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	45	54	Jun 14(2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	2.07	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.052	1.70	0.04%	0.48	7t 1-- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
6	46	56	Jun 17(1)	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	GS-8		2	8.0	9	2	2	4	6	0	0	1.67	2.18	37	12	6	0	0	9	58			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.063	1.27	0.05%	1.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
7	47	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIN	T,8-8	GS-2		4	1.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.52	2.30	13	2	2	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.358	1.89	-0.26%	-3.30	1b start a 2	2b 1-- 2 out d2
8	48	64	Jun 24(2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS-6	L(3-1)	1	6.0	6	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.78	2.27	26	5	6	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	1	1	0	1.19	-0.137	1.48	-0.10%	-0.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	49	70	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	GS-9		4	9.0	6	1	1	7	7	0	0	2.48	2.46	40	10	10	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.94	0.339	1.42	0.15%	3.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
10	50	75	Jul 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-8	L(3-2)	4	7.2	4	4	3	11	12	0	1	2.61	2.67	40	8	4	0	0	4	58			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	0.059	.33	0.01%	-0.89	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d4
11	51	79	Jul 9(2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(3-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	5	7	1	0	2.54	2.86	41	9	11	0	0	9	63			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.67	-0.053	.18	0.00%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
12	52	84	Jul 14	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-7	GS-7		4	6.1	6	3	3	1	8	1	0	2.68	2.84	26	9	2	1	0	6	56			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.009	.02	0.00%	-0.21	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a3
13	53	90	Jul 19(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	5.1	10	6	6	2	7	0	0	3.16	2.73	27	7	5	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	-0.375	.03	-0.01%	-3.73	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d4
14	54	95	Jul 23	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-3	L(3-5)	3	2.2	5	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.59	2.89	14	5	2	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.294	.05	-0.01%	-3.74	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d5
15	55	101	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-4	GS-8		5	7.1	4	1	1	6	9	1	0	3.40	3.00	30	6	6	0	1	3	69			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.76	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
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
16	56	106	Aug 2(1)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.19	2.92	34	9	11	1	0	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.184	.00	0.00%	3.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	57	112	Aug 7(2)	CLE		MIN	W,8-2	GS-4		4	4.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.07	2.89	16	2	5	1	0	3	58			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.210	.00	0.00%	1.81	1t start tie	4t 3 out a1
18	58	115	Aug 9(2)	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.05	2.87	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.48	6t 1-- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d2
19	59	117	Aug 12	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-4	GS-2	L(4-6)	2	1.2	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.25	2.86	11	1	1	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.313	.01	0.00%	-2.73	1b start a 1	2b -23 2 out d2
20	60	119	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-9	2-6		2	4.1	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.12	2.85	17	5	5	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.041	.00	0.00%	1.13	2b -2- 2 out d1	6b 3 out d2
21	61	123	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-6)	3	6.1	5	4	3	7	7	1	0	3.19	3.01	29	6	4	1	0	5	49			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.23	-0.170	.00	0.00%	-1.70	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
22	62	129	Aug 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-5		5	5.0	5	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.27	3.06	22	3	4	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-0.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
23	63	134	Aug 30(2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.25	3.06	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.06	0.323	.00	0.00%	0.85	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
Sep/Oct				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
24	64	135	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-0	GS-7	W(6-6)	1	6.1	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.09	3.05	27	7	7	1	2	6	62			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.261	.00	0.00%	2.31	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
25	65	141	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	5	2	1	1	8	0	0	2.96	2.93	33	10	9	1	0	5	78			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.53	0.160	.00	0.00%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	66	145	Sep 12	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	GS-6	W(8-6)	4	5.2	6	6	4	7	7	0	0	3.09	2.96	31	9	2	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-3.76	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a3
27	67	148	Sep 16(2)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(9-6)	3	7.1	7	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.06	3.01	31	10	5	1	2	7	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.56	0.222	.00	0.00%	1.38	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
28	68	150	Sep 20(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	9-GF		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.05	3.02	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.56	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-0.60	9b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
29	69	154	Sep 23(1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GS-9		2	9.0	6	3	0	4	6	0	0	2.88	2.99	37	11	11	1	0	5	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	2	0	2	1.22	0.242	.00	0.00%	1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
30	70	160	Sep 30(2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-6)	6	9.0	7	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.73	2.97	36	9	10	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.497	.00	0.00%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	71	164	Oct 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	12-GF(13)	W(11-6)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	2.95	7	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.316	.00	0.00%	0.92	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
							17-13		W-L:11-6,Sv:1	3.2	173.1	148	60	52	100	177	8	3	2.70	2.95	761	1.17		4%	1%	142	58	6	33%	4	2	0	645	25	0	6	14	4	8	1.23	1.965	.78	1.32%	15.40

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