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: 17-18 / in Starts: 14-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 0

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	302	2	Apr 8	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	GS-7		99	7.0	2	2	2	5	9	2	1	2.57	6.17	29	5	7	0	1	2	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.059	1.10	0.05%	1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
2	303	5	Apr 14	CLE		BAL	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	5	6.0	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.46	5.84	24	8	7	2	2	4	51			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.077	1.46	-0.09%	-0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	304	8	Apr 18(1)	CLE		WSA	L,0-4	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	5.2	5	4	3	9	3	0	0	3.86	5.93	31	7	7	0	4	5	39			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.183	1.37	-0.16%	-1.92	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d4
4	305	13	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	5.1	1	3	3	9	4	0	0	4.13	5.95	26	5	7	1	0	1	49			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.201	1.49	-0.13%	-0.92	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
5	306	18	Apr 28	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	5	8	0	0	3.77	5.13	32	5	7	0	0	7	58			0	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.39	0.083	.94	0.03%	0.79	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
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
6	307	22	May 2(1)	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-8	GS-1	L(0-4)	3	0.1	3	5	3	2	0	1	0	4.60	5.71	6	1	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.392	.81	-0.16%	-3.69	1b start a 2	1b 1-3 1 out d1
7	308	23	May 2(2)	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	7-GF(10)	W(1-4)	-1	4.0	2	1	1	4	4	1	0	4.33	5.82	16	5	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	-0.013	1.24	-0.01%	0.69	7b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 4
8	309	26	May 7	CLE		CAL	L,2-4	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.95	5.47	31	9	7	0	0	7	62			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.125	.49	0.04%	1.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	310	30	May 12	CLE		OAK	L,1-8	GS-6	L(1-5)	4	5.2	12	6	6	2	4	2	0	4.59	5.61	30	7	5	0	0	12	23			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	1	0	.97	-0.258	.42	-0.07%	-2.39	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
10	311	34	May 18	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	GS-7	W(2-5)	5	6.0	1	2	1	10	6	0	0	4.25	5.60	30	8	5	0	0	1	60			0	0	0	20	0	0	2	1	0	2	1.34	0.040	.87	0.02%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a5
11	312	40	May 23(2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	8	6	0	0	3.80	5.34	40	12	11	2	0	3	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.66	0.472	.81	0.14%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
12	313	43	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	9	11	0	0	3.33	5.05	37	8	7	0	1	2	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.333	.50	0.11%	4.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
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
13	314	48	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(5-5)	4	8.0	5	2	2	6	8	1	0	3.22	4.98	35	6	10	0	3	5	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.239	.69	0.08%	1.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
14	315	52	Jun 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(6-5)	5	9.0	6	3	3	3	10	1	0	3.20	4.75	36	7	10	0	2	6	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.276	.67	0.10%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	316	57	Jun 13	CLE		MIL	W,11-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	9	0	0	2.91	4.48	32	8	9	0	3	2	88			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.109	.10	0.04%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
16	317	61	Jun 17	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GS-6	L(7-6)	3	6.0	4	3	2	5	3	0	2	2.91	4.51	27	8	5	0	0	4	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	2	1	1	1.14	-0.079	.61	-0.03%	-0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
17	318	65	Jun 20 susp	CLE		DET	W,8-7	8-GF	BW(8-6)	2	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.94	4.52	11	0	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	-0.022	1.52	-0.01%	-0.06	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
18	319	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(8-7)	2	8.0	5	2	2	5	14	1	0	2.90	4.37	34	4	8	4	0	3	73			0	0	0	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.09	0.031	.53	0.01%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	320	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.76	4.23	33	7	13	3	3	4	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.485	.18	0.06%	3.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
20	321	78	Jul 1	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	6	2	2	2	11	1	0	2.73	4.10	33	7	7	0	1	6	71			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.089	.29	0.02%	1.77	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
21	322	88	Jul 10(1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-11	GS-5	L(9-8)	8	5.0	7	7	7	5	6	2	0	3.09	4.25	26	5	3	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.595	.05	-0.01%	-4.86	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d4
22	323	91	Jul 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	7.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.00	4.17	26	10	7	2	0	2	70			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.150	.01	0.00%	1.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
23	324	95	Jul 19	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	7	1	0	4	7	0	0	2.82	4.06	37	14	5	0	1	7	74			0	1	0	32	2	0	3	1	0	1	1.43	0.522	.00	0.00%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	325	98	Jul 23	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	GS-5	L(10-10)	3	4.1	5	4	4	4	3	0	0	2.97	4.05	22	4	6	3	2	5	36			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.34	-0.346	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
25	326	102	Jul 27	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	W(11-10)	3	9.0	6	3	3	4	4	2	0	2.98	4.15	34	10	10	1	1	6	63			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.37	0.237	.00	0.00%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
26	327	116	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS-6	W(12-10)	13	6.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.87	4.04	23	5	5	0	0	4	69			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.336	.00	0.00%	2.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
27	328	121	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(12-11)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.93	3.98	27	5	7	0	1	7	48			0	1	0	23	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.41	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
28	329	133	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	L,5-6	GS-2	L(12-12)	13	1.1	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	3.11	4.04	11	1	3	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-4.60	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d4
29	330	135	Aug 31(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.07	4.00	9	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.91	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
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
30	331	138	Sep 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-3	L(12-13)	2	3.0	5	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.22	4.03	18	6	2	1	1	3	34			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.336	.00	0.00%	-3.60	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
31	332	143	Sep 7	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(12-14)	3	7.0	5	3	3	6	7	1	0	3.24	4.06	30	8	5	2	0	4	56			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
32	333	145	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	GS-9	W(13-14)	4	8.0	6	2	2	6	8	1	0	3.20	4.07	36	11	5	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.252	.00	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
33	334	147	Sep 14 susp	CLE		WSA	L,6-8	17-20	L(13-15)	1	3.1	1	3	2	6	2	0	0	3.24	4.11	19	8	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.08	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-2.65	17t --- 0 out tie	20t 123 1 out d3
34	335	150	Sep 17(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-7	L(13-16)	2	7.0	7	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.17	4.10	30	12	7	1	1	6	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	3	0	1	1.20	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
35	336	157	Sep 24(1)	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	GS-5	L(13-17)	6	4.2	7	7	7	1	3	2	0	3.40	4.17	22	5	6	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.454	.00	0.00%	-4.74	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d5
							17-18		W-L:13-17,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.4	214.2	160	89	81	153	192	22	3	3.40	4.17	943	1.10		5%	6%	151	56	0	---%	3	8	0	773	26	2	13	21	5	13	1.17	0.384	.45	0.03%	4.49

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