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: 14-14 / in Starts: 14-11

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: 3

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	337	2	Apr 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-6	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	6	6	6	2	4	2	1	9.53	7.16	26	4	9	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.354	1.68	-0.36%	-3.66	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
2	338	6	Apr 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-5	W(2-0)	3	5.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	5.06	3.90	19	3	3	1	0	5	63			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.252	2.04	0.26%	1.99	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
3	339	11	Apr 26	SFG		PHI	W,8-6	GS-5		5	4.1	9	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.80	3.80	22	4	4	0	1	9	36			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	3	1	0	1.43	-0.068	1.53	-0.04%	-0.64	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a1
4	340	16	Apr 30(2)	SFG		MON	W,13-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	3.38	3.02	32	6	13	0	0	5	75			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	1	0	.47	0.224	.37	0.11%	1.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
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
5	341	21	May 6	SFG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	4	1	0	5	9	0	0	2.45	2.76	35	10	7	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	0.478	.78	0.15%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	342	24	May 10	SFG	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	8	1	1	2.57	2.83	34	6	10	0	0	7	67			0	2	1	31	3	0	1	1	0	0	.93	0.181	.54	0.06%	0.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	343	28	May 14	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-4		3	4.0	2	4	4	4	7	1	0	3.13	3.03	18	3	2	0	0	2	45			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	.55	-0.288	.32	-0.10%	-2.33	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
8	344	32	May 18	SFG		CIN	L,5-8	GS-7	L(5-1)	3	6.1	8	5	5	2	5	0	1	3.61	2.93	30	8	7	1	2	7	40			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	1	.89	-0.279	.28	-0.05%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a1
9	345	37	May 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-8	GS-8	W(6-1)	3	7.2	7	6	4	5	2	1	0	3.75	3.27	36	10	12	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.13	-0.371	.25	-0.05%	-3.01	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a3
10	346	41	May 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,11-9	GS-5		4	4.2	5	7	6	7	2	0	0	4.31	3.47	25	3	8	0	0	5	23			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.149	.16	-0.02%	-3.07	1b start a 3	5b 12- 2 out a3
11	347	45	May 30	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	GS-8	L(6-2)	2	7.1	7	5	5	4	6	1	0	4.50	3.54	33	5	12	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	2	0	.93	-0.418	.17	-0.05%	-2.11	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d2
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
12	348	49	Jun 3	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	L(6-3)	3	6.2	8	4	4	3	6	1	0	4.58	3.57	31	5	9	1	0	8	45			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.397	.15	-0.03%	-1.32	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
13	349	54	Jun 8	SFG		STL	L,4-6	GS-8	L(6-4)	4	7.0	8	5	5	3	8	0	0	4.73	3.39	32	5	8	0	1	8	46			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.387	.05	-0.01%	-1.83	1t start tie	8t --3 0 out tie
14	350	58	Jun 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.37	3.24	33	11	12	2	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.46	0.452	.02	0.00%	2.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	351	63	Jun 18	SFG	@	STL	W,8-2	GS-7	W(8-4)	3	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.25	3.14	26	9	8	0	3	4	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.99	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	352	67	Jun 23	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	7.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.31	3.25	31	10	8	3	0	5	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.62	-0.152	.01	0.00%	-1.22	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d3
17	353	71	Jun 27	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.2	8	2	2	5	6	0	0	4.14	3.21	37	10	9	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	31	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.77	0.374	.02	0.00%	2.63	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out a1
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
18	354	75	Jul 1	SFG		LAD	W,8-5	GS-5		3	4.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.30	3.33	22	4	7	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.352	.02	0.00%	-3.05	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a2
19	355	80	Jul 7	SFG	@	MON	L,2-7	GS-3	L(8-6)	5	2.2	5	5	4	1	0	0	2	4.50	3.38	15	6	2	0	0	4	29			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.299	.02	0.00%	-3.90	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d5
20	356	85	Jul 12	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-4	GS-4	L(8-7)	4	4.0	2	3	3	7	2	0	0	4.57	3.48	20	5	4	0	0	2	41			0	0	0	12	0	1	1	2	0	1	.90	-0.193	.05	-0.01%	-1.33	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
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
21	357	123	Aug 27	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		45	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	3.48	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.75	8b 123 2 out d6	8b end d 6
22	358	124	Aug 28	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	3-6		0	3.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.44	3.43	12	4	3	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.066	.00	0.00%	1.68	3b 12- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
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
23	359	128	Sep 2	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-4	L(8-8)	4	3.1	7	6	6	4	3	1	0	4.73	3.55	21	4	3	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.486	.00	0.00%	-4.53	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d4
24	360	133	Sep 7	SFG		HOU	L,1-5	GS-10		4	10.0	10	1	1	5	8	0	0	4.47	3.46	42	7	12	1	1	10	71			0	1	1	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.612	.00	0.00%	3.41	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
25	361	136	Sep 10(1)	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	8-9	BS(1)	2	0.2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.45	3.52	6	0	2	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.42	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-1.84	8t 1-3 1 out a1	9t 12- 0 out d1
26	362	144	Sep 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-4		8	4.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.57	3.56	21	3	4	1	1	8	32			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.257	.00	0.00%	-2.37	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
27	363	149	Sep 26	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS-8	W(9-8)	6	7.0	6	2	1	5	6	1	0	4.42	3.61	29	6	6	1	0	6	60			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.60	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
28	364	153	Oct 1	SFG		ATL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(10-8)	4	7.2	5	2	2	1	4	0	1	4.33	3.54	29	8	10	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.240	.00	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
							14-14		W-L:10-8,BSv:1	3.7	164.1	155	86	79	86	122	12	6	4.33	3.54	718	0.82		4%	3%	150	50	7	29%	2	10	2	613	23	7	6	14	5	8	1.12	-1.855	.30	-0.12%	-15.18

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