Sam McDowell

Q: When was Sam McDowell born?

Sam McDowell was born on September 21, 1942.

Q: Where was Sam McDowell born?

Sam McDowell was born in Pittsburgh, PA .

Q: How tall is Sam McDowell?

Sam McDowell is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Sam McDowell weigh when playing?

Sam McDowell weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Sam McDowell play?

Sam McDowell played 15 seasons.

Q: Is Sam McDowell in the Hall of Fame?

Sam McDowell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Sam McDowell have?

Sam McDowell had 2,453 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Sam McDowell played for?

Sam McDowell played for 4 teams; the Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Q: How many World Series has Sam McDowell won?

Sam McDowell has never won a World Series.

Q: When did Sam McDowell retire?

Sam McDowell last played in 1975.

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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Career

WAR

41.8

141

134

ERA

3.17

425

346

2492.1

2453

WHIP

1.308

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1960	17	CLE-min	D	5	6	.455	3.35	16	16		6	2		104.2	85	51	39	3	80	0	100	6	0	16				1.576	7.3	0.3	6.9	8.6	1.25	LAK FLOR
1961	18	CLE-min	AAA	13	10	.565	4.42	32	28		12	1		175.0	143	98	86	9	152	1	156	4	1	12				1.686	7.4	0.5	7.8	8.0	1.03	SLC PCL
1961	18	CLE	AL	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	27		3.36	1.263	4.3	0.0	7.1	7.1	1.00
1962	19	CLE-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.02	6	4		4	1		40.0	28	9	9	1	23	0	34	2	0	4				1.275	6.3	0.2	5.2	7.7	1.48	SLC PCL
1962	19	CLE	AL	3	7	.300	6.06	25	13	5	0	0	1	87.2	81	64	59	9	70	1	70	4	0	5	410	64	4.89	1.722	8.3	0.9	7.2	7.2	1.00
1963	20	CLE-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.41	12	12		5	0		87.0	63	35	33	4	50	0	84	1	0	9				1.299	6.5	0.4	5.2	8.7	1.68	JCK IL
1963	20	CLE	AL	3	5	.375	4.85	14	12	0	3	1	0	65.0	63	37	35	6	44	0	63	0	0	7	292	75	3.77	1.646	8.7	0.8	6.1	8.7	1.43
1964	21	CLE-min	AAA	8	0	1.000	1.18	9	9		7	5		76.0	34	11	10	2	24	0	102	1	0	2				0.763	4.0	0.2	2.8	12.1	4.25	POR PCL
1964	21	CLE	AL	11	6	.647	2.70	31	24	3	6	2	1	173.1	148	60	52	8	100	6	177	3	2	11	760	135	2.95	1.431	7.7	0.4	5.2	*9.2*	1.77
1965	22	CLE	AL	17	11	.607	2.18	42	35	5	14	3	4	273.0	178	80	66	9	*132*	7	325	6	0	17	1116	161	2.08	1.136	5.9	0.3	4.4	*10.7*	2.46	AS,MVP-17
1966	23	CLE	AL	9	8	.529	2.87	35	28	5	8	5	3	194.1	130	66	62	12	102	3	225	6	1	5	806	120	2.71	1.194	*6.0*	0.6	4.7	*10.4*	2.21	AS
1967	24	CLE	AL	13	15	.464	3.85	37	37	0	10	1	0	236.1	201	112	101	21	*123*	3	236	7	0	18	1014	86	3.35	1.371	7.7	0.8	4.7	9.0	1.92
1968	25	CLE	AL	15	14	.517	1.81	38	37	0	11	3	0	269.0	181	78	54	13	*110*	9	*283*	10	1	7	1098	165	2.25	1.082	6.1	0.4	3.7	*9.5*	2.57	AS
1969	26	CLE	AL	18	14	.563	2.94	39	38	1	18	4	1	285.0	222	111	93	13	102	9	*279*	7	1	14	1166	127	*2.29*	1.137	7.0	0.4	3.2	8.8	2.74	AS
1970	27	CLE	AL	20	12	.625	2.92	39	39	2	19	1	0	305.0	236	108	99	25	*131*	10	*304*	7	0	17	1257	134	3.07	1.203	7.0	0.7	3.9	*9.0*	2.32	AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1971	28	CLE	AL	13	17	.433	3.40	35	31	3	8	2	1	214.2	160	89	81	22	*153*	13	192	3	0	13	943	113	4.17	1.458	6.7	0.9	6.4	8.0	1.25	AS
1972	29	SFG	NL	10	8	.556	4.33	28	25	1	4	0	0	164.1	155	86	79	12	86	6	122	6	0	11	718	81	3.54	1.467	8.5	0.7	4.7	6.7	1.42
1973	30	TOT	MLB	6	10	.375	4.11	34	18	7	2	1	3	135.2	118	70	62	8	93	2	110	0	0	11	607	91	3.77	1.555	7.8	0.5	6.2	7.3	1.18
1973	30	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	4.50	18	3	6	0	0	3	40.0	45	23	20	4	29	0	35	0	0	5	190	86	4.29	1.850	10.1	0.9	6.5	7.9	1.21
1973	30	NYY	AL	5	8	.385	3.95	16	15	1	2	1	0	95.2	73	47	42	4	64	2	75	0	0	6	417	93	3.55	1.432	6.9	0.4	6.0	7.1	1.17
1974	31	NYY	AL	1	6	.143	4.69	13	7	3	0	0	0	48.0	42	27	25	6	41	2	33	0	0	3	224	76	5.39	1.729	7.9	1.1	7.7	6.2	0.80
1975	32	PIT	NL	2	1	.667	2.86	14	1	4	0	0	0	34.2	30	11	11	0	20	3	29	0	2	1	149	125	2.64	1.442	7.8	0.0	5.2	7.5	1.45
15 Yrs				141	134	.513	3.17	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9	1.87
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.513	3.17	37	31	3	9	2	1	220	172	88	78	14	116	7	216	5	1	12	934	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9	1.87
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CLE (11 yrs)				122	109	.528	2.99	336	295	24	97	22	11	2109.2	1603	805	702	138	1072	61	2159	53	5	114	8889	119	2.93	1.268	6.8	0.6	4.6	9.2	2.01
SFG (2 yrs)				11	10	.524	4.36	46	28	7	4	0	3	204.1	200	109	99	16	115	6	157	6	0	16	908	82	3.69	1.542	8.8	0.7	5.1	6.9	1.37
NYY (2 yrs)				6	14	.300	4.20	29	22	4	2	1	0	143.2	115	74	67	10	105	4	108	0	0	9	641	87	4.16	1.531	7.2	0.6	6.6	6.8	1.03
PIT (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.86	14	1	4	0	0	0	34.2	30	11	11	0	20	3	29	0	2	1	149	125	2.64	1.442	7.8	0.0	5.2	7.5	1.45

AL (13 yrs)				128	123	.510	3.07	365	317	28	99	23	11	2253.1	1718	879	769	148	1177	65	2267	53	5	123	9530	116	3.01	1.285	6.9	0.6	4.7	9.1	1.93
NL (3 yrs)				13	11	.542	4.14	60	29	11	4	0	3	239.0	230	120	110	16	135	9	186	6	2	17	1057	86	3.54	1.527	8.7	0.6	5.1	7.0	1.38

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1961	18	CLE	AL	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-143	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	19	CLE	AL	-0.2	25	27	26	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.154	.154	.154	.308	-15	.140	-47	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1963	20	CLE	AL	0.2	15	24	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.211	.250	.211	.461	32	.306	81	4	1	0	4	0	0	1/H
1964	21	CLE	AL	0.0	31	64	56	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	25	.143	.213	.161	.374	6	.188	-4	9	0	0	3	0	0	1
1965	22	CLE	AL	-0.3	43	101	95	5	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	35	.126	.135	.137	.272	-22	.144	-44	13	0	0	5	0	0	1/H	AS,MVP-17
1966	23	CLE	AL	0.1	36	65	60	2	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	27	.200	.210	.233	.443	28	.212	14	14	0	0	3	1	0	1/H	AS
1967	24	CLE	AL	0.2	37	88	82	5	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	28	.183	.190	.232	.422	23	.203	6	19	1	0	4	1	0	1
1968	25	CLE	AL	-0.1	38	96	85	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	35	.153	.189	.153	.342	5	.173	-16	13	1	1	6	1	0	1	AS
1969	26	CLE	AL	-0.3	39	104	92	3	16	3	0	0	6	0	1	0	31	.174	.172	.207	.379	4	.165	-39	19	2	0	11	1	0	1	AS
1970	27	CLE	AL	-0.4	40	115	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	42	.124	.140	.152	.293	-20	.153	-48	16	0	0	8	0	0	1/34H	AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1971	28	CLE	AL	-0.2	35	80	73	1	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	26	.178	.189	.178	.367	1	.184	-28	13	0	0	6	0	0	1	AS
1972	29	SFG	NL	-0.2	28	64	59	3	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	21	.119	.133	.169	.303	-15	.154	-42	10	1	0	4	0	0	1
1973	30	SFG	NL	-0.1	18	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	.152	-49	2	0	0	1	0	0	1

1975	32	PIT	NL	-0.1	14	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-144	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14 Yrs				-1.3	400	851	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	.173	-25	136	6	1	56	4	0	1/H34
162 Game Avg				-0.5	162	345	313	14	48	3	1	1	15	0	0	6	124	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	.173	-25	55	2	0	23	2	0

CLE (11 Yrs)				-0.9	340	766	695	30	110	6	1	2	32	0	1	15	273	.158	.176	.178	.355	1	.176	-22	124	5	1	51	4	0	1/H34
SFG (2 Yrs)				-0.3	46	77	71	4	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	28	.127	.139	.169	.308	-14	.153	-43	12	1	0	5	0	0	1
PIT (1 Yr)				-0.1	14	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-144	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

AL (11 Yrs)				-0.9	340	766	695	30	110	6	1	2	32	0	1	15	273	.158	.176	.178	.355	1	.176	-22	124	5	1	51	4	0	1/H34
NL (3 Yrs)				-0.4	60	85	79	4	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	33	.114	.125	.152	.277	-23	.138	-53	12	1	0	5	0	0	1

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					Standard											Total Zone		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1961	18	CLE	AL	P	1	1	0	6.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	.955			2.84	1.99	2.00	2.00	0	0	0			0
1962	19	CLE	AL	P	25	13	0	87.2	20	4	14	2	0	.900	.958			1.85	2.08	0.72	2.07	5	2	1	33.3	36.3	4
1963	20	CLE	AL	P	14	12	3	65.0	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	.955			1.52	1.99	0.79	2.00	7	0	1	100.0	33.0	0
1964	21	CLE	AL	P	31	24	6	173.1	29	7	20	2	1	.931	.957			1.40	1.90	0.87	1.89	11	4	2	33.3	37.0	0
1965	22	CLE	AL	P	42	35	14	273.0	56	6	46	4	0	.929	.951			1.71	2.04	1.24	2.03	17	4	9	69.2	33.8	2	AS,MVP-17
1966	23	CLE	AL	P	35	28	8	194.1	43	11	30	2	2	.953	.952			1.90	1.99	1.17	1.98	5	5	5	50.0	37.7	1	AS
1967	24	CLE	AL	P	37	37	10	236.1	45	9	31	5	2	.889	.957			1.52	1.96	1.08	1.96	18	6	13	68.4	40.9	0
1968	25	CLE	AL	P	38	37	11	269.0	44	10	30	4	7	.909	.957			1.34	1.89	1.05	1.88	7	9	5	35.7	36.8	1	AS
1969	26	CLE	AL	P	39	38	18	285.0	48	5	39	4	5	.917	.951			1.39	1.88	1.13	1.88	14	14	11	44.0	35.8	2	AS
1970	27	CLE	AL	P	39	39	19	305.0	42	3	35	4	1	.905	.951			1.12	1.86	0.97	1.85	17	2	11	84.6	39.5	5	AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1970	27	CLE	AL	1B	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	9.45	0.00	9.60							AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1970	27	CLE	AL	2B	1	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.980	0	0	27.00	5.40	1.00	5.30							AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1971	28	CLE	AL	P	35	31	8	214.2	33	3	26	4	2	.879	.958			1.22	1.98	0.83	1.97	13	3	8	72.7	38.8	0	AS
1972	29	SFG	NL	P	28	25	4	164.1	30	8	21	1	0	.967	.950			1.59	1.78	1.04	1.78	11	2	10	83.3	37.2	2
1973	30	2TM	2LG	P	34	18	2	135.2	27	7	20	0	1	1.000	.951			1.79	1.87	0.79	1.86	11	4	5	55.6	37.3	0
1973	30	SFG	NL	P	18	3	0	40.0	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	.950			1.80	1.89	0.44	1.88	5	2	2	50.0	36.0	0
1973	30	NYY	AL	P	16	15	2	95.2	19	4	15	0	1	1.000	.951			1.79	1.86	1.19	1.85	6	2	3	60.0	38.4	0
1974	31	NYY	AL	P	13	7	0	48.0	4	1	2	1	0	.750	.948			0.56	1.82	0.23	1.80	3	1	4	80.0	38.0	0
1975	32	PIT	NL	P	14	1	0	34.2	6	1	5	0	2	1.000	.947			1.56	1.87	0.43	1.86	1	4	2	33.3	32.2	2
15 Yrs					427	346	103	2493.1	441	80	328	33	23	.925	.954	0	0	1.47	1.93	0.96	1.95	140	60	87	59.2	37.2	19

P (15 Yrs)				P	425	346	103	2492.1	440	79	328	33	23	.925	.953			1.47	1.92	0.96	1.92	140	60	87	59.2	37.2	19
1B (1 Yr)				1B	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	9.45	0.00	9.60
2B (1 Yr)				2B	1	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.980	0	0	27.00	5.40	1.00	5.30

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sam McDowell?

Sam McDowell is 82 years old.

When was Sam McDowell born?

Sam McDowell was born on September 21, 1942.

Where was Sam McDowell born?

Sam McDowell was born in Pittsburgh, PA.

How tall is Sam McDowell?

Sam McDowell is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

How much did Sam McDowell weigh when playing?

Sam McDowell weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Sam McDowell play?

Sam McDowell played 15 seasons.

Is Sam McDowell in the Hall of Fame?

Sam McDowell has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Sam McDowell play?

Sam McDowell was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Sam McDowell have?

Sam McDowell had 2,453 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Sam McDowell played for?

Sam McDowell played for 4 teams; the Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates.

How many World Series has Sam McDowell won?

Sam McDowell has never won a World Series.

When did Sam McDowell retire?

Sam McDowell last played in 1975.

What are Sam McDowell's nicknames?

Sudden Sam is a nickname for Sam McDowell.

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