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: 16-18 / in Starts: 7-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 8

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	365	8	Apr 13	SFG		CIN	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.84	0.167	8.55	0.22%	0.51	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
2	366	10	Apr 15(1)	SFG		CIN	L,0-11	4-5		1	1.1	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.57	8	1	0	0	0	2		1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.009	.64	-0.01%	-0.21	4t -2- 2 out d5	5t 3 out d6
3	367	14	Apr 18	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	GS-4		2	3.2	3	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.76	2.92	18	1	5	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.179	2.73	-0.21%	-1.51	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 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
4	368	25	May 1	SFG		PIT	W,8-7	7-8		12	2.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.87	2.83	12	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.048	.48	-0.06%	-1.04	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d5
5	369	27	May 3	SFG		PIT	L,5-14	2-5		1	3.1	9	7	6	2	0	1	0	9.00	4.48	20	4	5	1	0	9		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.040	.16	-0.05%	-5.46	2t --- 2 out d6	5t 3 out d12
6	370	30	May 6(1)	SFG		CHC	W,11-9	5-8		2	3.1	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	7.53	3.89	15	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.004	1.92	-0.01%	0.03	5t --- 0 out a3	8t 12- 1 out a2
7	371	31	May 6(2)	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.36	3.73	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.035	2.95	0.05%	0.10	9t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
8	372	34	May 10	SFG		STL	W,6-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	3	6.0	6	3	3	4	1	1	0	6.53	4.50	26	3	12	1	3	6	45			0	2	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.059	2.36	-0.08%	-0.12	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
9	373	36	May 12	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.43	4.47	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	0.144	10.70	0.23%	0.68	8t 1-3 1 out tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
10	374	37	May 13	SFG		LAD	L,3-15	4-7		0	3.1	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	5.92	4.50	16	4	4	2	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.015	.11	-0.02%	-1.08	4t 1-3 2 out d7	7t 3 out d10
11	375	41	May 18	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.47	4.05	7	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.032	.67	0.06%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
12	376	43	May 20	SFG	@	HOU	L,7-8	8-GF	L(1-1)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	5.60	4.25	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	-0.121	8.36	-0.20%	0.36	8b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
13	377	46	May 24	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	6.0	9	2	2	1	5	1	0	5.13	4.13	28	7	6	1	0	9	50			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.059	2.35	0.08%	0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
14	378	50	May 28	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	8-9	H(1)	3	1.0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	5.24	4.11	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	2.51	-0.098	5.45	-0.13%	-1.44	8t --- 0 out a3	9t --3 0 out a2
15	379	51	May 29	SFG		NYM	L,2-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.09	4.24	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.007	1.04	-0.01%	0.46	9t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
16	380	52	May 30	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	4.18	4	1	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.215	4.45	0.28%	0.70	8t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
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
17	381	55	Jun 3	SFG		PHI	W,5-4	8-9		3	1.2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.70	4.29	8	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.012	.32	0.02%	0.20	8t --- 0 out d3	9t 123 2 out d3
18	382	58	Jun 6	SFG	@	PIT	W,9-7	6-7	H(2)	2	1.2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.50	4.29	9	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.038	4.20	0.06%	0.17	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 123 2 out a4
				Player went from San Francisco Giants to New York Yankees
19	383	63	Jun 17(2)	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(2-2)	10	6.2	4	1	1	7	6	0	0	4.05	4.24	29	5	7	1	1	4	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	1	0	.88	0.158	1.62	0.18%	1.64	1b start a 4	7b 12- 2 out a4
20	384	68	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-2)	5	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.86	3.96	29	6	9	0	3	5	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.128	3.22	0.22%	1.24	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
21	385	74	Jun 28	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	6	4	3	3	1	0	0	3.86	3.92	28	6	12	0	0	6	49			0	1	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.124	3.68	-0.27%	-0.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
22	386	80	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	6.0	3	1	1	7	6	0	0	3.65	3.93	28	6	6	0	0	3	61			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.156	4.41	0.31%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
23	387	94	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	W,2-0	GS-8	W(5-3)	11	8.0	3	0	0	7	7	0	0	3.25	3.88	33	8	9	3	5	2	76			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	0.529	4.00	0.85%	3.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
24	388	99	Jul 20(2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-0	SHO(6)	W(6-3)	4	6.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.01	3.62	21	3	7	1	0	2	75			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.270	1.86	0.47%	2.75	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
25	389	106	Jul 29(2)	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(6-4)	8	6.1	7	6	6	4	3	1	0	3.41	3.76	31	5	12	3	2	7	34			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	-0.135	3.32	-0.27%	-3.00	1b start tie	7b --- 1 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
26	390	111	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-4	L(6-5)	4	3.1	7	7	6	3	5	0	0	3.89	3.71	20	2	3	1	1	7	22			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.67	-0.285	2.48	-0.64%	-3.89	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d5
27	391	115	Aug 7(1)	NYY		TEX	L,1-2	CG	L(6-6)	3	9.0	7	2	2	6	4	0	0	3.71	3.70	39	10	13	1	4	6	63			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.081	2.27	0.12%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
28	392	120	Aug 12	NYY		OAK	L,12-13	GS-7		4	6.2	8	8	6	3	6	2	0	3.99	3.85	31	4	10	0	4	8	33			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.195	1.87	-0.32%	-3.36	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a5
29	393	124	Aug 17	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-8	GS-5	L(6-7)	4	4.2	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.07	3.85	22	6	3	1	1	6	39			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.43	-0.199	3.30	-0.28%	-1.03	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d2
30	394	129	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.2	4	5	5	4	2	0	0	4.29	3.87	22	5	7	1	3	4	34			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.316	1.43	-0.25%	-2.79	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out tie
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
31	395	137	Sep 2	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(6-8)	10	7.1	3	1	1	5	3	0	0	4.11	3.86	29	7	11	0	0	3	66			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.356	.17	0.03%	2.80	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
32	396	141	Sep 7	NYY		MIL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(6-9)	4	5.1	3	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.15	3.80	22	6	6	1	2	2	52			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.140	.03	0.00%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d3
33	397	154	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		14	1.2	1	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.16	3.85	7	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.39	7b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 4
34	398	158	Sep 26	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(6-10)	3	6.0	4	3	2	3	6	0	0	4.11	3.77	26	9	4	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
							16-18		W-L:6-10,Sv:3,Hld:2	2.7	135.2	118	70	62	93	110	8	0	4.11	3.77	607	0.76		7%	10%	115	51	13	23%	4	5	0	503	16	4	2	8	6	4	.98	0.297	2.17	0.35%	-5.23

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