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Jack McDowell
Jack Burns McDowell (BlackJack)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 16, 1966 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, CA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed July 29, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1987
Final Game: August 8, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 21 CHW AL 3 0 1.000 1.93 4 4 0 0 0 0 28.0 16 6 6 1 6 0 15 2 0 0 103 239 0.786 5.1 0.3 1.9 4.8 2.50
1988 22 CHW AL 5 10 .333 3.97 26 26 0 1 0 0 158.2 147 85 70 12 68 5 84 7 1 11 687 100 1.355 8.3 0.7 3.9 4.8 1.24
1990 24 CHW AL 14 9 .609 3.82 33 33 0 4 0 0 205.0 189 93 87 20 77 0 165 7 1 7 866 100 1.298 8.3 0.9 3.4 7.2 2.14
1991 25 CHW AL 17 10 .630 3.41 35 35 0 15 3 0 253.2 212 97 96 19 82 2 191 4 1 10 1028 117 1.159 7.5 0.7 2.9 6.8 2.33 AS,CYA-9
1992 26 CHW AL 20 10 .667 3.18 34 34 0 13 1 0 260.2 247 95 92 21 75 9 178 7 0 6 1079 123 1.235 8.5 0.7 2.6 6.1 2.37 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19
1993 27 CHW AL 22 10 .688 3.37 34 34 0 10 4 0 256.2 261 104 96 20 69 6 158 3 1 8 1067 125 1.286 9.2 0.7 2.4 5.5 2.29 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1994 28 CHW AL 10 9 .526 3.73 25 25 0 6 2 0 181.0 186 82 75 12 42 2 127 5 0 4 755 126 1.260 9.2 0.6 2.1 6.3 3.02
1995 29 NYY AL 15 10 .600 3.93 30 30 0 8 2 0 217.2 211 106 95 25 78 1 157 5 1 9 927 118 1.328 8.7 1.0 3.2 6.5 2.01
1996 30 CLE AL 13 9 .591 5.11 30 30 0 5 1 0 192.0 214 119 109 22 67 2 141 4 0 5 846 96 1.464 10.0 1.0 3.1 6.6 2.10
1997 31 CLE AL 3 3 .500 5.09 8 6 0 0 0 0 40.2 44 25 23 6 18 1 38 1 0 1 181 92 1.525 9.7 1.3 4.0 8.4 2.11
1998 32 ANA AL 5 3 .625 5.09 14 14 0 0 0 0 76.0 96 45 43 11 19 1 45 1 0 2 334 93 1.513 11.4 1.3 2.3 5.3 2.37
1999 33 ANA AL 0 4 .000 8.05 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.0 31 17 17 4 5 0 12 2 0 0 93 60 1.895 14.7 1.9 2.4 5.7 2.40
12 Seasons 127 87 .593 3.85 277 275 0 62 13 0 1889.0 1854 874 809 173 606 29 1311 48 5 63 7966 111 1.302 8.8 0.8 2.9 6.2 2.16
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .593 3.85 34 34 0 8 2 0 233 228 108 100 21 75 4 162 6 1 8 981 111 1.302 8.8 0.8 2.9 6.2 2.16
CHW (7 yrs) 91 58 .611 3.50 191 191 0 49 10 0 1343.2 1258 562 522 105 419 24 918 35 4 46 5585 117 1.248 8.4 0.7 2.8 6.1 2.19
ANA (2 yrs) 5 7 .417 5.68 18 18 0 0 0 0 95.0 127 62 60 15 24 1 57 3 0 2 427 84 1.589 12.0 1.4 2.3 5.4 2.38
CLE (2 yrs) 16 12 .571 5.11 38 36 0 5 1 0 232.2 258 144 132 28 85 3 179 5 0 6 1027 95 1.474 10.0 1.1 3.3 6.9 2.11
NYY (1 yr) 15 10 .600 3.93 30 30 0 8 2 0 217.2 211 106 95 25 78 1 157 5 1 9 927 118 1.328 8.7 1.0 3.2 6.5 2.01

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1993 27 CHW AL ALCS L TOR 0 2 .000 10.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 18 10 10 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 50 2.556 18.0 1.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
1995 29 NYY AL ALDS L SEA 0 2 .000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 7 7 1 4 1 6 1 0 1 32 1.714 10.3 1.3 5.1 7.7 1.50
1996 30 CLE AL ALDS L BAL 0 0 6.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 6 4 4 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 25 1.235 9.5 1.6 1.6 7.9 5.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 4 .000 8.72 5 4 1 0 0 0 21.2 32 21 21 3 10 1 16 2 0 2 107 1.938 13.3 1.2 4.2 6.6 1.60
2 ALDS 0 2 .000 7.82 3 2 1 0 0 0 12.2 14 11 11 2 5 1 11 2 0 1 57 1.500 9.9 1.4 3.6 7.8 2.20
1 ALCS 0 2 .000 10.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 18 10 10 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 50 2.556 18.0 1.0 5.0 5.0 1.00

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 CHW AL 21 P 4 4 28.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.75 .957 1.83 0.68
1988 CHW AL 22 P 26 26 158.2 33 12 16 5 1 .848 1.59 1.08 .967 1.78 0.67
1990 CHW AL 24 P 33 33 205.0 38 17 20 1 3 .974 1.62 1.12 .953 1.78 0.59
1991 CHW AL 25 P 35 35 253.2 51 19 32 0 1 1.000 1.81 1.46 .955 1.80 0.58 AS,CYA-9
1992 CHW AL 26 P 34 34 260.2 45 16 27 2 3 .956 1.48 1.26 .953 1.72 0.56 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19
1993 CHW AL 27 P 34 34 256.2 69 23 43 3 2 .957 2.31 1.94 .952 1.79 0.56 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1994 CHW AL 28 P 25 25 181.0 31 8 23 0 0 1.000 1.54 1.24 .955 1.72 0.52
1995 NYY AL 29 P 30 30 217.2 45 17 27 1 1 .978 1.82 1.47 .960 1.79 0.53
1996 CLE AL 30 P 30 30 192.0 48 20 27 1 0 .979 2.20 1.57 .958 1.77 0.52
1997 CLE AL 31 P 8 6 40.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.99 1.13 .956 1.70 0.49
1998 ANA AL 32 P 14 14 76.0 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.78 1.07 .953 1.78 0.50
1999 ANA AL 33 P 4 4 19.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.84 1.50 .950 1.71 0.48
12 Seasons P 277 275 1889.0 397 139 245 13 12 .967 1.83 1.39 .956 1.77 0.56
12 Seasons TOT 277 275 1889.0 397 139 245 13 12 .967 1.83 1.39 .923 1.77 0.56

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2005 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1991 *
1992 *
1993 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1993 AL Cy Young
1993 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 AL (19, 1%)
1993 AL (9, 13%)
0.14 Career Shares (812th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 AL (9, 2%)
1992 AL (2, 36%)
1993 AL (1, 89%)
1 Cy Young
1.27 Career Shares (34th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1992 AL  3.176 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1991 AL  17 (8th)
1992 AL  20 (3rd)
1993 AL  22 (1st)
1995 AL  15 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1992 AL  .667 (5th)
1993 AL  .688 (9th)
Career  .593 (134th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1991 AL  1.159 (9th)
1994 AL  1.260 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1991 AL  7.522 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 AL  2.420 (7th)
1994 AL  2.088 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 AL  7.244 (9th)
1991 AL  6.777 (7th)
1992 AL  6.146 (10th)
Career  6.246 (179th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1991 AL  253.7 (2nd)
1992 AL  260.7 (3rd)
1993 AL  256.7 (2nd)
1994 AL  181.0 (2nd)
1995 AL  217.7 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1991 AL  191 (4th)
1992 AL  178 (5th)
1994 AL  127 (7th)
1995 AL  157 (8th)
Career  1311 (244th)

Games Started s c a p y
1990 AL  33 (8th)
1991 AL  35 (1st)
1992 AL  34 (7th)
1993 AL  34 (6th)
1994 AL  25 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1991 AL  15 (1st)
1992 AL  13 (1st)
1993 AL  10 (3rd)
1994 AL  6 (4th)
1995 AL  8 (1st)
1996 AL  5 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1991 AL  3 (2nd)
1993 AL  4 (1st)
1994 AL  2 (7th)
1995 AL  2 (3rd)
1996 AL  1 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1995 AL  25 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1992 AL  247 (4th)
1993 AL  261 (2nd)
1994 AL  186 (3rd)
1995 AL  211 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1990 AL  2.143 (10th)
1991 AL  2.329 (10th)
1992 AL  2.373 (8th)
1994 AL  3.024 (1st)
Career  2.163 (188th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 AL  .597 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1991 AL  96 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 AL  11 (8th)
1991 AL  10 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 AL  7 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1991 AL  1028 (3rd)
1992 AL  1079 (2nd)
1993 AL  1067 (2nd)
1994 AL  755 (4th)
1995 AL  927 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1992 AL  123 (9th)

Salary s c a p y
1994 AL  $5,300,000 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1987 AL  born 1966-01-16 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 13 (166), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 85 (273), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 36 (370), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Freddy Garcia (963)
  2. Chris Carpenter (954)
  3. Matt Morris (951)
  4. Denny McLain (951)
  5. Tom Browning (945)
  6. Doc Medich (945)
  7. Ramon Martinez (943)
  8. John Smiley (943)
  9. Pat Malone (940)
  10. Carl Erskine (938)
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  2. Omar Olivares (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joel Pineiro (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Busby (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kevin Appier (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dennis Leonard (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dennis Leonard (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dennis Leonard (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Millwood (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mike Flanagan (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dennis Leonard (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed July 29, 1987.

December 14, 1994: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Keith Heberling (minors). The New York Yankees sent Lyle Mouton (April 22, 1995) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

October 31, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 5, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

February 27, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

August 9, 1999: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1988Chicago White Sox$62,500
1991Chicago White Sox$175,000
1992Chicago White Sox$1,600,000
1993Chicago White Sox$4,000,000
1994Chicago White Sox$5,300,000
1995New York Yankees$5,400,000
1996Cleveland Indians$4,800,000
1997Cleveland Indians$4,800,000
1998Anaheim Angels$1,500,000
1999Anaheim Angels$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$28,137,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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