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Roger McDowell
Roger Alan McDowell

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: December 21, 1960 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Colerain (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Bowling Green State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1985
Final Game: August 14, 1996
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Roger McDowell
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1985	24	NYM	NL	62	22	19	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.158	.200	.211	.411	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	RoY-6
1986	25	NYM	NL	75	20	18	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.278	.316	.278	.594	67	5	0	0	1	0	0	1/79	MVP-17
1987	26	NYM	NL	56	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.231	.286	.308	.593	61	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	27	NYM	NL	63	9	9	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.667	1.000	188	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	TOT	NL	69	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	95	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	NYM	NL	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	194	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	PHI	NL	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	29	PHI	NL	72	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1991	30	TOT	NL	72	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1/7
1991	30	PHI	NL	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	30	LAD	NL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/7
1992	31	LAD	NL	65	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.500	.000	.500	55	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
1993	32	LAD	NL	54	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	176	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	33	LAD	NL	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				620	83	72	6	16	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	28	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	21	0	1	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	22	19	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	5	0	0	1	0	0

NYM (5 yrs)				281	67	61	4	15	5	0	0	6	0	0	3	21	.246	.281	.328	.609	70	20	0	0	3	0	0
LAD (4 yrs)				185	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.167	.444	.167	.611	79	1	0	1	1	0	0
PHI (3 yrs)				154	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1985	24	NYM	NL	22	18	1	1.5	94	.250	.158	.259	.200	.327	.211	.386	.411	.712	16	.131	-2.2	-0.2	.313	.105	.053
1986	25	NYM	NL	20	14	2	3.9	96	.357	.278	.259	.316	.329	.278	.391	.594	.720	67	.449	-0.8	-0.1	.462	.056	.000
1987	26	NYM	NL	14	10	1	2.7	102	.375	.231	.263	.286	.332	.308	.410	.593	.742	61	.260	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.154	.077
1988	27	NYM	NL	9	6	2	9.0	85	.750	.333	.250	.333	.313	.667	.368	1.000	.681	188	.816	1.0	0.1	1.000	.333	.333
1989	28	TOT	NL	3	2	1	13.5	87	.500	.333	.250	.333	.316	.333	.372	.667	.688	95	.900	-0.0	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1989	28	NYM	NL	2	1	1	27.0	86	.500	.500	.248	.500	.314	.500	.370	1.000	.684	194	.970	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1989	28	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	90		.000	.253	.000	.320	.000	.376	.000	.696	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1990	29	PHI	NL	3	3	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.263	.000	.330	.000	.395	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1991	30	TOT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.384	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1991	30	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.384	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1992	31	LAD	NL	7	4	1	6.8	91		.000	.258	.500	.323	.000	.380	.500	.703	55	.711	0.2	0.0	1.000	.667	.000
1993	32	LAD	NL	2	1	1	26.8	99	1.000	.500	.265	.500	.330	.500	.404	1.000	.733	176	.961	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1994	33	LAD	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104		.000	.267	.000	.333	.000	.418	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
12 Seasons				83	61	9	4.0	95	.364	.222	.258	.282	.326	.292	.389	.574	.715	61	.463	-3.6	-0.4	.482	.139	.069
162 Game Avg.				22	16	2	4.0	95	.364	.222	.258	.282	.326	.292	.389	.574	.715	61	.463	-3.6	-0.4	.482	.139	.069

NYM (5 yrs)				67	49	7	3.9	95	.375	.246	.258	.281	.326	.328	.389	.609	.715	70	.448	-2.4	-0.2	.500	.131	.082
PHI (3 yrs)				6	6	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.000	.325	.000	.387	.000	.712	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
LAD (4 yrs)				10	6	2	9.0	96	1.000	.167	.262	.444	.326	.167	.394	.611	.720	79	.793	0.1	0.0	.800	.333	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1986	25	NYM	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	NYM	NL	WS	BOS	W	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

1988	27	NYM	NL	NLCS	LAD	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2 NLCS							6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1985	24	NYM	NL	22	0.0%	31.8%	4.6%	4.6%	33%	7.00	2.7	19.0		1.75	55%
1986	25	NYM	NL	20	0.0%	20.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	4.00	4.5	6.0		1.40	70%
1987	26	NYM	NL	14	0.0%	35.7%	7.1%	7.1%	33%	5.00	2.6			0.50	57%
1988	27	NYM	NL	9	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	33.3%	100%		1.8	4.5	0.00	0.00	44%	75%	0.0%	25%
1989	28	TOT	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		0.00	0.00	67%	50%	0.0%	0%
1989	28	NYM	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				0.00	0.00	100%	50%	0.0%	0%
1989	28	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1990	29	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				33%	0%
1991	30	TOT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					0.00	0.00	100%	0%		100%
1991	30	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					0.00	0.00	100%	0%		100%
1992	31	LAD	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	28.6%	0.0%		1.50	1.0			1.00	0%	0%
1993	32	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%	0%
1994	33	LAD	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
12 Seasons				83	0.0%	33.7%	6.0%	6.0%	31%	5.60	2.6	12.0	0.13	1.06	53%	33%	0.0%	38%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1985	24	NYM	NL	0	0	25%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	25	NYM	NL	0	0	17%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1987	26	NYM	NL	0	0	25%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	27	NYM	NL	0	0	33%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	28	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	28	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	28	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	29	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	30	TOT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	30	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	31	LAD	NL	0	0	33%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	32	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	33	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				0	0	27%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1985	24	NYM	NL	22	14%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
1986	25	NYM	NL	20	30%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	6	0	0%	6	0	0%	24	3	13%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1987	26	NYM	NL	14	21%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1988	27	NYM	NL	9	33%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	2	33%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1989	28	TOT	NL	3	67%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1989	28	NYM	NL	2	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1989	28	PHI	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	29	PHI	NL	3	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1991	30	TOT	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1991	30	PHI	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1992	31	LAD	NL	7	29%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1993	32	LAD	NL	2	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1994	33	LAD	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
12 Seasons				83	28%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	5	45%	17	0	0%	18	5	28%	62	6	10%	3	1	33%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	27	NYM	NL	9	29	3.22	24	83%	33%	25%	25%	17%	67%	0%	55%	63%	44%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	40%	0	0	0
1989	28	TOT	NL	3	9	3.00	8	89%	0%	25%	50%	25%	100%	0%	89%	75%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1989	28	NYM	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	0%	0%	50%	50%	100%	0%	80%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1989	28	PHI	NL	1	4	4.00	4	100%	0%	50%	50%	0%	100%		100%	50%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1990	29	PHI	NL	2	3	1.50	2	67%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	67%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0
1991	30	TOT	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	40%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1991	30	PHI	NL	2	5	2.50	4	80%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	40%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1992	31	LAD	NL	7	26	3.71	13	50%	46%	23%	23%	8%	54%	0%	27%	57%	14%	29%	2	0	29%	2	0	29%	2	0	33%	0	0	0
1993	32	LAD	NL	2	8	4.00	6	75%	33%	33%	17%	17%	67%	0%	50%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1994	33	LAD	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	67%	33%	0%	0%	33%		33%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
7 Seasons				26	83	3.19	60	72%	33%	23%	23%	20%	67%	0%	48%	65%	35%	8%	2	0	8%	2	0	8%	2	0	27%	1	0	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1985	24	62	22	19	1	3	1	1	1	7	.158	.200	.211	.411	16	4	0	2
1986	25	137	42	37	2	8	1	4	2	11	.216	.256	.243	.500	41	9	0	3
1987	26	193	56	50	3	11	2	4	3	16	.220	.264	.260	.524	46	13	0	3
1988	27	256	65	59	4	14	5	6	3	21	.237	.274	.322	.596	67	19	0	3
1989	28	325	68	62	4	15	5	6	3	22	.242	.277	.323	.600	68	20	0	3
1990	29	397	71	64	5	15	5	6	3	23	.234	.269	.313	.581	63	20	0	4
1991	30	469	73	66	5	15	5	6	3	23	.227	.261	.303	.564	58	20	0	4
1992	31	534	80	69	6	15	5	6	5	26	.217	.280	.290	.570	61	20	1	5
1993	32	588	82	71	6	16	5	6	5	27	.225	.286	.296	.581	64	21	1	5
1994	33	620	83	72	6	16	5	6	5	28	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	21	1	5
1995	34	620	83	72	6	16	5	6	5	28	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	21	1	5
1996	35	620	83	72	6	16	5	6	5	28	.222	.282	.292	.574	61	21	1	5

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1985	24	62	20	19	1	3	1	1	1	7	.158	.200	.211	.411	1	62
1986	25	75	20	19	1	6	0	3	1	4	.316	.350	.316	.666	2	75
1987	26	56	14	13	1	3	1	0	1	5	.231	.286	.308	.593	1	56
1988	27	63	9	9	1	0	0	2	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	63
1989	28	69	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	69
1990	29	72	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	72
1991	30	72	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	72
1992	31	65	6	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.500	.000	.500	1	65
1993	32	54	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	54
1994	33	45	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	32
10 Seasons		633	79	73	7	12	2	6	5	28	.164	.228	.192	.420	9	620
162 Game Avg.		162	20	19	2	3	1	2	1	7	.164	.228	.192	.420	2	620

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-NL-17-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Other Resources & Links

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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