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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
Schools: 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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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
1985 24 NYM NL 6 5 .545 2.83 62 2 36 0 0 17 127.1 108 43 40 9 37 8 70 1 2 6 516 123 1.139 7.6 0.6 2.6 4.9 1.89 RoY-6
1986 25 NYM NL 14 9 .609 3.02 75 0 52 0 0 22 128.0 107 48 43 4 42 5 65 3 3 3 524 118 1.164 7.5 0.3 3.0 4.6 1.55 MVP-17
1987 26 NYM NL 7 5 .583 4.16 56 0 45 0 0 25 88.2 95 41 41 7 28 4 32 2 1 3 384 91 1.387 9.6 0.7 2.8 3.2 1.14
1988 27 NYM NL 5 5 .500 2.63 62 0 41 0 0 16 89.0 80 31 26 1 31 7 46 3 1 6 378 123 1.247 8.1 0.1 3.1 4.7 1.48
1989 28 TOT NL 4 8 .333 1.96 69 0 56 0 0 23 92.0 79 36 20 3 38 8 47 3 1 3 387 175 1.272 7.7 0.3 3.7 4.6 1.24
1989 28 NYM NL 1 5 .167 3.31 25 0 15 0 0 4 35.1 34 21 13 1 16 3 15 2 1 3 156 98 1.415 8.7 0.3 4.1 3.8 0.94
1989 28 PHI NL 3 3 .500 1.11 44 0 41 0 0 19 56.2 45 15 7 2 22 5 32 1 0 0 231 318 1.182 7.1 0.3 3.5 5.1 1.45
1990 29 PHI NL 6 8 .429 3.86 72 0 60 0 0 22 86.1 92 41 37 2 35 9 39 2 1 1 373 98 1.471 9.6 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.11
1991 30 TOT NL 9 9 .500 2.93 71 0 34 0 0 10 101.1 100 40 33 4 48 20 50 2 0 2 445 124 1.461 8.9 0.4 4.3 4.4 1.04
1991 30 PHI NL 3 6 .333 3.20 38 0 16 0 0 3 59.0 61 28 21 1 32 12 28 2 0 1 271 114 1.576 9.3 0.2 4.9 4.3 0.88
1991 30 LAD NL 6 3 .667 2.55 33 0 18 0 0 7 42.1 39 12 12 3 16 8 22 0 0 1 174 140 1.299 8.3 0.6 3.4 4.7 1.38
1992 31 LAD NL 6 10 .375 4.09 65 0 39 0 0 14 83.2 103 46 38 3 42 13 50 1 1 4 393 85 1.733 11.1 0.3 4.5 5.4 1.19
1993 32 LAD NL 5 3 .625 2.25 54 0 19 0 0 2 68.0 76 32 17 2 30 10 27 2 0 5 300 171 1.559 10.1 0.3 4.0 3.6 0.90
1994 33 LAD NL 0 3 .000 5.23 32 0 11 0 0 0 41.1 50 25 24 3 22 6 29 1 0 3 193 76 1.742 10.9 0.7 4.8 6.3 1.32
1995 34 TEX AL 7 4 .636 4.02 64 0 26 0 0 4 85.0 86 39 38 5 34 7 49 6 1 1 362 121 1.412 9.1 0.5 3.6 5.2 1.44
1996 35 BAL AL 1 1 .500 4.25 41 0 11 0 0 4 59.1 69 32 28 7 23 1 20 2 0 0 262 117 1.551 10.5 1.1 3.5 3.0 0.87
12 Seasons 70 70 .500 3.30 723 2 430 0 0 159 1050.0 1045 454 385 50 410 98 524 28 11 37 4517 114 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.28
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 3.30 68 0 40 0 0 15 98 98 43 36 5 38 9 49 3 1 3 424 114 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.28
NYM (5 yrs) 33 29 .532 3.13 280 2 189 0 0 84 468.1 424 184 163 22 154 27 228 11 8 21 1958 112 1.234 8.1 0.4 3.0 4.4 1.48
LAD (4 yrs) 17 19 .472 3.48 184 0 87 0 0 23 235.1 268 115 91 11 110 37 128 4 1 13 1060 106 1.606 10.2 0.4 4.2 4.9 1.16
PHI (3 yrs) 12 17 .414 2.90 154 0 117 0 0 44 202.0 198 84 65 5 89 26 99 5 1 2 875 127 1.421 8.8 0.2 4.0 4.4 1.11
TEX (1 yr) 7 4 .636 4.02 64 0 26 0 0 4 85.0 86 39 38 5 34 7 49 6 1 1 362 121 1.412 9.1 0.5 3.6 5.2 1.44
BAL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.25 41 0 11 0 0 4 59.1 69 32 28 7 23 1 20 2 0 0 262 117 1.551 10.5 1.1 3.5 3.0 0.87
NL (10 yrs) 62 65 .488 3.17 618 2 393 0 0 151 905.2 890 383 319 38 353 90 455 20 10 36 3893 113 1.372 8.8 0.4 3.5 4.5 1.29
AL (2 yrs) 8 5 .615 4.12 105 0 37 0 0 8 144.1 155 71 66 12 57 8 69 8 1 1 624 119 1.469 9.7 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.21

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
1986 25 NYM NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0.143 1.3 0.0 0.0 3.9
1986 25 NYM NL WS W BOS 1 0 1.000 4.91 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 10 5 4 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 37 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 2.5 0.33
1988 27 NYM NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 4.50 4 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 26 1.333 9.0 1.5 3.0 7.5 2.50
2 Seasons (3 Series) 1 1 .500 3.10 11 0 5 0 0 0 20.1 17 8 7 1 8 3 10 0 0 0 84 1.230 7.5 0.4 3.5 4.4 1.25
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 2.08 6 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 7 3 3 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 47 0.692 4.8 0.7 1.4 5.5 4.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 4.91 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 10 5 4 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 37 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 2.5 0.33

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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

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 5 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) 11 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 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1985 NYM NL 24 P 62 2 127.1 48 17 27 4 2 .917 3.11 0.71 .954 1.92 0.68 RoY-6
1986 NYM NL 25 P 75 0 128.0 47 17 30 0 0 1.000 3.30 0.63 .953 1.94 0.66 MVP-17
1986 NYM NL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40 MVP-17
1986 NYM NL 25 OF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -180.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.80 MVP-17
1986 NYM NL 25 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60 MVP-17
1987 NYM NL 26 P 56 0 88.2 27 10 17 0 1 1.000 2.74 0.48 .952 1.91 0.62
1988 NYM NL 27 P 62 0 89.0 31 11 19 1 2 .968 3.03 0.48 .955 1.96 0.69
1989 TOT NL 28 P 69 0 92.0 45 17 25 3 3 .933 4.11 0.61 .949 1.87 0.63
1989 NYM NL 28 P 25 0 35.1 23 10 12 1 2 .957 5.60 0.88 .948 1.86 0.63
1989 PHI NL 28 P 44 0 56.2 22 7 13 2 1 .909 3.18 0.45 .950 1.87 0.63
1990 PHI NL 29 P 72 0 86.1 29 1 23 5 2 .828 2.50 0.33 .962 1.80 0.58
1991 TOT NL 30 P 71 0 101.1 36 8 25 3 3 .917 2.93 0.46 .956 1.86 0.59
1991 PHI NL 30 P 38 0 59.0 24 4 17 3 2 .875 3.20 0.55 .958 1.86 0.59
1991 LAD NL 30 P 33 0 42.1 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.55 0.36 .950 1.85 0.59
1991 LAD NL 30 LF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.65
1991 LAD NL 30 OF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.90
1992 LAD NL 31 P 65 0 83.2 32 8 21 3 2 .906 3.12 0.45 .956 1.94 0.60
1993 LAD NL 32 P 54 0 68.0 38 11 24 3 3 .921 4.63 0.65 .955 1.84 0.54
1994 LAD NL 33 P 32 0 41.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.28 .956 1.85 0.54
1995 TEX AL 34 P 64 0 85.0 29 8 20 1 3 .966 2.96 0.44 .959 1.79 0.53
1996 BAL AL 35 P 41 0 59.1 24 8 15 1 2 .958 3.49 0.56 .958 1.77 0.52
12 Seasons P 723 2 1050.0 395 118 253 24 23 .939 3.18 0.51 .955 1.88 0.60
2 Seasons LF 3 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -51.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.57
2 Seasons OF 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -90.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.87
1 Season RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
12 Seasons TOT 726 2 1052.2 395 118 253 24 23 .939 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 3.17 0.51 .894 1.88 0.61
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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)

Games Played s c a p y
1986 NL--75--2nd
1989 NL--69--8th
1990 NL--72--4th
1991 NL--71--6th
1995 AL--64--2nd
Career--723--70th

Saves s c a p y
1985 NL--17--9th
1986 NL--22--8th
1987 NL--25--5th
1988 NL--16--10th
1989 NL--23--9th
1990 NL--22--6th
Career--159--58th

Games Finished s c a p y
1986 NL--52--4th
1987 NL--45--6th
1988 NL--41--7th
1989 NL--56--4th
1990 NL--60--1st
Career--430--46th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--114--214th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 23 (976), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (446), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1083), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1982.

June 18, 1989: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later and Lenny Dykstra to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later and Juan Samuel. The New York Mets sent Tom Edens (July 27, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

July 31, 1991: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Braulio Castillo and Mike Hartley.

October 28, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 11, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 11, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Mets$60,000
1986New York Mets$185,000
1987New York Mets$305,000
1988New York Mets$615,000
1989Philadelphia Phillies$762,000
1990Philadelphia Phillies$1,400,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$2,000,000
1992Los Angeles Dodgers$2,200,000
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$1,350,000
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$1,350,000
1995Texas Rangers$575,000
Los Angeles Dodgers$300,000
1996Baltimore Orioles$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,852,000
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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