Sam McDowell
Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell (Sudden Sam)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 218 lb.

Born: September 21, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1961
Final Game: June 24, 1975
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 CLE AL 18 P 1 1 6.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.84 2.00 .950 1.99 0.80
1962 CLE AL 19 P 25 13 87.2 20 4 14 2 0 .900 1.85 0.72 .960 2.08 0.79
1963 CLE AL 20 P 14 12 65.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.79 .955 1.99 0.79
1964 CLE AL 21 P 31 24 173.1 29 7 20 2 1 .931 1.40 0.87 .959 1.90 0.72
1965 CLE AL 22 P 42 35 273.0 56 6 46 4 0 .929 1.71 1.24 .952 2.04 0.75 AS,MVP-17
1966 CLE AL 23 P 35 28 194.1 43 11 30 2 2 .953 1.90 1.17 .951 1.99 0.75 AS
1967 CLE AL 24 P 37 37 236.1 45 9 31 5 2 .889 1.52 1.08 .960 1.96 0.74
1968 CLE AL 25 P 38 37 269.0 44 10 30 4 7 .909 1.34 1.05 .959 1.89 0.73 AS
1969 CLE AL 26 P 39 38 285.0 48 5 39 4 5 .917 1.39 1.13 .952 1.88 0.69 AS
1970 CLE AL 27 P 39 39 305.0 42 3 35 4 1 .905 1.12 0.97 .952 1.86 0.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1970 CLE AL 27 1B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 9.45 8.10 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1970 CLE AL 27 2B 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
1971 CLE AL 28 P 35 31 214.2 33 3 26 4 2 .879 1.22 0.83 .961 1.98 0.77 AS
1972 SFG NL 29 P 28 25 164.1 30 8 21 1 0 .967 1.59 1.04 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 TOT MLB 30 P 34 18 135.2 27 7 20 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.79 .948 1.87 0.79
1973 SFG NL 30 P 18 3 40.0 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.44 .950 1.89 0.73
1973 NYY AL 30 P 16 15 95.2 19 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.79 1.19 .947 1.86 0.86
1974 NYY AL 31 P 13 7 48.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.56 0.23 .950 1.82 0.83
1975 PIT NL 32 P 14 1 34.2 6 1 5 0 2 1.000 1.56 0.43 .950 1.87 0.72
15 Seasons P 425 346 2492.1 440 79 328 33 23 .925 1.47 0.96 .955 1.92 0.74
1 Season 1B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 9.45 8.10
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
15 Seasons TOT 427 346 2493.1 441 80 328 33 23 .925 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.47 0.96 .880 1.93 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 CLE AL 18 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 19 25 13 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 20 15 12 15 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 CLE AL 21 31 24 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 22 43 35 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 CLE AL 23 36 28 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 CLE AL 24 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 25 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 26 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 27 40 39 40 40 39 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 CLE AL 28 35 31 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SFG NL 29 28 25 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SFG NL 30 18 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 30 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 31 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 32 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 429 324 400 429 425 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1961 CLE AL 18 28 64% 25% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 19 426 66% 25% 13 85% 0 5 0 2 15 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1963 CLE AL 20 301 64% 22% 14 71% 0 3 2 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 CLE AL 21 786 64% 22% 30 80% 0 8 1 3 20 16 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 5 60%
1965 CLE AL 22 1156 60% 24% 43 93% 0 7 0 5 43 33 4 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 71%
1966 CLE AL 23 823 60% 23% 34 97% 1 6 1 2 31 21 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1967 CLE AL 24 1058 66% 21% 44 75% 0 8 1 3 32 27 2 5 0 4 1 4 2 2 2 0 9 78%
1968 CLE AL 25 1131 64% 21% 40 85% 0 9 2 5 32 19 8 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 6 1 5 100%
1969 CLE AL 26 1213 68% 22% 50 76% 0 6 2 3 39 27 5 4 0 4 0 3 5 4 4 1 8 63%
1970 CLE AL 27 1303 66% 21% 43 84% 0 2 0 1 40 26 3 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1971 CLE AL 28 970 64% 23% 36 81% 0 3 1 1 28 19 2 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1972 SFG NL 29 740 71% 20% 29 86% 0 7 1 2 22 18 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 78%
1973 SFG NL 30 198 68% 18% 7 100% 0 2 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 NYY AL 30 432 68% 19% 14 100% 0 4 0 1 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1974 NYY AL 31 233 68% 24% 6 50% 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1975 PIT NL 32 160 69% 20% 6 67% 1 1 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
15 Seasons 10958 65% 22% 411 83% 3 72 11 32 340 246 35 33 0 22 11 22 22 17 19 3 64 80%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 CLE AL 27 2 100% 50% 50% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 2 100% 50% 50% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 CLE AL 27 3 100% 100% 100% 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
1 Season 3 100% 100% 100% 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
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 87%

* 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.

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