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: 4-10 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 6

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	412	1	Apr 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-4	5-6		99	0.2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	10.09	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.031	4.20	0.03%	0.18	5b 1-3 1 out tie	6b 12- 0 out tie
2	413	4	Apr 14	PIT		CHC	L,2-4	6-8		3	3.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4.50	10	4	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.087	1.05	0.10%	1.35	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
3	414	5	Apr 16	PIT		MON	L,0-5	4-7		1	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.17	2.72	14	5	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	.22	-0.010	.39	-0.01%	0.80	4t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
4	415	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	11-GF(13)	L(0-1)	1	2.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.86	3.41	10	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.53	-0.030	5.51	-0.03%	-0.05	11b 12- 1 out tie	13b end d 1
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
5	416	17	May 2	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-9	5-GF(8)		13	4.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	1.98	2.29	16	2	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.91	5b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 5
6	417	25	May 11	PIT		LAD	L,0-7	8-GF		8	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.30	2.33	8	2	4	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
7	418	27	May 14	PIT		SDP	W,5-4	10-GF(11)	W(1-1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.04	2.42	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.254	2.99	0.23%	0.90	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
8	419	32	May 20	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-12	3-4		5	1.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.89	2.53	8	0	2	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.020	.50	-0.02%	-0.10	3b 12- 2 out d4	4b 3 out d5
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
9	420	43	Jun 1	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	8-8		11	0.2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.29	2.99	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.031	.51	-0.04%	-0.96	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 12- 2 out d4
10	421	44	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	5-6		1	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.00	2.97	8	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.25	-0.084	.50	-0.10%	-2.24	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 1-3 1 out d5
11	422	51	Jun 10	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-5	GS-5	W(2-1)	6	5.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.46	2.74	22	4	5	1	3	6	46			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.022	1.69	-0.03%	-0.66	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a4
12	423	58	Jun 17	PIT		STL	L,4-7	5-5		6	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.74	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.017	1.30	-0.03%	-0.15	5t 12- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d5
13	424	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-3	1-4		3	4.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.93	2.65	15	5	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	.52	0.149	1.76	0.30%	3.07	1b 1-3 0 out d3	4b 3 out d3
14	425	66	Jun 24(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	1-4		2	4.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.86	2.64	18	4	5	2	0	4		3	2	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.010	2.11	-0.02%	0.74	1b 123 0 out d2	4b 3 out d4
							4-10		W-L:2-1	3.5	34.2	30	11	11	20	29	0	0	2.86	2.64	149	1.06		7%	6%	30	46	13	31%	4	2	2	124	6	1	3	3	1	2	.77	0.295	1.56	0.39%	3.71

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