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: 21-17 / in Starts: 20-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	186	2	Apr 11	CLE		CAL	L,5-7	GS-4		99	3.1	4	4	4	3	6	0	2	10.80	3.29	19	2	2	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.251	3.73	-0.37%	-1.77	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d1
2	187	6	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-9		5	9.0	7	2	1	2	11	0	0	3.65	1.33	36	8	8	1	2	7	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.76	0.020	4.22	0.03%	1.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
3	188	10	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	10	0	0	2.11	1.40	36	8	9	0	0	5	83			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.214	1.13	0.20%	3.66	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
4	189	13	Apr 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	4	2	2	5	6	0	0	2.30	1.73	27	8	4	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.033	1.80	-0.04%	0.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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	190	18	May 1	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	3	1	0	0	16	0	1	1.73	1.09	31	4	7	0	0	3	95			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.302	1.06	0.21%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	191	22	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	14	1	0	1.79	1.22	36	7	5	0	0	7	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.409	3.85	0.46%	1.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	192	26	May 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	3	2	3	10	0	1	1.82	1.26	38	3	13	4	0	8	68			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.68	0.040	4.30	0.06%	0.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	193	31	May 16	CLE		WSA	L,1-4	GS-8	L(4-2)	4	8.0	6	4	4	5	5	2	0	2.17	1.90	33	11	6	1	2	6	54			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	.56	-0.195	1.76	-0.37%	-0.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
9	194	36	May 21(1)	CLE	@	OAK	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(5-2)	4	11.0	4	0	0	3	12	0	0	1.84	1.77	37	11	7	1	0	4	98			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.55	0.828	5.52	1.77%	3.92	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
10	195	41	May 25	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-3)	3	6.0	7	5	1	5	9	1	0	1.82	1.94	31	7	2	0	0	7	50			1	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.226	3.36	-0.45%	-2.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
11	196	46	May 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	10	0	0	1.73	1.83	33	8	9	1	0	4	83			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.407	3.71	0.84%	2.63	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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
12	197	51	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	2	0	1.79	2.13	26	8	11	3	0	4	62			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.008	2.68	-0.02%	0.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
13	198	56	Jun 8	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-4)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	1.93	2.18	27	7	8	1	2	6	53			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	0	0	.93	-0.092	4.89	-0.29%	-0.26	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
14	199	61	Jun 13	CLE		OAK	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(6-5)	4	11.0	5	1	1	6	14	0	0	1.83	2.11	43	10	8	1	0	5	91			0	2	0	36	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.49	0.357	4.82	0.70%	3.14	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
15	200	66	Jun 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	8.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	1	1.78	2.11	36	9	10	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.06	0.310	2.04	0.36%	2.19	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
16	201	72	Jun 23(2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-6)	4	5.1	3	4	1	2	4	1	1	1.78	2.24	24	6	9	2	2	2	54			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.203	4.56	-0.53%	-2.02	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d3
17	202	76	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS-3	L(7-7)	3	2.1	7	7	0	2	4	0	0	1.74	2.22	19	4	2	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	.91	-0.512	1.83	-0.62%	-6.22	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 out d6
Jul				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
18	203	80	Jul 1	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	GS-8	W(8-7)	3	7.1	2	1	0	5	11	0	0	1.65	2.18	31	9	4	0	0	2	78			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	.81	0.188	2.07	0.29%	1.24	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
19	204	85	Jul 6	CLE		CAL	L,0-2	CG	L(8-8)	4	9.0	3	2	0	2	14	0	0	1.55	2.04	32	6	7	0	0	3	89			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.021	2.62	0.03%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
20	205	89	Jul 12	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS-9	W(9-8)	5	8.2	4	3	3	3	15	0	0	1.64	1.92	35	10	3	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.38	0.142	2.43	0.15%	-0.15	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a3
21	206	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	1	1.62	1.98	31	9	8	1	0	7	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	2	1	0	1	1.66	0.209	3.90	0.29%	1.53	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
22	207	96	Jul 21(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-6	W(10-8)	4	5.1	3	1	1	3	5	0	1	1.62	2.01	24	6	6	2	0	3	60			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.068	3.33	0.12%	0.41	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a2
23	208	101	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	L(10-9)	4	8.0	6	4	2	1	10	0	0	1.65	1.93	32	5	10	2	0	6	67			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.025	2.27	-0.05%	-0.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
24	209	106	Jul 30	CLE		WSA	W,10-1	GS-8	W(11-9)	3	8.0	6	1	1	3	9	1	0	1.63	1.97	34	6	10	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.104	1.68	0.16%	2.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
Aug				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
25	210	110	Aug 3	CLE		OAK	W,4-1	GS-7	W(12-9)	3	6.1	4	1	1	2	6	1	0	1.62	2.02	25	5	8	1	0	4	65			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.177	1.62	0.14%	0.86	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
26	211	115	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	GS-1	L(12-10)	3	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.72	2.04	2	0	0	0	0	1	39			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.096	1.49	-0.07%	-0.95	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out tie
27	212	120	Aug 11(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-3		3	2.1	3	1	0	4	1	0	0	1.70	2.09	14	3	3	0	0	3	46			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.85	-0.156	.49	-0.03%	-1.25	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out a1
28	213	124	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.69	2.08	22	6	7	1	0	2	67			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.118	.06	0.00%	1.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
29	214	129	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	0	1.66	2.12	30	8	9	3	0	4	80			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.425	.02	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	215	134	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSA	L,9-10	GS-6		4	5.2	9	6	6	3	3	1	0	1.87	2.20	28	9	4	0	0	9	27			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.33	-0.371	.06	-0.01%	-2.17	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a1
31	216	139	Aug 30(1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(13-11)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	1	1.84	2.20	37	13	8	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.02	0.216	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Sept				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
32	217	144	Sep 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS-8	W(14-11)	3	7.2	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	1.85	2.16	29	7	7	2	0	7	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.249	.00	0.00%	1.62	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a3
33	218	147	Sep 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS-7	L(14-12)	3	7.0	5	1	1	4	7	1	0	1.84	2.21	29	3	10	0	0	5	66			3	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
34	219	151	Sep 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,1-0	GS-9		3	9.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	1	1.77	2.20	34	6	12	2	0	4	84			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.613	.00	0.00%	3.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
35	220	155	Sep 17	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	GS-8	L(14-13)	5	7.1	6	4	4	4	8	0	0	1.86	2.19	32	9	5	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
36	221	156	Sep 21	CLE		CAL	W,3-2	3-4		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.84	2.19	8	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.75	3t --- 0 out d1	4t 3 out d1
37	222	158	Sep 24(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(14-14)	2	6.1	5	3	2	5	1	1	0	1.87	2.29	27	9	7	1	0	5	49			1	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	.87	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d2
38	223	162	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-14)	2	9.0	4	0	0	3	11	0	0	1.81	2.25	31	8	5	1	0	4	87			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	0.622	.00	0.00%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							21-17		W-L:15-14	3.6	269.0	181	78	54	110	283	13	10	1.81	2.25	1099	1.04		6%	2%	180	66	0	---%	9	5	1	959	24	4	9	16	2	26	1.19	3.551	2.16	2.98%	23.46

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