Jack McDowell

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 180lb (196cm, 81kg)

Born: January 16, 1966 in Van Nuys, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Notre Dame HS (Sherman Oaks, CA) and the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Notre Dame HS (Sherman Oaks, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Last Game: August 8, 1999 (Age 33-204d)
vs. BOS 4.0 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (College,18U)

Full Name: Jack Burns McDowell

Nicknames: Black Jack

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.8

127

ERA

3.85

277

275

1889.0

1311

WHIP

1.302

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1987	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	CHW	1	3	.250	6.51	7.48	6	5	1	1	1	0	27.2	23	23	20	5	9	0	29	2	1	3		1.157	7.5	1.6	2.9	9.4	3.22
1987	21	-2.8	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	1	2	.333	7.84	8.71	4	4	0	1	1	0	20.2	19	20	18	5	8	0	17	1	1	3		1.306	8.3	2.2	3.5	7.4	2.13
1987	21	1.0	White Sox	GULF	Rk	CHW	0	1	.000	2.57	3.86	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	4	3	2	0	1	0	12	1	0	0		0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	15.4	12.00
1987	21	-7.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	3	0	1.000	1.93	1.93	4	4	0	0	0	0	28.0	16	6	6	1	6	0	15	2	0	0	103	0.786	5.1	0.3	1.9	4.8	2.50
1988	22	-6.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	5	10	.333	3.97	4.82	26	26	0	1	0	0	158.2	147	85	70	12	68	5	84	7	1	11	687	1.355	8.3	0.7	3.9	4.8	1.24
1989	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	CHW	7	6	.538	4.96	5.04	20	20	0	1	0	0	110.2	116	62	61	6	54	0	90	4	1	4		1.536	9.4	0.5	4.4	7.3	1.67
1989	23	-3.0	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	CHW	5	6	.455	6.13	6.23	16	16	0	1	0	0	86.2	97	60	59	6	50	0	65	3	1	2		1.696	10.1	0.6	5.2	6.8	1.30
1989	23	3.2	White Sox	GULF	Rk	CHW	2	0	1.000	0.75	0.75	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	19	2	2	0	4	0	25	1	0	2		0.958	7.1	0.0	1.5	9.4	6.25
1990	24	-4.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	14	9	.609	3.82	4.08	33	33	0	4	0	0	205.0	189	93	87	20	77	0	165	7	1	7	866	1.298	8.3	0.9	3.4	7.2	2.14
1991	25	-3.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	17	10	.630	3.41	3.44	35	35	0	15	3	0	253.2	212	97	96	19	82	2	191	4	1	10	1028	1.159	7.5	0.7	2.9	6.8	2.33
1992	26	-2.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	20	10	.667	3.18	3.28	34	34	0	13	1	0	260.2	247	95	92	21	75	9	178	7	0	6	1079	1.235	8.5	0.7	2.6	6.1	2.37
1993	27	-1.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	22	10	.688	3.37	3.65	34	34	0	10	4	0	256.2	261	104	96	20	69	6	158	3	1	8	1067	1.286	9.2	0.7	2.4	5.5	2.29
1994	28	-1.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	10	9	.526	3.73	4.08	25	25	0	6	2	0	181.0	186	82	75	12	42	2	127	5	0	4	755	1.260	9.2	0.6	2.1	6.3	3.02
1995	29	0.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	15	10	.600	3.93	4.38	30	30	0	8	2	0	217.2	211	106	95	25	78	1	157	5	1	9	927	1.328	8.7	1.0	3.2	6.5	2.01
1996	30	1.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	13	9	.591	5.11	5.58	30	30	0	5	1	0	192.0	214	119	109	22	67	2	141	4	0	5	846	1.464	10.0	1.0	3.1	6.6	2.10
1997	31	2.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	3	.500	5.09	5.53	8	6	0	0	0	0	40.2	44	25	23	6	18	1	38	1	0	1	181	1.525	9.7	1.3	4.0	8.4	2.11
1998	32		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	ANA	0	2	.000	6.00	6.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	16	10	10	2	4	0	9	0	0	1	64	1.333	9.6	1.2	2.4	5.4	2.25
1998	32	5.5	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	ANA	0	0		6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	14	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
1998	32	7.7	Midland	TL	AA	ANA	0	1	.000	3.86	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	1.000	6.4	1.3	2.6	6.4	2.50
1998	32	9.5	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	ANA	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	22	1.400	12.6	1.8	0.0	7.2
1998	32	2.7	ANA	AL	Maj	ANA	5	3	.625	5.09	5.33	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	96	45	43	11	19	1	45	1	0	2	334	1.513	11.4	1.3	2.3	5.3	2.37
1999	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	ANA	1	1	.500	6.38	6.87	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	23	14	13	3	4	0	9	0	0	0	80	1.473	11.3	1.5	2.0	4.4	2.25
1999	33	6.4	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	ANA	1	0	1.000	5.73	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	7	7	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	47	1.364	9.8	0.8	2.5	1.6	0.67
1999	33	10.3	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	ANA	0	1	.000	7.36	8.59	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	11	7	6	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	33	1.636	13.5	2.5	1.2	8.6	7.00
1999	33	3.8	ANA	AL	Maj	ANA	0	4	.000	8.05	8.05	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.0	31	17	17	4	5	0	12	2	0	0	93	1.895	14.7	1.9	2.4	5.7	2.40
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		127	87	.593	3.85	4.16	277	275	0	62	13	0	1889.0	1854	874	809	173	606	29	1311	48	5	63	7966	1.302	8.8	0.8	2.9	6.2	2.16
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		9	12	.429	5.45	5.71	32	31	1	2	1	0	171.2	178	109	104	16	71	0	137	6	2	8	144	1.450	9.3	0.8	3.7	7.2	1.93
All Levels (13 Seasons)							136	99	.579	3.99	4.29	309	306	1	64	14	0	2060.2	2032	983	913	189	677	29	1448	54	7	71	8110	1.315	8.9	0.8	3.0	6.3	2.14

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		6	6	.500	6.08	6.17	19	19	0	1	0	0	100.2	113	69	68	7	55	0	67	3	1	3	61	1.669	10.1	0.6	4.9	6.0	1.22
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		1	3	.250	6.83	7.48	5	5	0	1	1	0	27.2	24	23	21	6	10	0	22	1	1	3	28	1.229	7.8	2.0	3.3	7.2	2.20
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	2	.000	8.03	8.76	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	18	12	11	3	1	0	11	0	0	0	55	1.541	13.1	2.2	0.7	8.0	11.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	1.16	1.45	6	5	1	0	0	0	31.0	23	5	4	0	5	0	37	2	0	2		0.903	6.7	0.0	1.5	10.7	7.40