Sam McDowell

Position: Starting 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)

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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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
1960	17	-2.9	Lakeland	FLOR	D	CLE	5	6	.455	3.35	4.39	16	16		6	2		104.2	85	51	39	3	80	0	100	6	0	16		1.576	7.3	0.3	6.9	8.6	1.25
1961	18	-8.1	Salt Lake City	PCL	AAA	CLE	13	10	.565	4.42	5.04	32	28		12	1		175.0	143	98	86	9	152	1	156	4	1	12		1.686	7.4	0.5	7.8	8.0	1.03
1961	18	-9.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	27	1.263	4.3	0.0	7.1	7.1	1.00
1962	19	-7.0	Salt Lake City	PCL	AAA	CLE	3	2	.600	2.03	2.03	6	4		4	1		40.0	28	9	9	1	23	0	34	2	0	4		1.275	6.3	0.2	5.2	7.7	1.48
1962	19	-8.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	7	.300	6.06	6.57	25	13	5	0	0	1	87.2	81	64	59	9	70	1	70	4	0	5	410	1.722	8.3	0.9	7.2	7.2	1.00
1963	20	-5.7	Jacksonville	IL	AAA	CLE	3	6	.333	3.41	3.62	12	12		5	0		87.0	63	35	33	4	50	0	84	1	0	9		1.299	6.5	0.4	5.2	8.7	1.68
1963	20	-7.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	5	.375	4.85	5.12	14	12	0	3	1	0	65.0	63	37	35	6	44	0	63	0	0	7	292	1.646	8.7	0.8	6.1	8.7	1.43
1964	21	-4.1	Portland	PCL	AAA	CLE	8	0	1.000	1.18	1.30	9	9		7	5		76.0	34	11	10	2	24	0	102	1	0	2		0.763	4.0	0.2	2.8	12.1	4.25
1964	21	-6.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	11	6	.647	2.70	3.12	31	24	3	6	2	1	173.1	148	60	52	8	100	6	177	3	2	11	760	1.431	7.7	0.4	5.2	9.2	1.77
1965	22	-5.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	17	11	.607	2.18	2.64	42	35	5	14	3	4	273.0	178	80	66	9	132	7	325	6	0	17	1116	1.136	5.9	0.3	4.4	10.7	2.46
1966	23	-4.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	8	.529	2.87	3.06	35	28	5	8	5	3	194.1	130	66	62	12	102	3	225	6	1	5	806	1.194	6.0	0.6	4.7	10.4	2.21
1967	24	-2.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	13	15	.464	3.85	4.27	37	37	0	10	1	0	236.1	201	112	101	21	123	3	236	7	0	18	1014	1.371	7.7	0.8	4.7	9.0	1.92
1968	25	-2.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	14	.517	1.81	2.61	38	37	0	11	3	0	269.0	181	78	54	13	110	9	283	10	1	7	1098	1.082	6.1	0.4	3.7	9.5	2.57
1969	26	-1.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	18	14	.563	2.94	3.51	39	38	1	18	4	1	285.0	222	111	93	13	102	9	279	7	1	14	1166	1.137	7.0	0.4	3.2	8.8	2.74
1970	27	-0.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	20	12	.625	2.92	3.19	39	39	2	19	1	0	305.0	236	108	99	25	131	10	304	7	0	17	1257	1.203	7.0	0.7	3.9	9.0	2.32
1971	28	1.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	13	17	.433	3.40	3.73	35	31	3	8	2	1	214.2	160	89	81	22	153	13	192	3	0	13	943	1.458	6.7	0.9	6.4	8.0	1.25
1972	29	1.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	10	8	.556	4.33	4.71	28	25	1	4	0	0	164.1	155	86	79	12	86	6	122	6	0	11	718	1.467	8.5	0.7	4.7	6.7	1.42
1973	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	6	10	.375	4.11	4.64	34	18	7	2	1	3	135.2	118	70	62	8	93	2	110	0	0	11	607	1.555	7.8	0.5	6.2	7.3	1.18
1973	30	2.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	8	.385	3.95	4.42	16	15	1	2	1	0	95.2	73	47	42	4	64	2	75	0	0	6	417	1.432	6.9	0.4	6.0	7.1	1.17
1973	30	2.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	2	.333	4.50	5.18	18	3	6	0	0	3	40.0	45	23	20	4	29	0	35	0	0	5	190	1.850	10.1	0.9	6.5	7.9	1.21
1974	31	2.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	6	.143	4.69	5.06	13	7	3	0	0	0	48.0	42	27	25	6	41	2	33	0	0	3	224	1.729	7.9	1.1	7.7	6.2	0.80
1975	32	4.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	1	.667	2.86	2.86	14	1	4	0	0	0	34.2	30	11	11	0	20	3	29	0	2	1	149	1.442	7.8	0.0	5.2	7.5	1.45
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 (15 seasons)					Majors		141	134	.513	3.17	3.61	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9	1.87
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		32	24	.571	3.30	3.80	75	69		34	9		482.2	353	204	177	19	329	1	476	14	1	43		1.413	6.6	0.4	6.1	8.9	1.45
All Levels (16 Seasons)							173	158	.523	3.19	3.64	500	415	39	137	32	14	2975.0	2301	1203	1056	183	1641	75	2929	73	8	183	10587	1.325	7.0	0.6	5.0	8.9	1.78

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		27	18	.600	3.29	3.64	59	53		28	7		378.0	268	153	138	16	249	1	376	8	1	27		1.368	6.4	0.4	5.9	9.0	1.51
D (1 season)					Minors		5	6	.455	3.35	4.39	16	16		6	2		104.2	85	51	39	3	80	0	100	6	0	16		1.576	7.3	0.3	6.9	8.6	1.25