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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS	28	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-5	GS	33	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	L,1-11	GS	8	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (4)	May 2 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
5	18 (4)	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS	30	7.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	23 (4)	May 14	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
7	25 (1)	May 16 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	28 (2)	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (3)	May 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	35 (2)	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	39 (3)	May 30	CLE	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	43 (3)	Jun 5	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
13	48 (4)	Jun 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	54 (5)	Jun 15	CLE		WSA	W,8-3	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	59 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	61 (1)	Jun 22	CLE		MIN	W,5-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	64 (2)	Jun 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	GS	36	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	70 (5)	Jun 30	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	75 (4)	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS	25	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
20	76	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	81 (4)	Jul 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	85 (3)	Jul 16	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	90 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	GS	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	93 (2)	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
25	97 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	102 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
27	105 (2)	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	109 (3)	Aug 9	CLE		CAL	L,0-9	GS	21	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	114 (4)	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	118 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
31	122 (3)	Aug 22	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS	26	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	127 (4)	Aug 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-7	GS	30	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	129 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	130	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	135 (4)	Sep 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	33	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
36	140 (4)	Sep 8	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
37	143 (2)	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	149 (5)	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,5-4	GF	22	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
39	151 (1)	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	153 (1)	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
41	158 (4)	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	162 (3)	Oct 3	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
							42gm		273.0	6	46	4	56	0