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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-12	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	11 (4)	Apr 21	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-11	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	15 (3)	Apr 26	CLE		WSA	L,1-8	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	17 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	22 (4)	May 6	CLE		MIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
7	24 (1)	May 10	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
8	27 (2)	May 14	CLE	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	29	7.1	0	3	0	3	1	P
9	31 (3)	May 20	CLE		KCR	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	35 (3)	May 24	CLE		SEP	L,2-8	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	37 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
12	41 (3)	May 31	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	SEP	W,10-4	GS	28	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	48 (2)	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	53 (4)	Jun 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
16	58 (4)	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
17	63 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	70 (6)	Jun 27	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (5)	Jul 2	CLE		WSA	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
20	81 (4)	Jul 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
21	86 (4)	Jul 11	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
22	90 (3)	Jul 15	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS	31	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
23	95 (4)	Jul 19	CLE		DET	L,4-10	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	99 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		MIN	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
25	104 (4)	Jul 30	CLE		CHW	L,6-11	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	107 (2)	Aug 2	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	111 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	116 (4)	Aug 10	CLE		KCR	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	120 (3)	Aug 15	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
30	124 (3)	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	127 (2)	Aug 23	CLE	@	SEP	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	130 (2)	Aug 27	CLE		CAL	L,1-4	GS	41	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	134 (3)	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	L,5-7	GS	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	137 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	142 (4)	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	147 (4)	Sep 14	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	151 (3)	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
38	154 (2)	Sep 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	159 (4)	Sep 28	CLE	@	WSA	L,6-7	GS	20	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
							39gm		285.0	5	39	4	48	5