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: 18-17 / in Starts: 15-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	114	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	4	2	2	4	9	1	1	2.25	3.80	32	7	7	1	0	4	71			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	-0.004	2.54	-0.01%	1.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	115	2	Apr 15	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	GS-6		3	5.2	3	4	4	5	10	0	0	3.95	2.92	24	5	1	0	0	3	52			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.145	2.31	-0.19%	-1.70	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d4
3	116	5	Apr 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	4	12	1	0	2.78	2.82	37	10	4	1	1	7	77			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.34	0.392	3.59	0.63%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	117	8	Apr 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	1	0	0	6	8	0	0	1.99	2.81	34	11	8	0	0	1	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	0.526	3.70	1.02%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	118	12	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-0)	5	9.0	1	0	0	5	10	0	0	1.55	2.63	34	12	6	0	0	1	90			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.696	6.33	1.59%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	119	16	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-12		4	12.0	7	1	1	3	10	0	0	1.37	2.40	44	18	10	1	0	3	91			0	1	0	41	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.876	7.30	2.72%	4.14	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
7	120	21	May 13	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS-8		6	8.0	4	2	2	6	8	0	1	1.48	2.50	37	10	9	1	0	3	68			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	0.074	4.83	0.21%	1.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	121	25	May 17	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GS-5		3	4.2	4	2	1	5	7	0	0	1.52	2.52	22	3	3	0	0	4	52			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	-0.053	4.32	-0.13%	-0.23	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
9	122	29	May 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-1	L(4-1)	3	0.0	4	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.20	2.62	6	0	0	0	0	4	20			0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	-0.375	6.12	-1.01%	-4.95	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d4
10	123	30	May 22(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	2.61	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.166	10.52	0.45%	0.40	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
11	124	34	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,13-2	GS-2		2	1.2	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	2.12	2.77	10	0	3	2	1	0	53			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.015	5.99	0.05%	0.16	1b start a 3	2b 123 2 out a4
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	125	49	Jun 8	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF	S(2)	13	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	2.77	3	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	0.261	16.05	0.68%	0.80	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
13	126	51	Jun 11	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	GS-6	W(5-1)	2	5.1	3	2	1	3	7	1	0	2.06	2.86	23	7	3	0	0	3	60			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.001	4.73	0.00%	0.13	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
14	127	53	Jun 14(1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.05	2.88	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.43	0.107	25.22	0.30%	-0.44	9t -23 2 out a2	9t end a 1
15	128	56	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-5	L(5-2)	1	4.0	4	5	5	4	4	1	0	2.52	3.08	20	1	7	1	0	4	34			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.361	4.61	-0.95%	-2.68	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out tie
16	129	67	Jun 26(1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	6-7		9	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.57	3.17	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.014	.67	-0.03%	-0.13	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
17	130	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	3.16	6	2	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.15	0.02%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
18	131	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.44	3.03	7	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.008	.16	0.01%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
19	132	73	Jul 1	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-2)	2	9.0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	2.21	2.77	30	7	6	0	0	2	94			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.280	1.92	0.48%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	133	79	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	0	11	1	0	2.24	2.66	26	6	4	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.021	1.12	0.02%	1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	134	82	Jul 10(1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-4	GS-1	L(6-3)	3	0.2	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.58	2.82	6	2	0	0	0	3	29			1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.329	1.33	-0.34%	-3.67	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out d4
22	135	93	Jul 22	CLE		DET	L,5-10	7-7		11	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.64	2.89	7	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.010	.09	0.00%	-0.57	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d6
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
23	136	103	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	GS-4		10	3.0	4	5	4	3	1	0	0	2.91	2.94	17	6	3	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.353	.48	-0.10%	-4.31	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d3
24	137	108	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.1	6	4	4	5	5	1	0	3.06	3.08	29	8	5	1	0	6	45			0	0	1	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.317	.40	-0.06%	-0.59	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
25	138	113	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-6	L(6-4)	3	6.0	4	1	1	6	9	0	0	2.98	3.06	28	7	2	0	2	4	63			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.154	.57	0.04%	1.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
26	139	117	Aug 14(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-5	L(6-5)	3	4.0	10	5	4	1	6	0	0	3.18	2.96	23	3	3	1	0	10	29			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.432	.30	-0.06%	-3.15	1b start a 3	5b 123 0 out tie
27	140	122	Aug 18	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.96	2.86	31	10	8	1	0	3	87			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.559	.02	0.01%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	141	126	Aug 23	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	10	0	1	2.84	2.78	35	11	4	0	0	6	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	0.612	.05	0.01%	2.86	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
29	142	130	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(8-6)	3	6.2	4	3	3	4	6	0	0	2.89	2.77	25	6	5	1	0	4	56			0	1	0	20	2	0	1	2	0	1	.84	-0.070	.01	0.00%	-0.55	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d3
30	143	134	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8		3	7.2	4	1	1	1	8	0	1	2.81	2.70	29	12	3	0	0	4	74			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.487	.01	0.00%	3.26	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
31	144	139	Sep 4	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG(12)	L(8-7)	3	12.0	11	4	4	6	12	2	0	2.82	2.81	53	8	16	2	0	11	70			0	0	0	46	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.72	0.153	.00	0.00%	1.20	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
32	145	144	Sep 9	CLE		CAL	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.1	8	6	6	3	9	1	0	3.03	2.82	30	6	4	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.424	.00	0.00%	-2.44	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
33	146	148	Sep 14	CLE		KCA	L,0-3	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	7.0	3	3	3	3	8	1	0	3.06	2.84	27	7	6	0	0	3	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.111	.00	0.00%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
34	147	152	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-6		3	6.0	7	1	1	2	14	0	0	3.01	2.72	25	1	1	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.174	.00	0.00%	1.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
35	148	161	Oct 1	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-8)	12	9.0	4	0	0	5	9	0	1	2.87	2.71	34	11	4	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.60	0.543	.00	0.00%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							18-17		W-L:9-8,Sv:3	3.1	194.1	130	66	62	102	225	12	6	2.87	2.71	806	1.35		5%	1%	125	62	3	33%	5	5	1	690	26	2	2	16	3	12	1.21	3.113	2.24	5.36%	19.17

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