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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-18 / in Starts: 15-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	29 (20-6-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (19-12-6)

Most Driven In
P GonzÃ¡lez	1

Most Driven In By
L Wagner	2

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	116	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.30	-0.037	2.66	-0.05%	-0.17	P
2	117	2	Apr 15	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.76	-0.018	1.68	-0.02%	-0.14	P
3	118	5 (2)	Apr 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.45	-0.029	1.21	-0.05%	-0.30	P
4	119	8 (2)	Apr 25	CLE		KCA	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.62	-0.112	5.24	-0.22%	-1.35	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	120	12 (3)	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.82	0.038	3.12	0.09%	0.53	P
6	121	16 (3)	May 6	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-13	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.15	-0.014	5.96	-0.04%	-0.19	P
7	122	21 (4)	May 13	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.278	.556	9	1.15	0.049	5.35	0.14%	0.28	P
8	123	25 (3)	May 17	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9	.48	-0.012	1.97	-0.03%	-0.09	P
9	124	29 (3)	May 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9						P
10	125	30	May 22 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9						P
11	126	32 (1)	May 24 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.22	-0.049	12.60	-0.17%	-0.34	PH
12	127	34 (1)	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,13-2	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9	.26	-0.006	1.47	-0.02%	-0.14	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	128	49 (14)	Jun 8	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9						P
14	129	51 (1)	Jun 11	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.261	.522	9	1.33	-0.020	5.55	-0.05%	0.04	P
15	130	53 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.261	.261	.522	9						P
16	131	56 (2)	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.292	.583	9	.99	0.020	4.35	0.05%	0.20	P
17	132	67 (10)	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.292	.292	.583	9						P
18	133	69 (1)	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.292	.292	.583	7						P
19	134	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.292	.292	.583	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	135	73 (2)	Jul 1	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.269	.259	.269	.528	9	.53	0.011	1.52	0.02%	-0.22	P
21	136	79 (5)	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.241	.250	.491	9	1.06	-0.054	1.91	-0.06%	-0.41	P
22	137	82 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.241	.250	.491	9						P
23	138	93 (10)	Jul 22	CLE		DET	L,5-10	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.241	.250	.491	6						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	139	103 (9)	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	L,6-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.233	.241	.475	9	1.79	-0.044	.82	-0.01%	-0.40	P
25	140	108 (4)	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.219	.226	.445	9	.63	-0.031	.20	-0.01%	-0.23	P
26	141	113 (4)	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.206	.212	.418	9	1.29	-0.063	.54	-0.02%	-0.51	P
27	142	117 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.194	.200	.394	9	.63	-0.043	.14	-0.01%	-0.75	P
28	143	122 (4)	Aug 18	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.205	.211	.416	9	.86	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.03	P
29	144	126 (3)	Aug 23	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.190	.195	.386	9	.49	-0.037	.01	0.00%	-0.43	P
30	145	130 (3)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.182	.186	.368	9	1.50	-0.073	.02	0.00%	-0.53	P
31	146	134 (3)	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.191	.196	.387	9	1.11	-0.028	.01	0.00%	-0.37	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	147	139 (4)	Sep 4	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.176	.180	.356	9	1.47	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
33	148	144 (4)	Sep 9	CLE		CAL	W,8-7	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.189	.176	.365	9	.77	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
34	149	148 (3)	Sep 14	CLE		KCA	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.200	.189	.389	9	.98	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
35	150	152 (3)	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.190	.179	.368	9	.43	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
36	151	161 (8)	Oct 1	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.210	.233	.443	9	.48	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.03	P
							18-18		65	60	2	12	0	1	0	1	1	0	27	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.210	.233	.443		.96	-0.646	1.82	-0.45%	-5.96

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