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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	CLE		CAL	L,5-7	GS	19	3.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	10 (3)	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	13 (2)	Apr 27	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (4)	May 1	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	22 (3)	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	26 (3)	May 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	31 (4)	May 16	CLE		WSA	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
9	36 (4)	May 21 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	0	3	1	4	1	P
10	41 (4)	May 25	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-5	GS	31	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	46 (4)	May 30	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	51 (4)	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	56 (4)	Jun 8	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
14	61 (4)	Jun 13	CLE		OAK	L,0-1	CG	43	11.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
15	66 (4)	Jun 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
16	72 (5)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	GS	24	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	76 (3)	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS	19	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	80 (3)	Jul 1	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	GS	31	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
19	85 (4)	Jul 6	CLE		CAL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
20	89 (3)	Jul 12	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	93 (3)	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	96 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	24	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	101 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	GS	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
24	106 (4)	Jul 30	CLE		WSA	W,10-1	GS	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	110 (3)	Aug 3	CLE		OAK	W,4-1	GS	25	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	115 (4)	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	GS	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	120 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	124 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	129 (4)	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	134 (4)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSA	L,9-10	GS	28	5.2	0	2	0	2	1	P
31	139 (4)	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	144 (4)	Sep 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS	29	7.2	2	2	0	4	2	P
33	147 (2)	Sep 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	151 (3)	Sep 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,1-0	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	155 (3)	Sep 17	CLE		WSA	L,2-4	GS	32	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	156	Sep 21	CLE		CAL	W,3-2		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	158 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	27	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	162 (3)	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							38gm		269.0	10	30	4	44	7