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: 6-8 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 1

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	27	2	Apr 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	9.00	6.48	14	5	2	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.207	1.63	-0.29%	-1.99	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
2	28	6	Apr 16	CLE		WSA	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	2	0	0	7	13	0	0	2.25	3.06	36	9	5	2	1	2	89			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.519	2.27	0.57%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	29	9	Apr 21(1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-7	GS-1	L(1-2)	4	0.1	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	5.11	3.78	6	0	1	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.61	-0.298	2.91	-0.32%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
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
4	30	16	May 3	CLE	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS-2		11	1.1	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.61	3.72	9	0	0	0	0	2	51			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.003	2.61	0.00%	0.02	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out tie
5	31	19	May 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	GS-9		3	8.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.74	2.80	31	5	9	1	2	7	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.323	2.60	0.42%	2.25	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
6	32	24	May 12	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	3	2	6	8	1	0	3.23	3.20	36	9	7	0	1	6	67			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	.57	0.078	1.19	0.10%	1.20	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
7	33	29	May 18	CLE		MIN	L,1-8	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	7.1	7	7	7	3	6	2	0	4.26	3.66	32	5	11	2	0	7	39			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.199	1.34	-0.24%	-2.27	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d4
8	34	34	May 24	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	GS-7	L(2-4)	5	6.1	7	5	5	7	8	1	0	4.67	3.90	31	6	3	0	0	7	40			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.235	2.29	-0.26%	-1.50	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
9	35	39	May 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-8	GS-3		5	2.0	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	5.05	3.93	12	3	2	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.230	1.38	-0.13%	-2.08	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out a1
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
10	36	44	Jun 2(2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(3-4)	2	9.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.55	3.60	35	15	8	2	0	7	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.090	.51	0.03%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	37	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	GS-2		6	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.55	3.46	9	2	2	0	0	2	51			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	-0.009	1.35	-0.01%	-0.09	1b start a 2	2b 3 out a1
12	38	62	Jun 19(2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	7-8		9	1.1	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.91	3.47	9	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.062	1.12	-0.12%	-1.58	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 1-- 1 out d3
13	39	70	Jun 25(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-6	L(3-5)	5	5.2	6	2	2	6	4	1	0	4.76	3.74	27	8	3	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.011	1.29	0.01%	0.49	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d2
14	40	76	Jun 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-4	5-6		4	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.85	3.77	5	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.024	1.08	-0.03%	-0.94	5b 1-3 2 out d3	6b 12- 1 out d4
							6-8		W-L:3-5	4.8	65.0	63	37	35	44	63	6	0	4.85	3.77	292	1.27		6%	3%	60	51	2	0%	0	1	0	246	4	0	0	9	1	1	.97	-0.240	1.65	-0.28%	-3.81

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