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Sam McDowell

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Apr 08 W, 3-2 vs Red Sox Start 7.0 2 29 2 2 2 5 0 9 2.57 CLE Apr 14 L, 0-3 vs Orioles Start 6.0 4 24 3 3 1 3 0 2 3.46 L (0-1) CLE Apr 18 (1) L, 0-4 vs Senators Start 5.2 5 31 4 3 0 9 0 3 3.86 L (0-2) CLE Apr 23 L, 2-5 at Royals Start 5.1 1 26 3 3 0 9 0 4 4.12 L (0-3) CLE Apr 28 W, 3-2 at Angels Start 7.0 7 32 2 2 0 4 1 8 3.77 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE May 02 (1) L, 5-8 at A's Start 0.1 3 6 5 3 1 2 0 0 4.60 L (0-4) CLE May 02 (2) W, 7-3 at A's Finish 4.0 2 16 1 1 1 4 0 4 4.33 W (1-4) CLE May 07 L, 2-4 vs Angels Start 8.0 7 31 2 2 1 3 0 5 3.95 CLE May 12 L, 1-8 vs A's Start 5.2 12 30 6 6 2 1 1 4 4.59 L (1-5) CLE May 18 W, 7-3 at Senators Start 6.0 1 30 2 1 0 8 2 6 4.25 W (2-5) CLE May 23 (2) W, 2-1 vs Yankees Start 1 9.0 6 40 1 1 0 7 1 6 3.80 W (3-5) CLE May 28 W, 4-0 at White Sox Start 2 1 9.0 2 37 0 0 0 9 0 11 3.33 W (4-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jun 02 W, 4-2 at Brewers Start 8.0 5 35 2 2 1 6 0 8 3.22 W (5-5) CLE Jun 08 W, 5-3 vs White Sox Start 3 9.0 6 36 3 3 1 3 0 10 3.20 W (6-5) CLE Jun 13 W, 11-0 vs Brewers Start 4 2 9.0 2 32 0 0 0 4 0 9 2.91 W (7-5) CLE Jun 17 L, 3-4 vs Tigers Start 6.0 4 27 3 2 0 4 1 3 2.91 L (7-6) CLE Jun 20 (2) W, 8-7 vs Tigers Finish 2.0 2 11 1 1 0 3 0 2 2.94 W (8-6) CLE Jun 23 L, 1-2 at Red Sox Start 5 8.0 5 34 2 2 1 4 1 14 2.90 L (8-7) CLE Jun 27 W, 3-1 at Tigers Start 6 9.0 4 33 1 1 1 1 0 8 2.76 W (9-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jul 01 W, 3-2 vs Orioles Start 8.0 6 33 2 2 1 2 0 11 2.73 CLE Jul 10 (1) L, 3-11 at Orioles Start 5.0 7 26 7 7 2 5 0 6 3.09 L (9-8) CLE Jul 15 L, 0-1 at Royals Start 7.0 2 26 1 1 0 3 0 4 3.00 L (9-9) CLE Jul 19 W, 3-1 at Angels Start 7 9.0 7 37 1 0 0 1 3 7 2.82 W (10-9) CLE Jul 23 L, 4-6 vs Royals Start 4.1 5 22 4 4 0 4 0 3 2.97 L (10-10) CLE Jul 27 W, 4-3 vs Angels Start 8 9.0 6 34 3 3 2 4 0 4 2.98 W (11-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Aug 10 W, 4-1 at White Sox Start 6.0 4 23 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.87 W (12-10) CLE Aug 15 L, 2-4 at Brewers Start 6.0 7 27 3 3 0 2 1 5 2.93 L (12-11) CLE Aug 29 L, 5-6 vs Twins Start 1.1 3 11 4 4 0 4 0 0 3.11 L (12-12) CLE Aug 31 (2) W, 6-3 at Tigers Finish 1 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.07 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Sep 03 L, 2-9 at Red Sox Start 3.0 5 18 5 4 1 2 0 5 3.22 L (12-13) CLE Sep 07 L, 1-3 at Orioles Start 7.0 5 30 3 3 1 6 0 7 3.24 L (12-14) CLE Sep 12 W, 5-2 vs Yankees Start 8.0 6 36 2 2 1 6 0 8 3.20 W (13-14) CLE Sep 14 (2) L, 6-8 vs Senators Middle 3.1 1 19 3 2 0 5 1 2 3.24 L (13-15) CLE Sep 17 (1) L, 0-1 at Yankees Start 7.0 7 30 1 1 0 3 1 1 3.17 L (13-16) CLE Sep 24 (1) L, 2-9 vs Orioles Start 4.2 7 22 7 7 2 1 0 3 3.40 L (13-17)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      11  16   3.41   31  31   8   0   0   2  203.1  153   888   84   77  21  127  12  181   14-17  3.03 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   5.40    1   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    1    19    3    2   0    5   1    2    0-1 
As closer        2   0   2.25    3   0   0   3   1   0    8.0    6    36    2    2   1    8   0    9    3-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               92   13   18   33   0   0   5   12   0   1   17   0   0   26   1  .196  .359  .321  .680
vs RHB              681   73  142  223  26   2  17   68   3   7  123  13   3  166  20  .209  .327  .341  .668

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   8   3.99   17  15   4   1   0   1  106.0   84   468   50   47  13   68   4   84    8-9   3.33 runs/start
Road             7   9   2.82   18  16   4   2   1   1  108.2   76   475   39   34   9   72   9  108    9-9   2.75 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              6   6   3.11   13  11   4   2   0   1   75.1   51   330   29   26   8   54   3   70    7-6   3.36 runs/start
Night            7  11   3.55   22  20   4   1   1   1  139.1  109   613   60   55  14   86  10  122   10-12  2.85 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   3   3.77    5   5   0   0   0   0   31.0   19   142   14   13   3   30   1   26    2-3   1.60 runs/start
May              4   2   3.00    7   6   2   1   0   1   42.0   33   190   17   14   5   34   4   36    4-3   3.50 runs/start
June             5   2   1.94    7   6   4   1   0   1   51.0   28   208   12   11   4   25   2   54    5-2   4.50 runs/start
July             2   3   3.61    6   6   2   0   0   0   42.1   33   178   18   17   5   19   3   35    3-3   2.83 runs/start
August           1   2   4.11    4   3   0   1   1   0   15.1   16    70    7    7   0    9   1   15    2-2   3.67 runs/start
September        1   5   5.18    6   5   0   0   0   0   33.0   31   155   21   19   5   23   2   26    1-5   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   0   1.91    4   4   2   0   0   0   33.0   27   134    8    7   3   12   4   24    3-1   3.00 runs/start
A's              1   2   9.00    3   2   0   1   0   0   10.0   17    52   12   10   4    7   1    8    1-2   3.00 runs/start
Brewers          2   1   1.96    3   3   1   0   0   1   23.0   14    94    5    5   1   12   1   22    2-1   5.67 runs/start
Orioles          0   4   6.46    5   5   0   0   0   0   30.2   29   135   22   22   7   17   0   29    1-4   1.80 runs/start
Red Sox          0   2   4.00    3   3   1   0   0   0   18.0   12    81    9    8   4   11   1   28    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Royals           0   3   4.32    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.2    8    74    8    8   0   16   0   11    0-3   2.00 runs/start
Senators         1   2   3.60    3   2   0   0   0   0   15.0    7    80    9    6   0   22   3   11    1-2   3.50 runs/start
Tigers           2   1   1.89    4   2   1   2   1   0   19.0   12    80    5    4   1    9   1   16    3-1   3.00 runs/start
Twins            0   1  27.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    1.1    3    11    4    4   0    4   0    0    0-1   5.00 runs/start
White Sox        3   0   1.12    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.0   12    96    3    3   1   14   0   28    3-0   4.33 runs/start
Yankees          2   1   1.50    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.0   19   106    4    4   1   16   2   15    2-1   2.33 runs/start

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