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Sam McDowell

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Apr 16 W, 10-6 at Astros Start 5.2 6 26 6 6 2 2 0 4 9.53 W (1-0) SFG Apr 20 W, 2-1 at Padres Start 5.0 5 19 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.06 W (2-0) SFG Apr 26 W, 8-6 vs Phillies Start 4.1 9 22 2 2 0 3 0 2 4.80 SFG Apr 30 (2) W, 13-2 vs Expos Start 1 9.0 5 32 2 1 0 2 0 6 3.38 W (3-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG May 06 W, 3-1 at Phillies Start 2 9.0 4 35 1 0 0 5 0 9 2.45 W (4-0) SFG May 10 W, 7-3 at Expos Start 3 9.0 7 34 3 3 1 1 1 8 2.57 W (5-0) SFG May 14 L, 4-5 at Mets Start 4.0 2 18 4 4 1 3 1 7 3.13 SFG May 18 L, 5-8 vs Reds Start 6.1 8 30 5 5 0 2 0 5 3.61 L (5-1) SFG May 22 W, 9-8 at Dodgers Start 7.2 7 36 6 4 1 5 0 2 3.75 W (6-1) SFG May 27 W, 11-9 at Braves Start 4.2 5 25 7 6 0 7 0 2 4.31 SFG May 30 L, 3-5 vs Dodgers Start 7.1 7 33 5 5 1 4 0 6 4.50 L (6-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Jun 03 L, 3-4 vs Pirates Start 6.2 8 31 4 4 1 3 0 6 4.58 L (6-3) SFG Jun 08 L, 4-6 vs Cardinals Start 7.0 8 32 5 5 0 3 0 8 4.73 L (6-4) SFG Jun 14 W, 3-1 at Pirates Start 4 9.0 5 33 1 1 0 1 0 4 4.37 W (7-4) SFG Jun 18 W, 8-2 at Cardinals Start 7.0 4 26 2 2 0 1 0 4 4.25 W (8-4) SFG Jun 23 L, 1-4 at Padres Start 7.0 6 31 4 4 1 3 1 4 4.31 L (8-5) SFG Jun 27 W, 3-2 vs Braves Start 8.2 8 37 2 2 0 4 1 6 4.14 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Jul 01 W, 8-5 vs Dodgers Start 4.0 6 22 4 4 1 3 0 2 4.30 SFG Jul 07 L, 2-7 at Expos Start 2.2 5 15 5 4 0 1 0 0 4.50 L (8-6) SFG Jul 12 L, 0-4 at Mets Start 4.0 2 20 3 3 0 6 1 2 4.57 L (8-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Aug 27 L, 3-9 at Cubs Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.56 SFG Aug 28 L, 2-4 at Cardinals Middle 3.1 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.44 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Sep 02 L, 3-6 at Pirates Start 3.1 7 21 6 6 1 4 0 3 4.73 L (8-8) SFG Sep 07 L, 1-5 vs Astros Start 10.0 10 42 1 1 0 5 0 8 4.47 SFG Sep 10 (1) L, 7-8 vs Reds Middle 0.2 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.45 SFG Sep 19 L, 4-5 at Reds Start 4.0 8 21 4 4 1 2 0 4 4.57 SFG Sep 26 W, 5-2 at Astros Start 7.0 6 29 2 1 1 5 0 6 4.42 W (9-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Oct 01 W, 6-2 vs Braves Start 7.2 5 29 2 2 0 1 0 4 4.33 W (10-8)

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      10   8   4.44   25  25   4   0   0   0  160.0  153   699   86   79  12   77   5  119   14-11  5.04 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   0.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    2    18    0    0   0    3   1    3    0-2 
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    0.1    0     1    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               99   21   36   51   5   2   2   21   0   0    9   0   0   14   1  .364  .515  .413  .928
vs RHB              514   60  119  177  18   5  10   55   2  10   71   6   6  108  13  .232  .344  .336  .680

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   4   3.89   11  10   1   0   0   0   71.2   75   316   32   31   3   32   2   53    5-6   5.40 runs/start
Road             8   4   4.66   17  15   3   1   0   0   92.2   80   402   54   48   9   48   4   69    9-8   4.80 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              4   4   4.15   15  13   2   1   0   0   84.2   77   371   42   39   3   46   3   65    7-8   5.69 runs/start
Night            6   4   4.52   13  12   2   0   0   0   79.2   78   347   44   40   9   34   3   57    7-6   4.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   0   3.38    4   4   1   0   0   0   24.0   25    99   10    9   2    8   0   19    4-0   8.25 runs/start
May              3   2   5.06    7   7   2   0   0   0   48.0   40   211   31   27   4   27   2   39    4-3   6.00 runs/start
June             2   3   3.57    6   6   1   0   0   0   45.1   39   190   18   18   2   15   2   32    3-3   3.67 runs/start
July             0   2   9.28    3   3   0   0   0   0   10.2   13    57   12   11   1   10   1    4    1-2   3.33 runs/start
August           0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.2    1    13    0    0   0    1   0    3    0-2 
September        1   1   4.32    5   4   0   0   0   0   25.0   32   119   13   12   3   18   1   21    1-4   3.25 runs/start
October          1   0   2.35    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.2    5    29    2    2   0    1   0    4    1-0   6.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           2   0   3.18    3   3   0   0   0   0   22.2   22    97    9    8   3   12   0   18    2-1   5.33 runs/start
Braves           1   0   4.29    3   3   0   0   0   0   21.0   18    91   11   10   0   12   1   12    3-0   6.67 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   3.63    3   2   0   0   0   0   17.1   13    70    7    7   0    5   0   15    1-2   6.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    0.1    0     1    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Dodgers          1   1   6.16    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.0   20    91   15   13   3   12   0   10    2-1   6.67 runs/start
Expos            2   1   3.48    3   3   2   0   0   0   20.2   17    81   10    8   1    4   1   14    2-1   7.33 runs/start
Mets             0   1   7.88    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.0    4    38    7    7   1    9   2    9    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Padres           1   1   3.00    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   11    50    4    4   1    4   1   11    1-1   1.50 runs/start
Phillies         1   0   1.35    2   2   1   0   0   0   13.1   13    57    3    2   0    8   0   11    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Pirates          1   2   5.21    3   3   1   0   0   0   19.0   20    85   11   11   2    8   0   13    1-2   3.00 runs/start
Reds             0   1   7.36    3   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   17    57    9    9   1    6   1    9    0-3   4.50 runs/start

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