Sam McDowell
Born: September 21, 1942, Pittsburgh, PAHeight: 6'5" Weight: 190 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1961 Cleveland AL 18 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 3 27 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1962 Cleveland AL 19 3 7 6.06 25 13 0 7 5 1 0 87.2 81 410 64 59 9 69 1 4 70 1963 Cleveland AL 20 3 5 4.85 14 12 3 2 0 0 1 65.0 63 292 37 35 6 44 0 0 63 1964 Cleveland AL 21 11 6 2.70 31 24 6 4 3 1 2 173.1 148 760 60 52 8 94 6 3 177 1965 Cleveland AL 22 17 11 2.18 42 35 14 2 5 4 3 273.0 178 1116 80 66 9 125 7 6 325 1966 Cleveland AL 23 9 8 2.87 35 28 8 2 5 3 5 194.1 130 806 66 62 12 99 3 6 225 1967 Cleveland AL 24 13 15 3.85 37 37 10 0 0 0 1 236.1 201 1014 112 101 21 120 3 7 236 1968 Cleveland AL 25 15 14 1.81 38 37 11 1 0 0 3 269.0 181 1098 78 54 13 101 9 10 283 1969 Cleveland AL 26 18 14 2.94 39 38 18 0 1 1 4 285.0 222 1166 111 93 13 93 9 7 279 1970 Cleveland AL 27 20 12 2.92 39 39 19 0 2 0 1 305.0 236 1257 108 99 25 121 10 7 304 1971 Cleveland AL 28 13 17 3.40 35 31 8 1 3 1 2 214.2 160 943 89 81 22 140 13 3 192 1972 San Francisco NL 29 10 8 4.33 28 25 4 2 1 0 0 164.1 155 718 86 79 12 80 6 6 122 1973 San Francisco NL 30 1 2 4.50 18 3 0 9 6 3 0 40.0 45 190 23 20 4 29 0 0 35 1973 New York AL 30 5 8 3.95 16 15 2 0 1 0 1 95.2 73 417 47 42 4 62 2 0 75 1974 New York AL 31 1 6 4.69 13 7 0 3 3 0 0 48.0 42 224 27 25 6 39 2 0 33 1975 Pittsburgh NL 32 2 1 2.86 14 1 0 9 4 0 0 34.2 30 149 11 11 0 17 3 0 29 TOTALS 141 134 3.17 425 346 103 40 39 14 23 2492.1 1948 10587 999 879 164 1238 74 59 2453
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1961 Cleveland AL 1 22 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 .136 .136 .296 1962 Cleveland AL 25 333 64 81 131 15 4 9 1 2 2 1 69 1 4 70 10 .243 .393 .379 1963 Cleveland AL 14 246 37 63 85 4 0 6 1 1 0 1 44 0 0 63 9 .256 .346 .368 1964 Cleveland AL 31 645 60 148 197 25 0 8 8 4 4 2 94 6 3 177 14 .229 .305 .334 1965 Cleveland AL 42 963 80 178 235 30 0 9 13 2 4 9 125 7 6 325 23 .185 .244 .286 1966 Cleveland AL 35 690 66 130 196 26 2 12 5 3 5 5 99 3 6 225 16 .188 .284 .297 1967 Cleveland AL 37 864 112 201 292 24 2 21 13 7 6 13 120 3 7 236 22 .233 .338 .331 1968 Cleveland AL 38 959 78 181 252 24 4 13 17 2 9 5 101 9 10 283 16 .189 .263 .278 1969 Cleveland AL 39 1040 111 222 309 32 8 13 10 7 14 11 93 9 7 279 24 .213 .297 .286 1970 Cleveland AL 39 1107 108 236 354 31 6 25 8 4 2 11 121 10 7 304 22 .213 .320 .299 1971 Cleveland AL 35 773 89 160 256 26 2 22 9 5 3 8 140 13 3 192 21 .207 .331 .338 1972 San Francisco NL 28 613 86 155 228 23 7 12 8 5 2 10 80 6 6 122 14 .253 .372 .348 1973 San Francisco NL 18 158 23 45 66 5 2 4 1 2 2 2 29 0 0 35 2 .285 .418 .392 1973 New York AL 16 345 47 73 100 11 2 4 4 4 2 3 62 2 0 75 6 .212 .290 .332 1974 New York AL 13 178 27 42 68 8 0 6 5 0 1 4 39 2 0 33 5 .236 .382 .379 1975 Pittsburgh NL 14 124 11 30 38 6 1 0 4 1 4 2 17 3 0 29 3 .242 .306 .345
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1961 Cleveland AL 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 1962 Cleveland AL 19 25 26 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 .154 .154 .154 1963 Cleveland AL 20 15 19 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 .211 .211 .250 1964 Cleveland AL 21 31 56 2 8 9 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 .143 .161 .213 1965 Cleveland AL 22 43 95 5 12 13 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 0 .126 .137 .135 1966 Cleveland AL 23 36 60 2 12 14 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 0 .200 .233 .210 1967 Cleveland AL 24 37 82 5 15 19 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 28 1 .183 .232 .190 1968 Cleveland AL 25 38 85 5 13 13 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 35 1 .153 .153 .189 1969 Cleveland AL 26 39 92 3 16 19 3 0 0 6 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 2 .174 .207 .172 1970 Cleveland AL 27 40 105 5 13 16 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 42 0 .124 .152 .140 1971 Cleveland AL 28 35 73 1 13 13 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 0 .178 .178 .189 1972 San Francisco NL 29 28 59 3 7 10 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 1 .119 .169 .133 1973 San Francisco NL 30 18 12 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .167 .167 .167 1973 New York AL 30 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 New York AL 31 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Pittsburgh NL 32 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 429 774 34 119 136 7 2 2 36 56 4 0 1 16 0 1 306 6 .154 .176 .171
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1961 Cleveland AL P 6.1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 0 1962 Cleveland AL P 87.2 13 25 4 14 2 0 .900 1.85 2 1 4 1963 Cleveland AL P 65.0 12 14 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.52 0 1 0 1964 Cleveland AL P 173.1 24 31 7 20 2 1 .931 1.40 4 2 0 1965 Cleveland AL P 273.0 35 42 6 46 4 0 .929 1.71 4 9 2 1966 Cleveland AL P 194.1 28 35 11 30 2 2 .953 1.90 5 5 1 1967 Cleveland AL P 236.1 37 37 9 31 5 2 .889 1.52 6 13 0 1968 Cleveland AL P 269.0 37 38 10 30 4 7 .909 1.34 9 5 1 1969 Cleveland AL P 285.0 38 39 5 39 4 5 .917 1.39 14 11 2 1970 Cleveland AL P 305.0 39 39 3 35 4 1 .905 1.12 2 11 5 1970 Cleveland AL 2B 0.1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 1970 Cleveland AL 1B 0.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1971 Cleveland AL P 214.2 31 35 3 26 4 2 .879 1.22 3 8 0 1972 San Francisco NL P 164.1 25 28 8 21 1 0 .967 1.59 2 10 2 1973 San Francisco NL P 40.0 3 18 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.80 2 2 0 1973 New York AL P 95.2 15 16 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.79 2 3 0 1974 New York AL P 48.0 7 13 1 2 1 0 .750 0.56 1 4 0 1975 Pittsburgh NL P 34.2 1 14 1 5 0 2 1.000 1.56 4 2 2
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1960).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Gaylord Perry and Frank Duffy (November 29, 1971).
- Placed on disabled list by San Francisco Giants (August 2, 1972)
- Activated by San Francisco Giants (August 23, 1972)
- Sold by San Francisco Giants to New York Yankees (June 7, 1973).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees (May 23, 1974)
- Activated by New York Yankees (July 12, 1974)
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees (September 15, 1974)
- Activated by New York Yankees (October 3, 1974)
- Released by New York Yankees (December 20, 1974).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 2, 1975).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 26, 1975).
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