Sam McDowell | Major Leaguer 1961-1975

Full Name: Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell
Born: September 21,1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height: 6-5 Weight: 218 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Central Catholic (Pittsburgh,PA)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1960] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Indians. [Nov 29,1971] - Traded by Indians to Giants for Frank Duffy and Gaylord Perry. [Jun 7,1973] - Purchased by Yankees from Giants. [Dec 20,1974] - Released by Yankees. [Apr 2,1975] - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. [Jun 26,1975] - Released by Pirates.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1960	Lakeland	FSL	17	Cle	A+	5	6	3.34	16						105.0	85	51	39		80	100			7.29	---	6.86	8.57	1.57	--
1961	Salt Lake	PCL	18	Cle	AAA	13	10	4.42	32						175.0	143	98	86		152	156			7.35	---	7.82	8.02	1.69	--
	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	4.27	0.00	7.11	7.11	1.26	57%
1962	Salt Lake	PCL	19	Cle	AAA	3	2	2.03	6						40.0	28	9	9		23	34			6.30	---	5.18	7.65	1.28	--
	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	3	7	6.06	25	13	0	0	5	1	87.2	81	64	59	9	70	70	5	0	8.32	0.92	7.19	7.19	1.72	50%
1963	Jcknville	IL	20	Cle	AAA	3	6	3.41	12						87.0	63	35	33		50	84			6.52	---	5.17	8.69	1.30	--
	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	3	5	4.85	14	12	3	1	0	0	65.0	63	37	35	6	44	63	7	0	8.72	0.83	6.09	8.72	1.65	54%
1964	Portland	PCL	21	Cle	AAA	8	0	1.18	9						76.0	34	11	10		24	102			4.03	---	2.84	12.08	0.76	--
	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	11	6	2.70	31	24	6	2	3	1	173.1	148	60	52	8	100	177	11	2	7.68	0.42	5.19	9.19	1.43	54%
1965	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	17	11	2.18	42	35	14	3	5	4	273.0	178	80	66	9	132	325	17	0	5.87	0.30	4.35	10.71	1.14	60%
1966	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	9	8	2.87	35	28	8	5	5	3	194.1	130	66	62	12	102	225	5	1	6.02	0.56	4.72	10.42	1.19	54%
1967	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	13	15	3.85	37	37	10	1	0	0	236.1	201	112	101	21	123	236	18	0	7.65	0.80	4.68	8.99	1.37	55%
1968	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	15	14	1.81	38	37	11	3	0	0	269.0	181	78	54	13	110	283	7	1	6.06	0.43	3.68	9.47	1.08	56%
1969	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	18	14	2.94	39	38	18	4	1	1	285.0	222	111	93	13	102	279	14	1	7.01	0.41	3.22	8.81	1.14	45%
1970	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	20	12	2.92	39	39	19	1	2	0	305.0	236	108	99	25	131	304	17	0	6.96	0.74	3.87	8.97	1.20	50%
1971	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	13	17	3.40	35	31	8	2	3	1	214.2	160	89	81	22	153	192	13	0	6.71	0.92	6.41	8.05	1.46	52%
1972	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	10	8	4.33	28	25	4	0	1	0	164.1	155	86	79	12	86	122	11	0	8.49	0.66	4.71	6.68	1.47	41%
1973	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	1	2	4.50	18	3	0	0	6	3	40.0	45	23	20	4	29	35	5	0	10.13	0.90	6.53	7.88	1.85	51%
	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	5	8	3.95	16	15	2	1	1	0	95.2	73	47	42	4	64	75	6	0	6.87	0.38	6.02	7.06	1.43	43%
1974	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	1	6	4.69	13	7	0	0	3	0	48.0	42	27	25	6	41	33	3	0	7.88	1.13	7.69	6.19	1.73	52%
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	2	1	2.86	14	1	0	0	4	0	34.2	30	11	11	0	20	29	1	2	7.79	0.00	5.19	7.53	1.44	57%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)						141	134	3.17	425	346	103	23	39	14	2,492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	2453	140	7	7.03	0.59	4.74	8.86	1.31	52%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)						32	24	3.30	75						483.0	353	204	177		329	476			6.58	---	6.13	8.87	1.41	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1961	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	p	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1962	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	p	9	25	26	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	62%
1963	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	p	9	15	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	4	0	1	.211	.250	.211	461	54%
1964	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	p	9	31	56	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	25	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.213	.161	374	44%
1965	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	p	9	43	95	5	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	35	0	0	5	0	0	.126	.135	.137	272	76%
1966	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p	9	36	60	2	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	27	0	0	3	1	0	.200	.210	.233	443	52%
1967	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	p	9	37	82	5	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	28	0	0	4	1	1	.183	.190	.232	422	62%
1968	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	p	9	38	85	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	35	1	0	6	1	1	.153	.189	.153	342	62%
1969	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p	9	39	92	3	16	3	0	0	6	0	1	0	31	0	0	11	1	2	.174	.172	.207	379	66%
1970	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p	9	40	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	42	0	0	8	0	0	.124	.140	.152	292	52%
1971	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p	9	35	73	1	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	26	0	0	6	0	0	.178	.189	.178	367	67%
1972	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	p	9	28	59	3	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	21	0	0	4	0	1	.119	.133	.169	302	62%
1973	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	p	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	p	9	18	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	67%
1974	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	p	9	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)								429	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	1	0	56	4	6	.154	.171	.176	347	61%

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1961	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	P	1		6.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.84

1962	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	P	25		87.2	4	14	2	20	0	-	-	-	.900	1.85

1963	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	P	14		65	4	7	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

1964	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	P	31		173.1	7	20	2	29	1	-	-	-	.931	1.40

1965	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	P	42		273	6	46	4	56	0	-	-	-	.929	1.71

1966	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	35		194.1	11	30	2	43	2	-	-	-	.953	1.90

1967	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	P	37		236.1	9	31	5	45	2	-	-	-	.889	1.52

1968	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	P	38		269	10	30	4	44	7	-	-	-	.909	1.34

1969	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	39		285	5	39	4	48	5	-	-	-	.917	1.39

1970	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	39		305	3	35	4	42	1	-	-	-	.905	1.12
1970	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	1B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
1970	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	2B	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1971	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	35		214.2	3	26	4	33	2	-	-	-	.879	1.22

1972	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	P	28		164.1	8	21	1	30	0	-	-	-	.967	1.59

1973	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	P	16		95.2	4	15	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.79
1973	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	P	18		40	3	5	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80

1974	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	P	13		48	1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	.56

1975	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	P	14		34.2	1	5	0	6	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.56

Awards

[1965] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #17), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1966] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1968] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1969] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1970] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #16), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1971] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1981] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (0 votes - 0%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 6 All-Star games during his career (1965-1966, 1968-1971)

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