Jack McDowell | Major Leaguer 1987-1999

Full Name: Jack Burns Mcdowell
Born: January 16,1966 in Van Nuys, California
Height: 6-5 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks,CA)
College: Stanford University

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Drafted: Selected by Boston Red Sox in 20th Round (510th overall) of 1984 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Chicago White Sox in 1st Round (5th overall) of 1987 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 14,1994] - Traded by White Sox to Yankees for Lyle Mouton and Keith Heberling. [Oct 31,1995] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 14,1995] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Nov 5,1997] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 27,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Oct 23,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 7,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Aug 9,1999] - Released by Angels.

Signed by: Ed Pebley

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%
1987	GCL Chisox	GCL	21	Chw	Rk	0	1	2.57	2	1	0	0	1	0	7.0	4	3	2	0	1	12	0		5.14	0.00	1.29	15.43	0.71	--
	Birmingham	Sou	21	Chw	AA	1	2	7.84	4	4	1	1	0	0	20.2	19	20	18	5	8	17	3		8.28	2.18	3.48	7.41	1.31	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	3	0	1.93	4	4	0	0	0	0	28.0	16	6	6	1	6	15	0	0	5.14	0.32	1.93	4.82	0.79	48%
1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	5	10	3.97	26	26	1	0	0	0	158.2	147	85	70	12	68	84	11	1	8.34	0.68	3.86	4.76	1.36	49%
1989	GCL Chisox	GCL	23	Chw	Rk	2	0	0.75	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	19	2	2	0	4	25	2		7.13	0.00	1.50	9.38	0.96	--
	Vancouver	PCL	23	Chw	AAA	5	6	6.13	16	16	1	0	0	0	86.2	97	60	59	6	50	65	2		10.07	0.62	5.19	6.75	1.70	--
1990	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	14	9	3.82	33	33	4	0	0	0	205.0	189	93	87	20	77	165	7	1	8.30	0.88	3.38	7.24	1.30	40%
1991	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	17	10	3.41	35	35	15	3	0	0	253.2	212	97	96	19	82	191	10	1	7.52	0.67	2.91	6.78	1.16	38%
1992	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	20	10	3.18	34	34	13	1	0	0	260.2	247	95	92	21	75	178	6	0	8.53	0.73	2.59	6.15	1.24	42%
1993	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	22	10	3.37	34	34	10	4	0	0	256.2	261	104	96	20	69	158	8	1	9.15	0.70	2.42	5.54	1.29	46%
1994	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	10	9	3.73	25	25	6	2	0	0	181.0	186	82	75	12	42	127	4	0	9.25	0.60	2.09	6.31	1.26	44%
1995	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	15	10	3.93	30	30	8	2	0	0	217.2	211	106	95	25	78	157	9	1	8.72	1.03	3.23	6.49	1.33	40%
1996	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	13	9	5.11	30	30	5	1	0	0	192.0	214	119	109	22	67	141	5	0	10.03	1.03	3.14	6.61	1.46	44%
1997	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	3	3	5.09	8	6	0	0	0	0	40.2	44	25	23	6	18	38	1	0	9.74	1.33	3.98	8.41	1.52	--
1998	Lk Elsin	Calif	32	Ana	A+	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	5	1	0	4	0	0	12.60	1.80	0.00	7.20	1.40	--
	Midland	Tex	32	Ana	AA	0	1	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	3	1	2	5	0	0	6.43	1.29	2.57	6.43	1.00	--
	Vancouver	PCL	32	Ana	AAA	0	0	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	12.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	2.00	--
	Anaheim	AL	32	Ana	MLB	5	3	5.09	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	96	45	43	11	19	45	2	0	11.37	1.30	2.25	5.33	1.51	43%
1999	Lk Elsin	Calif	33	Ana	A+	0	1	7.37	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	11	7	6	2	1	7	0	0	13.51	2.46	1.23	8.59	1.64	--
	Edmonton	PCL	33	Ana	AAA	1	0	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	7	7	1	3	2	0	0	9.82	0.82	2.45	1.64	1.36	--
	Anaheim	AL	33	Ana	MLB	0	4	8.05	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.0	31	17	17	4	5	12	0	0	14.68	1.89	2.37	5.68	1.89	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						127	87	3.85	277	275	62	13	0	0	1,889.0	1854	874	809	173	606	1311	63	5	8.83	0.82	2.89	6.25	1.30	43%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						9	12	5.47	32	31	2	1	1	0	171.2	178	109	104	16	71	137	8		9.36	0.84	3.73	7.20	1.45	--

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%
1987	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	p	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1991	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1998	Anaheim	AL	32	Ana	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Anaheim	AL	33	Ana	MLB	p		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								277	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1993	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27		Ch	0	2	10.00	2		0			0	9.0	18		10		5	5			18.00	---	5.00	5.00	2.56	--
1995	NY Yankees	AL	29		Div	0	2	9.00	2		0			0	7.0	8		7		4	6			10.29	---	5.14	7.71	1.71	--
1996	Cleveland	AL	30		Div	0	0	6.36	1		0			0	5.2	6		4		1	5			9.54	---	1.59	7.95	1.24	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	4	8.72	5		0			0	21.2	32		21		10	16			13.29	---	4.15	6.65	1.94	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1993	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1987	GCL Chisox	GCL	21	Chw	Rk	P	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Birmingham	Sou	21	Chw	AA	P	4			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1987	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	P	4		28	1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25

1988	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	P	26		158.2	12	16	5	33	1	-	-	-	.848	1.59

1989	GCL Chisox	GCL	23	Chw	Rk	P	4			2	4	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	--
1989	Vancouver	PCL	23	Chw	AAA	P	16			3	9	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1990	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	33		205	17	20	1	38	3	-	-	-	.974	1.62

1991	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	P	35		253.2	19	32	0	51	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.81

1992	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	P	34		260.2	16	27	2	45	3	-	-	-	.956	1.48

1993	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	P	34		256.2	23	43	3	69	2	-	-	-	.957	2.31

1994	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	25		181	8	23	0	31	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.54

1995	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	P	30		217.2	17	27	1	45	1	-	-	-	.978	1.82

1996	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	30		192	20	27	1	48	0	-	-	-	.979	2.20

1997	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	8		40.2	3	6	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.99

1998	Lk Elsin	Calif	32	Ana	A+	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Vancouver	PCL	32	Ana	AAA	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	Anaheim	AL	32	Ana	MLB	P	14		76	3	12	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.78

1999	Lk Elsin	Calif	33	Ana	A+	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Edmonton	PCL	33	Ana	AAA	P	2			1	2	1	4	1	-	-	-	.750	--
1999	Anaheim	AL	33	Ana	MLB	P	4		19	0	6	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.84

Awards

[1991] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1992] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #19), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1993] - Baseball America American League All-Star SP, American League Cy Young Award, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [2005] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (4 votes - 0.8%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1987	*60,000		292,853	80
1988	62,500		325,305	80
1990	*100,000		426,358	79
1991	175,000		617,627	49
1992	1,600,000		798,185	21
1993	4,000,000	39	815,723	4
1994	5,300,000	9	914,157	1
1995	5,400,000	25	831,504	3
1996	4,800,000	47	835,262	5
1997	4,800,000	61	996,990	6
1998	1,500,000		1,054,037	23
1999	500,000		1,222,537	39

Career:	$28,297,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Named Baseball America Freshman of the Year in 1985.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1991-1993)

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