SAM MCDOWELL

| Retired | Played: 1960-1975

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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 9th in SO9
Positions: P-425, 2B-1, 1B-1
Full Name: Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell
Nickname: Sudden Sam
Born: Sep 21, 1942 (70.243) in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

MLB Debut: Sep 15, 1961 (18.359)

Control
22

K-Rating
95

Efficiency
46

vsPower
72

Ht/Wt: 6-5 / 218 Bats/Throws: Left / Left
High School: Central Catholic (Pittsburgh,PA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1960 by CLE

Tags: 15 Strikeouts in a Game || 20-Win Season || 300 Strikeouts in a Season || Major League All-Star Game || Opening Day Starts || Suspensions All Tags

TBC Player ID: 15074
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1960	Lakeland	FSL	A+	-	cle	17	-	5	6	3.34	16						105.0	85	51	39		80	100			1.57	7.29	--	6.86	8.57	0.80	--	--
1961	Salt Lake City	PCL	AAA	-	cle	18	-	13	10	4.42	32						175.0	143	98	86		152	156			1.69	7.35	--	7.82	8.02	0.97	--	--
1961	Cleveland	AL	MLB	17	cle	18	-	0	0	--	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	1.26	4.26	0.00	7.11	7.11	1.00	.176	1.00
1962	Salt Lake City	PCL	AAA	-	cle	19	-	3	2	2.02	6						40.0	28	9	9		23	34			1.28	6.30	--	5.17	7.65	0.68	--	--
1962	Cleveland	AL	MLB	17	cle	19	-	3	7	6.06	25	13	0	0	5	1	87.2	81	64	59	9	70	70	5	0	1.72	8.32	0.92	7.19	7.19	1.00	.285	1.33
1963	Jacksonville	IL	AAA	-	cle	20	-	3	6	3.41	12						87.0	63	35	33		50	84			1.30	6.52	--	5.17	8.69	0.60	--	--
1963	Cleveland	AL	MLB	34	cle	20	-	3	5	4.85	14	12	3	1	0	0	65.0	63	37	35	6	44	63	7	0	1.65	8.72	0.83	6.09	8.72	0.70	.322	1.23
1964	Portland	PCL	AAA	-	cle	21	-	8	0	1.18	9						76.0	34	11	10		24	102			0.76	4.03	--	2.84	12.08	0.24	--	--
1964	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	21	16	11	6	2.70	31	24	6	2	3	1	173.1	148	60	52	8	100	177	11	2	1.43	7.68	0.42	5.19	9.19	0.56	.304	1.17
1965	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	22	1	17	11	2.18	42	35	14	3	5	4	273.0	178	80	66	9	132	325	17	0	1.14	5.87	0.30	4.35	10.71	0.41	.269	1.58
1966	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	23	10	9	8	2.87	35	28	8	5	5	3	194.1	130	66	62	12	102	225	5	1	1.19	6.02	0.56	4.72	10.42	0.45	.260	1.34
1967	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	24	15	13	15	3.85	37	37	10	1	0	0	236.1	201	112	101	21	123	236	18	0	1.37	7.65	0.80	4.68	8.99	0.52	.297	1.14
1968	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	25	5	15	14	1.81	38	37	11	3	0	0	269.0	181	78	54	13	110	283	7	1	1.08	6.06	0.43	3.68	9.47	0.39	.253	1.02
1969	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	26	3	18	14	2.94	39	38	18	4	1	1	285.0	222	111	93	13	102	279	14	1	1.14	7.01	0.41	3.22	8.81	0.37	.279	0.92
1970	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	27	4	20	12	2.92	39	39	19	1	2	0	305.0	236	108	99	25	131	304	17	0	1.20	6.96	0.74	3.87	8.97	0.43	.271	0.94
1971	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	28	20	13	17	3.40	35	31	8	2	3	1	214.2	160	89	81	22	153	192	13	0	1.46	6.71	0.92	6.41	8.05	0.80	.247	1.08
1972	SF Giants	NL	MLB	48	sf	29	60	10	8	4.33	28	25	4	0	1	0	164.1	155	86	79	12	86	122	11	0	1.47	8.49	0.66	4.71	6.68	0.70	.299	0.82
1973	SF Giants	NL	MLB	47	sf	30	-	1	2	4.50	18	3	0	0	6	3	40.0	45	23	20	4	29	35	5	0	1.85	10.12	0.90	6.52	7.87	0.83	.345	0.80
1973	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	29,48	nyy	30	-	5	8	3.95	16	15	2	1	1	0	95.2	73	47	42	4	64	75	6	0	1.43	6.87	0.38	6.02	7.06	0.85	--	0.75
1974	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	48	nyy	31	-	1	6	4.69	13	7	0	0	3	0	48.0	42	27	25	6	41	33	3	0	1.73	7.88	1.13	7.69	6.19	1.24	.259	1.19
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	48	pit	32	-	2	1	2.86	14	1	0	0	4	0	34.2	30	11	11	0	20	29	1	2	1.44	7.79	0.00	5.19	7.53	0.69	.316	1.06
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MLB Totals (15 years) Career Ranks								141	134	3.17	425	346	103	23	39	14	2492	1948	999	879	164	1312	2453	140	7	1.31	7.04	0.59	4.74	8.86	0.53	.293	1.07
Minor League Totals (5 years)								32	24	3.30	75	0	0	0	0	0	483	353	204	177	0	329	476	0	0	1.41	6.58	0.00	6.13	8.87	0.69	--	--
AAA Totals (4 years)								27	18	3.29	59	0	0	0	0	0	378	268	153	138	0	249	376	0	0	1.37	6.38	0.00	5.93	8.95	0.66	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)								5	6	3.34	16	0	0	0	0	0	105	85	51	39	0	80	100	0	0	1.57	7.29	0.00	6.86	8.57	0.80	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1961	Cleveland	AL	MLB	17	cle	18	p	-	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	100	0	2	2	--	--	.000
1962	Cleveland	AL	MLB	17	cle	19	p	-	25	26	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	11	44	4	27	23	-1	-1.7	.308
1963	Cleveland	AL	MLB	34	cle	20	p	-	15	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	4	0	1	.211	.250	.211	461	10	67	4	24	20	0	-0.2	.400
1964	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	21	p	-	31	56	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	25	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.213	.161	374	24	77	9	64	51	-1	-0.5	.258
1965	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	22	p	-	43	95	5	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	35	0	0	5	0	0	.126	.135	.137	272	32	74	13	101	88	-5	-1.4	.200
1966	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	23	p	-	36	60	2	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	27	0	0	3	1	0	.200	.210	.233	443	26	72	14	65	52	0	0.1	.353
1967	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	24	p	-	37	82	5	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	28	0	0	4	1	1	.183	.190	.232	422	33	89	19	88	73	0	0.1	.259
1968	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	25	p	-	38	85	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	35	1	0	6	1	1	.153	.189	.153	342	36	95	13	96	80	-3	-0.9	.255
1969	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	26	p	58	39	92	3	16	3	0	0	6	0	1	0	31	0	0	11	1	2	.174	.172	.207	379	37	95	19	104	91	-1	-0.4	.258
1970	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	27	p	78	40	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	42	0	0	8	0	0	.124	.140	.152	293	39	98	16	115	100	-5	-1.3	.194
1971	Cleveland	AL	MLB	48	cle	28	p	-	35	73	1	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	26	0	0	6	0	0	.178	.189	.178	367	29	83	13	80	66	-1	-0.5	.277
1972	SF Giants	NL	MLB	48	sf	29	p	-	28	59	3	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	21	0	0	4	0	1	.119	.133	.169	303	25	89	10	64	57	-2	-1.1	.184
1973	SF Giants	NL	MLB	47	sf	30	p	-	18	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	4	22	2	13	11	-1	-1.6	.400
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	48	pit	32	p	-	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	3	21	0	8	8	--	--	.000
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MLB Totals (14 years) Career Ranks									400	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	1	0	56	4	6	.154	.171	.176	347	310	78	136	851	722	-21.9	-0.8	.249
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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1961	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	1		2	0	2	0	0	6	1.000	2.00	3.00
1962	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	25		20	4	14	2	0	87	.900	0.72	1.86
1963	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	14		11	4	7	0	0	65	1.000	0.79	1.52
1964	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	31		29	7	20	2	1	173	.931	0.87	1.40
1965	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	42		56	6	46	4	0	273	.929	1.24	1.71
1966	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	35		43	11	30	2	2	194	.953	1.17	1.90
1967	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	37		45	9	31	5	2	236	.889	1.08	1.53
1968	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	38		44	10	30	4	7	269	.909	1.05	1.34
1969	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	39		48	5	39	4	5	285	.917	1.13	1.39
1970	Cleveland	AL	MLB	1B	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	2B	1		1	1	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	39		42	3	35	4	1	305	.905	0.97	1.12
1971	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	35		33	3	26	4	2	214	.879	0.83	1.22
1972	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	28		30	8	21	1	0	164	.967	1.04	1.59
1973	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	16		19	4	15	0	1	95	1.000	1.19	1.80
	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	18		8	3	5	0	0	40	1.000	0.44	1.80
1974	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	13		4	1	2	1	0	48	.750	0.23	0.56
1975	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	14		6	1	5	0	2	34	1.000	0.43	1.59
Major League Totals:				1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
				2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

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