Sam McDowell

"Sudden Sam"

Cleveland · #48 · P
$36,000 (1 yr)
HT/WT6'5", 218 lbs
BIRTHDATE9/21/1942 (27)
BAT/THRL/L
BIRTHPLACEPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
STATUS ● Active

1970 Season Stats

W-L

7-8

Tied-34th

ERA

2.89

72nd

K

129

3rd

WHIP

1.30

Stats

Career Pitching — MLB

Season Team GPGS WL W% WAR ERAWHIP IP KBB K/BB HR ER SVHLD BLSV
1961 CLE 1 1 0 0 0.1 0.00 1.26 6.1 5 5 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE 25 13 3 7 0.300 -0.1 6.06 1.72 87.2 70 70 1.0 81 64 59 1 2 0
1963 CLE 14 12 3 5 0.375 0.6 4.85 1.65 65.0 63 44 1.4 63 37 35 0 0 0
1964 CLE 31 24 11 6 0.647 4.0 2.70 1.43 173.1 177 100 1.8 148 60 52 1 0 0
1965 CLE 42 35 17 11 0.607 9.4 2.18 1.14 273.0 325 132 2.5 178 80 66 4 0 1
1966 CLE 35 28 9 8 0.529 4.5 2.87 1.19 194.1 225 102 2.2 130 66 62 3 0 0
1967 CLE 37 37 13 15 0.464 2.5 3.85 1.37 236.1 236 123 1.9 201 112 101 0 0 0
1968 CLE 38 37 15 14 0.517 7.1 1.81 1.08 269.0 283 110 2.6 181 78 54 0 0 0
1969 CLE 39 38 18 14 0.563 9.5 2.94 1.14 285.0 279 102 2.7 222 111 93 1 0 0
1970 CLE 18 18 7 8 0.467 3.3 2.89 1.30 143.1 129 66 2.0 121 51 46 0 0 0
Total 280 243 96 88 0.522 40.9 2.95 1.26 1733.1 1792 854 2.1 1328 659 568 10 2 1

Opponent Batting

Season Team P TBF P-TBF OBA OOBP OSLG OOPS 2B 3B HR TB SH SF IBB
1961 CLE 104 27 3.852 0.136 0.296 0.136 0.432 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
1962 CLE 1,581 410 3.856 0.242 0.376 0.322 0.698 0 0 9 108 4 3 1
1963 CLE 1,153 292 3.949 0.254 0.364 0.327 0.691 0 0 6 81 3 2 0
1964 CLE 2,942 760 3.871 0.227 0.331 0.264 0.595 0 0 8 172 9 4 6
1965 CLE 4,401 1116 3.944 0.183 0.283 0.211 0.494 0 0 9 205 14 7 7
1966 CLE 3,178 806 3.943 0.187 0.295 0.239 0.534 0 0 12 166 10 5 3
1967 CLE 3,937 1014 3.883 0.228 0.325 0.300 0.625 0 0 21 264 12 6 3
1968 CLE 4,198 1098 3.823 0.187 0.275 0.227 0.502 0 0 13 220 14 7 9
1969 CLE 4,430 1166 3.799 0.212 0.284 0.249 0.533 0 0 13 261 14 7 9
1970 CLE 2,653 610 4.349 0.227 0.314 0.330 0.644 17 1 12 176 4 4 1
Career 28,577 7299 3.915 0.209 0.305 0.261 0.566 17 1 103 1656 84 45 39

Expanded Pitching

Season Team P/S P/I K/9 QS CG SHO GB% GB FB G/F IR IRS WP BK SB CS RSUP
1961 CLE 104.0 16.4 7.1 1 0 0 50.0 7 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1962 CLE 121.6 18.0 7.2 2 0 0 55.2 101 82 1.2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
1963 CLE 96.1 17.7 8.7 4 3 1 53.7 66 57 1.2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0
1964 CLE 122.6 17.0 9.2 17 6 2 52.0 171 158 1.1 0 0 11 2 0 0 0.0
1965 CLE 125.7 16.1 10.7 26 14 3 59.2 279 192 1.5 0 0 17 0 0 0 0.0
1966 CLE 113.5 16.4 10.4 16 8 5 55.3 189 153 1.2 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.0
1967 CLE 106.4 16.7 9.0 17 10 1 52.3 236 215 1.1 0 0 18 0 0 0 0.0
1968 CLE 113.5 15.6 9.5 28 11 3 47.6 242 266 0.9 0 0 7 1 0 0 0.0
1969 CLE 116.6 15.5 8.8 25 18 4 46.0 254 298 0.9 0 0 14 1 0 0 0.0
1970 CLE 147.4 18.5 8.1 12 7 1 51.8 144 134 1.1 0 0 8 0 4 5 3.2
Career 117.6 16.5 9.3 148 77 20 52.0 1689 1562 1.1 0 0 92 5 4 5 0.2

Glossary

2B: Doubles
3B: Triples
BB: Walks
BK: Balks
BLSV: Blown Saves
CG: Complete Games
CS: Caught Stealing
ER: Earned Runs
ERA: Earned Run Average
FB: Fly Balls
G/F: Ground To Fly Ball Ratio
GB: Ground Balls
GB%: Ground Ball Percentage
GP: Games Played
GS: Games Started
H: Hits
HLD: Holds
HR: Home Runs
IBB: Intentional Walks
IP: Innings Pitched
IR: Inherited Runners
IRS: Inherited Runners Scored
K: Strikeouts
K/9: Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
K/BB: Strikeout To Walk Ratio
L: Losses
OBA: Opponent Batting Average
OOBP: Opponent's On-Base Pct
OOPS: Opponent's OBP + SLG Pct
OSLUG: Opponent's Slugging Pct
P: Pitches
P-TBF: Pitches Per Batter Faced
P/I: Pitches Per Inning
P/S: Pitches Per Start
QS: Quality Starts
R: Runs
RSUP: Run Support
SB: Stolen Bases
SF: Sacrifice Flies
SH: Sacrifice Bunts
SHO: Shutouts
SV: Saves
TB: Total Bases
TBF: Batters Faced
W: Wins
W%: Win Percentage
WAR: Wins Above Replacement
WHIP: Walks Plus Hits Per Inning Pitched
WP: Wild Pitches