Sam McDowell career strikeouts (pitching)
2,453Career Regular Season
Sam McDowell has recorded 2,453 strikeouts (pitching) over 15 regular seasons, 46th among 8,575 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 325 in 1965.
- Most recent: 29 in 1975.
Sum of 15 regular seasons, 1961 through 1975. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.1 | 5 | 5 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1962 | CLE | 25 | 3 | 7 | 6.06 | 87.2 | 70 | 70 | 1.72 | 1 |
| 1963 | CLE | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4.85 | 65.0 | 63 | 44 | 1.65 | 0 |
| 1964 | CLE | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2.70 | 173.1 | 177 | 100 | 1.43 | 1 |
| 1965 | CLE | 42 | 17 | 11 | 2.18 | 273.0 | 325 | 132 | 1.14 | 4 |
| 1966 | CLE | 35 | 9 | 8 | 2.87 | 194.1 | 225 | 102 | 1.19 | 3 |
| 1967 | CLE | 37 | 13 | 15 | 3.85 | 236.1 | 236 | 123 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 1968 | CLE | 38 | 15 | 14 | 1.81 | 269.0 | 283 | 110 | 1.08 | 0 |
| 1969 | CLE | 39 | 18 | 14 | 2.94 | 285.0 | 279 | 102 | 1.14 | 1 |
| 1970 | CLE | 39 | 20 | 12 | 2.92 | 305.0 | 304 | 131 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1971 | CLE | 35 | 13 | 17 | 3.40 | 214.2 | 192 | 153 | 1.46 | 1 |
| 1972 |  SF | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4.33 | 164.1 | 122 | 86 | 1.47 | 0 |
| 1973 |  SF/NYY | 34 | 6 | 10 | 4.11 | 135.2 | 110 | 93 | 1.56 | 3 |
| 1974 | NYY | 13 | 1 | 6 | 4.69 | 48.0 | 33 | 41 | 1.73 | 0 |
| 1975 |  PIT | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2.86 | 34.2 | 29 | 20 | 1.44 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV