Jack McDowell vs Jack Morris

Jack McDowell Jack Morris

Jack McDowell and Jack Morris compared on their MLB careers: Jack McDowell played 12 seasons, 1987 to 1999, Jack Morris 18 seasons, 1977 to 1994. Jack McDowell has 127 wins to Jack Morris's 254. Jack Morris won 4 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jack McDowell and Jack Morris career totals

277	GP	549
127	W	254
87	L	186
3.9	ERA	3.9
1,889	IP	3824.2
1,311	K	2,478
606	BB	1,390
1.3	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Jack McDowell and Jack Morris postseason

5	GP	13
21	R	34
32	H	83

Where each stands all time

Jack McDowell and Jack Morris all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	43rd (2,478)
—	Wins (pitching)	42nd (254)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Jack McDowell: 0 championships; AL Cy Young
Jack Morris: 4 championships; World Series MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Jack McDowell and Jack Morris season by season

1st	1987	3	0	1.93	1977	1	1	3.72
2nd	1988	5	10	3.97	1978	3	5	4.33
3rd	1990	14	9	3.82	1979	17	7	3.27
4th	1991	17	10	3.41	1980	16	15	4.18
5th	1992	20	10	3.18	1981	14	7	3.05
6th	1993	22	10	3.37	1982	17	16	4.06
7th	1994	10	9	3.73	1983	20	13	3.34
8th	1995	15	10	3.93	1984	19	11	3.60
9th	1996	13	9	5.11	1985	16	11	3.33
10th	1997	3	3	5.09	1986	21	8	3.27
11th	1998	5	3	5.09	1987	18	11	3.38
12th	1999	0	4	8.05	1988	15	13	3.94
13th	—	—	—	—	1989	6	14	4.86
14th	—	—	—	—	1990	15	18	4.51
15th	—	—	—	—	1991	18	12	3.43
16th	—	—	—	—	1992	21	6	4.04
17th	—	—	—	—	1993	7	12	6.19
18th	—	—	—	—	1994	10	6	5.60

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA