Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 425
- W
- 141
- L
- 134
- ERA
- 3.17
- IP
- 2492.1
- K
- 2,453
- BB
- 1,312
- WHIP
- 1.31
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.1 | 5 | 5 | 1.26 |
| 1962 | CLE | 25 | 3 | 7 | 6.06 | 87.2 | 70 | 70 | 1.72 |
| 1963 | CLE | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4.85 | 65.0 | 63 | 44 | 1.65 |
| 1964 | CLE | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2.70 | 173.1 | 177 | 100 | 1.43 |
| 1965 | CLE | 42 | 17 | 11 | 2.18 | 273.0 | 325 | 132 | 1.14 |
| 1966 | CLE | 35 | 9 | 8 | 2.87 | 194.1 | 225 | 102 | 1.19 |
| 1967 | CLE | 37 | 13 | 15 | 3.85 | 236.1 | 236 | 123 | 1.37 |
| 1968 | CLE | 38 | 15 | 14 | 1.81 | 269.0 | 283 | 110 | 1.08 |
| 1969 | CLE | 39 | 18 | 14 | 2.94 | 285.0 | 279 | 102 | 1.14 |
| 1970 | CLE | 39 | 20 | 12 | 2.92 | 305.0 | 304 | 131 | 1.20 |
| 1971 | CLE | 35 | 13 | 17 | 3.40 | 214.2 | 192 | 153 | 1.46 |
| 1972 | SF | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4.33 | 164.1 | 122 | 86 | 1.47 |
| 1973 |  SF/NYY | 34 | 6 | 10 | 4.11 | 135.2 | 110 | 93 | 1.56 |
| 1974 | NYY | 13 | 1 | 6 | 4.69 | 48.0 | 33 | 41 | 1.73 |
| 1975 | PIT | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2.86 | 34.2 | 29 | 20 | 1.44 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 103
- SHO
- 23
- K/9
- 8.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CLE | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CLE | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CLE | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CLE | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CLE | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | CLE | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | CLE | 0 | 18 | 4 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | CLE | 0 | 19 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | CLE | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | SF | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | SF/NYY | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Sam McDowell's career stats?
Sam McDowell played 15 seasons for the Guardians, the Giants, the Yankees and the Pirates. He had 141 wins and 2,453 strikeouts with a 3.17 ERA over 2,492.1 innings. His best season was 1970: 20 wins, a 2.92 ERA and 304 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1961 to 1975
Sam McDowell led MLB in strikeouts (pitching) (1968, 1969, 1970); finished top 10 in a stat 9 times.
All-time career rank
- 46th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,453)
- 296th in wins (pitching) (141)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1970 (8th)
- ERA: 1965 (7th), 1968 (4th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1965 (2nd), 1966 (4th), 1967 (3rd), 1968 (1st), 1969 (1st), 1970 (1st)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Sam McDowell
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