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Historical player · 1961–1975

Sam McDowell

B/T L/L · HT 77 · WT 190 · Born 9/21/1942 · From Pittsburgh, PA USA · Debut 1961-09-15 · Final 1975-06-24

Career · batting

429

774

119

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.154 · 0.347

Career · pitching

425

346

2,492.3

W-L

141-134

2,453

ERA

3.17

WHIP

1.31

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1961–1971

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#486 on the Indians

↑ 1 R. Amaro

↓ 1 J. Zinn

Hits

110

#359 on the Indians

↑ 1 W. Good

↓ 1 G. Case

RBI

#436 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Cruz

↓ 1 L. Tiant

Runs

#457 on the Indians

↑ 1 P. Borders

↓ 1 B. Bradford

#526 on the Indians

↑ 1 W. Barbare

↓ 1 J. Allen

Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1972–1973

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Hits

#963 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Barry

↓ 1 H. Westervelt

RBI

#939 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Barry

↓ 1 E. Young

Runs

#980 on the Giants

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 A. Allanson

#1,139 on the Giants

↑ 1 C. Adames

Career with the New York Yankees · 1973–1974

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Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1975–1975

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,726 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 J. Zimmermann

Hits

119

#5,835 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Bates

↓ 1 T. Upton

RBI

#6,498 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 D. Wilson

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1961	Indians	AL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1962	Indians	AL	25	26	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	13	0.154	0.154	0.154
1963	Indians	AL	15	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	9	0.211	0.250	0.211
1964	Indians	AL	31	56	2	8	1	0	0	2	5	25	0.143	0.213	0.161
1965	Indians	AL	43	95	5	12	1	0	0	4	1	35	0.126	0.135	0.137
1966	Indians	AL	36	60	2	12	0	1	0	1	1	27	0.200	0.210	0.233
1967	Indians	AL	37	82	5	15	1	0	1	6	1	28	0.183	0.190	0.232
1968	Indians	AL	38	85	5	13	0	0	0	6	3	35	0.153	0.189	0.153
1969	Indians	AL	39	92	3	16	3	0	0	6	0	31	0.174	0.172	0.207
1970	Indians	AL	40	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	2	42	0.124	0.140	0.152
1971	Indians	AL	35	73	1	13	0	0	0	4	1	26	0.178	0.189	0.178
1972	Giants	NL	28	59	3	7	1	1	0	4	1	21	0.119	0.133	0.169
1973	Giants	NL	18	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.167	0.167	0.167
1973	Yankees	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	Yankees	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Pirates	NL	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career			429	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	16	306	0.154	0.171	0.176

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1961	Indians	AL	0	0	1	1	0	6.3	3	0	5	5	0.00	1.26
1962	Indians	AL	3	7	25	13	1	87.7	81	59	70	70	6.06	1.72
1963	Indians	AL	3	5	14	12	0	65.0	63	35	44	63	4.85	1.65
1964	Indians	AL	11	6	31	24	1	173.3	148	52	100	177	2.70	1.43
1965	Indians	AL	17	11	42	35	4	273.0	178	66	132	325	2.18	1.14
1966	Indians	AL	9	8	35	28	3	194.3	130	62	102	225	2.87	1.19
1967	Indians	AL	13	15	37	37	0	236.3	201	101	123	236	3.85	1.37
1968	Indians	AL	15	14	38	37	0	269.0	181	54	110	283	1.81	1.08
1969	Indians	AL	18	14	39	38	1	285.0	222	93	102	279	2.94	1.14
1970	Indians	AL	20	12	39	39	0	305.0	236	99	131	304	2.92	1.20
1971	Indians	AL	13	17	35	31	1	214.7	160	81	153	192	3.40	1.46
1972	Giants	NL	10	8	28	25	0	164.3	155	79	86	122	4.33	1.47
1973	Giants	NL	1	2	18	3	3	40.0	45	20	29	35	4.50	1.85
1973	Yankees	AL	5	8	16	15	0	95.7	73	42	64	75	3.95	1.43
1974	Yankees	AL	1	6	13	7	0	48.0	42	25	41	33	4.69	1.73
1975	Pirates	NL	2	1	14	1	0	34.7	30	11	20	29	2.86	1.44
Career			141	134	425	346	14	2,492.3	1,948	879	1,312	2,453	3.17	1.31

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	425	346	2,492.3	79	328	33	23
1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2B	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1981	BBWAA	0	301	Ballot