| | | Full Name: Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell | Nickname(s): Sudden Sam | |
| Born: 9/21/1942, Pittsburgh, PA | | |
| Height: 6'5" | Weight: 218 | Bats: Left | Throws: Left | |
| Debut: 9/15/1961 | Final Game: 6/24/1975 | |
| All-Star Selection: 1965,1966,1968,1969,1970,1971 | |
| Batting Stats | | 1961 | CLE | AL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | 1962 | CLE | AL | 25 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | | 1963 | CLE | AL | 15 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .250 | | 1964 | CLE | AL | 31 | 56 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 64 | 0 | .143 | .161 | .213 | | 1965 | CLE | AL | 43 | 95 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 101 | 0 | .126 | .137 | .135 | | 1966 | CLE | AL | 36 | 60 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 65 | 0 | .200 | .233 | .210 | | 1967 | CLE | AL | 37 | 82 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 88 | 1 | .183 | .232 | .190 | | 1968 | CLE | AL | 38 | 85 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 96 | 1 | .153 | .153 | .189 | | 1969 | CLE | AL | 39 | 92 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 104 | 2 | .174 | .207 | .172 | | 1970 | CLE | AL | 40 | 105 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 115 | 0 | .124 | .152 | .140 | | 1971 | CLE | AL | 35 | 73 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 80 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .189 | | 1972 | SFG | NL | 28 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 64 | 1 | .119 | .169 | .133 | | 1973 | SFG | NL | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | | 1975 | PIT | NL | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | 14 Seasons | 400 | 774 | 34 | 119 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 306 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 851 | 6 | .154 | .176 | .171 | | |
| Pitching Stats | | 1961 | CLE | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0.00 | | 1962 | CLE | AL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 87.2 | 81 | 64 | 59 | 9 | 70 | 1 | 70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 410 | 5 | 6.06 | | 1963 | CLE | AL | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 65.0 | 63 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 292 | 0 | 4.85 | | 1964 | CLE | AL | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 173.1 | 148 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 100 | 6 | 177 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 760 | 3 | 2.70 | | 1965 | CLE | AL | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 273.0 | 178 | 80 | 66 | 9 | 132 | 7 | 325 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1116 | 5 | 2.18 | | 1966 | CLE | AL | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 194.1 | 130 | 66 | 62 | 12 | 102 | 3 | 225 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 806 | 5 | 2.87 | | 1967 | CLE | AL | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 236.1 | 201 | 112 | 101 | 21 | 123 | 3 | 236 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1014 | 0 | 3.85 | | 1968 | CLE | AL | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 37 | 11 | 269.0 | 181 | 78 | 54 | 13 | 110 | 9 | 283 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1098 | 0 | 1.81 | | 1969 | CLE | AL | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 38 | 18 | 285.0 | 222 | 111 | 93 | 13 | 102 | 9 | 279 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1166 | 1 | 2.94 | | 1970 | CLE | AL | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 305.0 | 236 | 108 | 99 | 25 | 131 | 10 | 304 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1257 | 2 | 2.92 | | 1971 | CLE | AL | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 214.2 | 160 | 89 | 81 | 22 | 153 | 13 | 192 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 943 | 3 | 3.40 | | 1972 | SFG | NL | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 164.1 | 155 | 86 | 79 | 12 | 86 | 6 | 122 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 718 | 1 | 4.33 | | 1973 | SFG | NL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 40.0 | 45 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 6 | 4.50 | | | NYY | AL | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 95.2 | 73 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 64 | 2 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 417 | 1 | 3.95 | | | TOT | | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 135.2 | 118 | 70 | 62 | 8 | 93 | 2 | 110 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 607 | 7 | 4.11 | | 1974 | NYY | AL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 48.0 | 42 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 3 | 4.69 | | 1975 | PIT | NL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 34.2 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 4 | 2.86 | | 15 Seasons | 141 | 134 | 23 | 14 | 425 | 346 | 103 | 2492.1 | 1948 | 999 | 879 | 164 | 1312 | 74 | 2453 | 140 | 59 | 7 | 10587 | 39 | 3.17 | | |
| Fielding Stats | | 1961 | CLE | AL | P | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | | 1962 | CLE | AL | P | 25 | 13 | 87.2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .900 | | 1963 | CLE | AL | P | 14 | 12 | 65.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | | 1964 | CLE | AL | P | 31 | 24 | 173.1 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .931 | | 1965 | CLE | AL | P | 42 | 35 | 273.0 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 0 | .929 | | 1966 | CLE | AL | P | 35 | 28 | 194.1 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .953 | | 1967 | CLE | AL | P | 37 | 37 | 236.1 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .889 | | 1968 | CLE | AL | P | 38 | 37 | 269.0 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 7 | .909 | | 1969 | CLE | AL | P | 39 | 38 | 285.0 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 5 | .917 | | 1970 | CLE | AL | P | 39 | 39 | 305.0 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .905 | | | | | 2B | 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | | | | | 1B | 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 1971 | CLE | AL | P | 35 | 31 | 214.2 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .879 | | 1972 | SFG | NL | P | 28 | 25 | 164.1 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .967 | | 1973 | SFG | NL | P | 18 | 3 | 40.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | | | NYY | AL | P | 16 | 15 | 95.2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | TOT | | P | 34 | 18 | 135.2 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 1974 | NYY | AL | P | 13 | 7 | 48.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | | 1975 | PIT | NL | P | 14 | 1 | 34.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | Totals | P | 425 | 346 | 2492.1 | 79 | 328 | 33 | 23 | .925 | | | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | | 15 Seasons | | 427 | 346 | 2492.1 | 80 | 328 | 33 | 23 | .925 | | |
| All-Star Batting Stats | | 1965 | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | 1968 | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | 1969 | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | 1970 | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | |
| All-Star Pitching Stats | | 1965 | AL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | | 1968 | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | 1969 | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | 1970 | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | | |
|