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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1942-09-21 · Played 1961–1975 · Career WAR 41.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=mcdowsa01, LAHMAN=mcdowsa01, MLBAM=118659, RETROSHEET=mcdos101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1961	CLE	AL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1962	CLE	AL	25	26	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	.154	.154	.154	.308	-0.2
1963	CLE	AL	15	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.211	.250	.211	.461	0.2
1964	CLE	AL	31	56	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	5	25	.143	.213	.161	.374	0.0
1965	CLE	AL	43	95	5	12	1	0	0	4	0	1	35	.126	.135	.137	.272	-0.3
1966	CLE	AL	36	60	2	12	0	1	0	1	0	1	27	.200	.210	.233	.443	0.1
1967	CLE	AL	37	82	5	15	1	0	1	6	0	1	28	.183	.190	.232	.422	0.2
1968	CLE	AL	38	85	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	3	35	.153	.189	.153	.342	-0.1
1969	CLE	AL	39	92	3	16	3	0	0	6	1	0	31	.174	.172	.207	.379	-0.3
1970	CLE	AL	40	105	5	13	0	0	1	2	0	2	42	.124	.140	.152	.292	-0.4
1971	CLE	AL	35	73	1	13	0	0	0	4	0	1	26	.178	.189	.178	.367	-0.1
1972	SFN	NL	28	59	3	7	1	1	0	4	0	1	21	.119	.133	.169	.302	-0.2
1973	SFN	NL	18	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.167	.167	.167	.334	-0.1
1973	NYA	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	NYA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	PIT	NL	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
Total			429	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-1.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1961	CLE	AL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	5	5	0.00	1.263	0.4
1962	CLE	AL	3	7	25	13	0	0	1	87.2	81	59	9	70	70	6.06	1.722	-1.5
1963	CLE	AL	3	5	14	12	3	1	0	65.0	63	35	6	44	63	4.85	1.646	-0.1
1964	CLE	AL	11	6	31	24	6	2	1	173.1	148	52	8	100	177	2.70	1.431	4.8
1965	CLE	AL	17	11	42	35	14	3	4	273.0	178	66	9	132	325	2.18	1.136	8.2
1966	CLE	AL	9	8	35	28	8	5	3	194.1	130	62	12	102	225	2.87	1.194	4.9
1967	CLE	AL	13	15	37	37	10	1	0	236.1	201	101	21	123	236	3.85	1.371	1.4
1968	CLE	AL	15	14	38	37	11	3	0	269.0	181	54	13	110	283	1.81	1.082	5.4
1969	CLE	AL	18	14	39	38	18	4	1	285.0	222	93	13	102	279	2.94	1.137	6.6
1970	CLE	AL	20	12	39	39	19	1	0	305.0	236	99	25	131	304	2.92	1.203	8.3
1971	CLE	AL	13	17	35	31	8	2	1	214.2	160	81	22	153	192	3.40	1.458	4.0
1972	SFN	NL	10	8	28	25	4	0	0	164.1	155	79	12	86	122	4.33	1.467	-0.4
1973	SFN	NL	1	2	18	3	0	0	3	40.0	45	20	4	29	35	4.50	1.850	0.5
1973	NYA	AL	5	8	16	15	2	1	0	95.2	73	42	4	64	75	3.95	1.432
1974	NYA	AL	1	6	13	7	0	0	0	48.0	42	25	6	41	33	4.69	1.729	-0.1
1975	PIT	NL	2	1	14	1	0	0	0	34.2	30	11	0	20	29	2.86	1.442	0.7
Total			141	134	425	346	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	879	164	1312	2453	3.17	1.308	43.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1961	CLE	AL	P	1	1	6.1	0	2	0	0
1962	CLE	AL	P	25	13	87.2	4	14	2	0
1963	CLE	AL	P	14	12	65.0	4	7	0	0
1964	CLE	AL	P	31	24	173.1	7	20	2	1
1965	CLE	AL	P	42	35	273.0	6	46	4	0
1966	CLE	AL	P	35	28	194.1	11	30	2	2
1967	CLE	AL	P	37	37	236.1	9	31	5	2
1968	CLE	AL	P	38	37	269.0	10	30	4	7
1969	CLE	AL	P	39	38	285.0	5	39	4	5
1970	CLE	AL	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1970	CLE	AL	2B	1	0	0.0	1	0	0	0
1970	CLE	AL	P	39	39	305.0	3	35	4	1
1971	CLE	AL	P	35	31	215.0	3	26	4	2
1972	SFN	NL	P	28	25	164.0	8	21	1	0
1973	SFN	NL	P	18	3	40.0	3	5	0	0
1973	NYA	AL	P	16	15	95.2	4	15	0	1
1974	NYA	AL	P	13	7	48.0	1	2	1	0
1975	PIT	NL	P	14	1	34.2	1	5	0	2
Total				427	346	2493.1	80	328	33	23

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1970	TSN All-Star	AL
1970	TSN Pitcher of the Year	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1981	BBWAA	0	301	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1969-09-14	Player	Balls and strikes