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Jack McDowell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 180lb (196cm, 81kg)

Born: January 16, 1966 in Van Nuys, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Notre Dame HS (Sherman Oaks, CA) and the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Notre Dame HS (Sherman Oaks, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: September 15, 1987 (Age 21-242d, 15,424th in major league history)
vs. MIN 7.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: August 8, 1999 (Age 33-204d)
vs. BOS 4.0 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (College,18U)

Full Name: Jack Burns McDowell

Nicknames: Black Jack

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.8

127

ERA

3.85

277

275

1889.0

1311

WHIP

1.302

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-5 / in Starts: 9-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	260	3	Apr 3	ANA		CLE	L,2-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	5	5	2	5	2	0	6.43	6.28	29	102	63	21	7	10	12	3	1	0	44			2	0	1	27	4	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.194	.66	-0.13%	-0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
2	261	8	Apr 8	ANA		BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	7	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.60	4.87	30	106	73	15	10	8	15	4	3	0	69			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.455	1.40	0.30%	3.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
3	262	13	Apr 16	ANA		TBD	L,5-6	GS-6		7	6.0	7	4	3	2	7	1	0	3.86	4.62	28	111	75	17	10	8	11	3	2	0	49			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.108	.83	-0.07%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
4	263	18	Apr 21	ANA		BAL	L,3-8	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	10	4	4	1	6	1	0	4.18	4.39	32	97	70	18	6	9	16	9	2	0	46			1	0	0	31	4	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.086	.88	-0.05%	0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	264	22	Apr 26	ANA	@	TBD	W,2-1	GS-3		4	3.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.06	4.40	13	51	28	6	3	5	5	3	1	0	46			0	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.059	1.36	0.04%	0.71	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	265	45	May 21	ANA		OAK	W,12-2	GS-5		24	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.00	4.50	22	83	57	13	7	9	9	3	1	0	49			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.080	1.30	0.06%	0.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
7	266	53	May 31	ANA	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-4		9	3.2	10	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.76	4.63	22	66	39	9	2	9	9	2	0	0	23			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.220	.82	-0.13%	-3.07	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	267	126	Aug 19	ANA		DET	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-2)	79	7.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.05	4.32	24	81	56	12	7	12	10	2	5	0	69			0	1	1	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.94	0.451	1.66	0.48%	4.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
9	268	131	Aug 24	ANA	@	NYY	W,7-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	3.86	4.24	27	78	50	11	5	13	11	3	1	0	57			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.114	1.71	0.12%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
10	269	137	Aug 29	ANA	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-3	L(3-3)	4	3.0	6	5	5	1	1	2	0	4.45	4.66	16	50	30	8	2	2	12	2	0	0	27			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.298	1.31	-0.28%	-3.27	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	270	142	Sep 5	ANA		KCR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	6	6.2	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	4.12	4.54	25	106	71	14	7	10	10	2	1	0	63			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.264	2.06	0.33%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
12	271	148	Sep 13	ANA	@	BAL	L,7-12	GS-3		7	2.1	5	6	5	5	1	0	0	4.66	4.69	17	66	34	7	7	6	5	1	1	0	21			1	0	0	12	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.17	-0.382	2.91	-0.57%	-5.30	1b start a 1	3b 12- 1 out d5
13	272	154	Sep 19	ANA		SEA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(5-3)	5	6.1	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.63	4.74	29	91	56	13	10	9	15	4	0	0	46			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.009	2.50	0.01%	0.05	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
14	273	159	Sep 24	ANA	@	OAK	W,10-6	GS-4		4	4.0	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	5.09	4.63	20	82	56	16	6	8	11	5	1	0	23			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.232	.57	-0.09%	-3.83	1b start a 5	4b 3 out a2
							9-5		W-L:5-3	5.3	76.0	96	45	43	19	45	11	1	5.09	4.63	334	1170	65%	15%	8%	0.78		17%	7%	0	45		---%	7	5	2	309	24	2	1	6	2	2	.95	-0.088	1.40	0.00%	-3.22

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