# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-mcdowell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:50.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-mcdowell"
name: "Sam McDowell"
slug: "sam-mcdowell"
description: "Samuel Edward Thomas McDowell is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a starting pitcher from 1961 to 1975, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. A six-time All-Star, McDowell led the American League in strikeouts five times. Tall and powerful, his left-handed fastball was delivered with an unusually calm pitching motion which led to his memorable nickname, \"Sudden Sam\"."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_McDowell_Indians.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1942-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             4.474966770048737
  historical:           5.584278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McDowell"
    title: "Sam McDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سام ماكدويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سام ماكدويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E9%BA%A5%E5%85%8B%E9%81%93%E5%A8%81%E7%88%BE"
    title: "山姆·麥克道威爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McDowell"
    title: "Sam McDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "サム・マクダウェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3470514"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump