Roger McDowell
New York Mets 1985–1989; Philadelphia Phillies 1989–1990; Los Angeles Dodgers 1991; Philadelphia Phillies 1991; Los Angeles Dodgers 1992–1994; Texas Rangers 1995; Baltimore Orioles 1996
Percentile snapshot
No qualified season. This player never reached the qualification floor — 3.1 plate appearances, or one inning, per game his team played — in any archived season, so there is no season population to rank him inside.
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 62 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 11.9 | 17.2 | .196 | 2.3 |
| 1986 | 75 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .316 | .278 | .594 | 70.6 | 68.8 | .283 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 56 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 63.7 | 62.2 | .276 | 0.7 |
| 1988 | 63 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 192.8 | 188.5 | .443 | 1.8 |
| 1989 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 94.9 | 96.8 | .310 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126.1 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.8 |
| 1991 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.9 |
| 1992 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 137.7 | 55.1 | .375 | 0.2 |
| 1993 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 184.7 | 176.7 | .457 | 1.9 |
| 1994 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119.5 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 62 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 40 | 37 | 70 | 9 | 127.3 | 2.83 | 1.139 | 4.95 | 3.33 | 95.7 | 123.2 | 2.3 |
| 1986 | 75 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 43 | 42 | 65 | 4 | 128.0 | 3.02 | 1.164 | 4.57 | 3.19 | 88.8 | 118.8 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 41 | 28 | 32 | 7 | 88.7 | 4.16 | 1.387 | 3.25 | 4.19 | 108.2 | 93.0 | 0.7 |
| 1988 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 26 | 31 | 46 | 1 | 89.0 | 2.63 | 1.247 | 4.65 | 2.97 | 90.2 | 125.1 | 1.8 |
| 1989 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 20 | 38 | 47 | 3 | 92.0 | 1.96 | 1.272 | 4.60 | 3.40 | 98.6 | 176.9 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 72 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 37 | 35 | 39 | 2 | 86.3 | 3.86 | 1.471 | 4.07 | 3.49 | 91.6 | 98.9 | 0.8 |
| 1991 | 71 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 33 | 48 | 50 | 4 | 101.3 | 2.93 | 1.461 | 4.44 | 3.80 | 104.2 | 124.4 | 1.9 |
| 1992 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 3 | 83.7 | 4.09 | 1.733 | 5.38 | 3.59 | 103.6 | 84.7 | 0.2 |
| 1993 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 17 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 68.0 | 2.25 | 1.559 | 3.57 | 3.98 | 103.3 | 171.0 | 1.9 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 41.3 | 5.23 | 1.742 | 6.31 | 4.28 | 107.4 | 76.2 | -0.2 |
| 1995 | 64 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 38 | 34 | 49 | 5 | 85.0 | 4.02 | 1.412 | 5.19 | 4.16 | 86.3 | 119.9 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 59.3 | 4.25 | 1.551 | 3.03 | 5.37 | 109.2 | 115.8 | 1.0 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-04-23 | NYM @ STL Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985-08-25 | SD @ NYM Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987-05-27 | NYM @ SF Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988-06-29 | NYM @ PIT Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1988-07-01 | HOU @ NYM Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-08-28 | TEX @ MIN Gameday | 3.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985-06-03 | NYM @ LAD Gameday | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986-07-20 | NYM @ HOU Gameday | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985-05-11 | PHI @ NYM Gameday | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988-09-09 | NYM @ WSH Gameday | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.