Dave Dowling

Who is Dave Dowling?

David Barclay Dowling is a retired American professional baseball player. Dowling was a left-handed pitcher, listed at 6 feet 2 inches tall and 181 pounds, who appeared in two Major League Baseball games, one for the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals and one for the 1966 Chicago Cubs. In the latter game, which would be his last in the Major Leagues, he pitched a complete game, 7–2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field on September 22, 1966.

Dowling signed with the Cardinals in 1963 after attending the University of California, Berkeley. After winning ten of 14 decisions in the high minors in 1964, Dowling was recalled to St. Louis during September, when rosters are expanded from 25 to 40 players. The Cardinals were embroiled in a tense, four-team scramble for the National League pennant, and Dowling saw action in only one game, the penultimate October 3, 1964, contest against the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. He pitched the ninth inning of a lopsided 15–5 loss to the last-place Mets, facing five batters and allowing two singles but no runs.