Denny McLain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: March 29, 1944 in Chicago, IL us

High School: Mount Carmel HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 19-176d, 12,173rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 9.0 IP, 7 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 12, 1972 (Age 28-167d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Dennis Dale McLain

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Lou Boudreau

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.3

131

ERA

3.39

280

264

1886.0

1282

WHIP

1.163

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-12 / in Starts: 18-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	53 (28-13-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (25-16-8)

Most Driven In
D Wert	1
D Demeter	1
W Horton	1

Most Driven In By
J Lumpe	1
A Kaline	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	24	2 (1)	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,11-4	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.03	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.60	P
2	25	5 (2)	Apr 18	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.77	-0.038	1.99	-0.06%	-0.29	P
3	26	10 (4)	Apr 27	DET		CAL	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.66	-0.032	1.81	-0.05%	-0.23	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	27	16 (5)	May 4	DET		CHW	L,6-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.53	-0.062	4.29	-0.10%	-0.56	P
5	28	17	May 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,0-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
6	29	21 (3)	May 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.77	-0.056	1.49	-0.07%	-0.50	P
7	30	26 (4)	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.80	-0.049	4.28	-0.07%	-0.48	P
8	31	31 (4)	May 19	DET		WSA	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.74	0.098	1.47	0.12%	0.96	P
9	32	43 (11)	May 31 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.77	0.028	2.17	0.05%	0.28	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	33	48 (4)	Jun 7	DET	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	1.35	0.011	2.76	0.01%	0.02	P
11	34	53 (4)	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.158	.358	9	1.52	-0.123	3.12	-0.15%	-0.98	P
12	35	55 (1)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,6-5	1-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.150	.377	9	2.41	0.092	4.79	0.11%	0.73	P
13	36	59 (3)	Jun 19	DET		KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.125	.317	9	.37	-0.041	.93	-0.06%	-1.12	P
14	37	64 (4)	Jun 24	DET		CAL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.172	.111	.284	9	1.21	-0.115	2.97	-0.17%	-1.16	P
15	38	69 (4)	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.156	.100	.256	9	.42	-0.031	1.01	-0.04%	-0.38	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	39	73 (3)	Jul 3	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	1.09	0.079	2.24	0.10%	0.66	P
17	40	77 (3)	Jul 6	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	.26	-0.020	.44	-0.02%	-0.66	P
18	41	81 (3)	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	9	1.21	-0.141	2.12	-0.15%	-1.57	P
19	42	84 (2)	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	9	1.33	-0.074	3.18	-0.11%	-0.79	P
20	43	89 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.133	.093	.226	9	.73	-0.054	1.59	-0.07%	-0.51	P
21	44	93 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,13-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.085	.120	.085	.205	9	.43	0.019	.95	0.03%	-0.94	P
22	45	97 (3)	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.118	.083	.201	9	.97	-0.023	2.08	-0.03%	-0.21	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	46	102 (4)	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.113	.080	.193	9	.80	-0.040	1.59	-0.05%	-0.32	P
24	47	108 (5)	Aug 8	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.125	.077	.202	9	.57	-0.021	.37	-0.01%	-0.24	P
25	48	113 (4)	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.138	.075	.213	9	.95	-0.016	.74	-0.01%	-0.26	P
26	49	120 (6)	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.070	.129	.070	.199	9	.72	-0.073	.52	-0.03%	-1.26	P
27	50	125 (4)	Aug 24	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.066	.121	.066	.187	9	.27	-0.026	.15	-0.01%	-0.69	P
28	51	129 (3)	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.181	9	.65	-0.031	.12	0.00%	-0.29	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	52	147 (17)	Sep 15	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.116	.063	.178	9	1.04	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
30	53	149 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.062	.114	.062	.176	9	2.22	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
31	54	152 (2)	Sep 21	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.060	.123	.060	.183	9	.96	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
32	55	155 (2)	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.117	.056	.173	9	.57	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-1.02	P
33	56	160 (4)	Oct 2 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,9-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.054	.123	.054	.178	9	.58	0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
							21-12		85	74	2	4	0	0	0	3	6	0	32	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	.054	.123	.054	.178		.83	-0.933	1.35	-0.85%	-12.69

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