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	26-16 / in Starts: 26-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 125 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	86 (50-25-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 125 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	76 (39-24-12)

Most Driven In
D Wert	3
J Northrup	2
T Matchick	1
B Freehan	1
W Horton	1

Most Driven In By
M Stanley	2
D McAuliffe	1
D Tracewski	1

1969 Batting Game Log

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1969 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	177	1	Apr 8	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.59	-0.022	.94	-0.02%	-0.43	P
2	178	4 (2)	Apr 12	DET		NYY	L,0-4	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.56	-0.028	.92	-0.03%	-0.25	P
3	179	7 (2)	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.72	0.089	1.07	0.08%	1.46	P
4	180	10 (2)	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	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	.96	-0.047	1.82	-0.05%	-0.30	P
5	181	13 (2)	Apr 23	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	9	.84	-0.042	1.84	-0.06%	-0.08	P
6	182	17 (3)	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,7-3	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.316	.632	9	.33	-0.010	.50	-0.01%	-0.63	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
7	183	21 (3)	May 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.80	-0.037	1.33	-0.04%	-0.65	P
8	184	24 (2)	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	9-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9						P
9	185	25	May 6	DET		KCR	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.240	.480	9	.52	-0.053	.48	-0.03%	-0.85	P
10	186	28 (2)	May 11	DET		MIN	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.62	0.044	.52	0.02%	0.74	P
11	187	32 (3)	May 17	DET	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.258	.516	9	.57	0.026	.54	0.02%	0.33	P
12	188	35 (2)	May 22	DET	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.250	.523	9	1.09	0.011	1.16	0.01%	0.11	P
13	189	38 (2)	May 25	DET		CAL	W,10-0	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.324	.286	.610	9	.32	0.022	.32	0.01%	0.36	P
14	190	41 (2)	May 29	DET	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.317	.282	.599	9	1.18	-0.105	1.17	-0.06%	-0.83	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
15	191	45 (3)	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.326	.275	.601	9	.92	-0.010	.98	-0.01%	-0.03	P
16	192	49 (3)	Jun 7	DET		OAK	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.311	.262	.573	9	.87	-0.057	.65	-0.03%	-0.79	P
17	193	52 (2)	Jun 11	DET		SEP	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	9	1.12	-0.020	.82	-0.01%	-0.27	P
18	194	55 (2)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.314	.271	.585	9	.53	0.108	.45	0.06%	0.77	P
19	195	60 (4)	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.296	.255	.551	9	.98	-0.026	.71	-0.01%	-0.06	P
20	196	65 (4)	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.281	.241	.521	9	1.13	-0.088	.60	-0.03%	-1.27	P
21	197	69 (3)	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.267	.228	.495	9	.61	-0.049	.43	-0.02%	-0.61	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
22	198	73 (3)	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.254	.217	.471	9	.33	-0.025	.16	-0.01%	-0.35	P
23	199	77 (3)	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.239	.203	.442	9	.87	-0.086	.90	-0.05%	-1.15	P
24	200	81 (3)	Jul 10	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.232	.197	.429	9	.59	-0.031	.25	-0.01%	-0.37	P
25	201	90 (8)	Jul 18	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.229	.194	.423	9	1.15	0.003	.22	0.00%	-0.29	P
26	202	95 (4)	Jul 25	DET		KCR	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.219	.186	.405	9	.85	-0.067	.37	-0.02%	-0.87	P
27	203	99 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	MIN	L,5-11	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.213	.181	.394	9	.88	-0.043	.24	-0.01%	-0.38	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
28	204	102 (2)	Aug 1	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.218	.187	.405	9	.78	-0.053	.08	0.00%	-0.83	P
29	205	106 (3)	Aug 5	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.215	.184	.399	9	1.29	-0.039	.17	0.00%	-0.29	P
30	206	111 (4)	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.179	.387	9	.80	-0.044	.07	0.00%	-0.77	P
31	207	115 (3)	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.175	.200	.175	.375	9	.74	0.000	.04	0.00%	-0.33	P
32	208	118 (2)	Aug 17	DET	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.191	.167	.358	9	.46	-0.047	.01	0.00%	-0.83	P
33	209	122 (3)	Aug 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.187	.163	.350	9	1.44	0.005	.04	0.00%	-0.03	P
34	210	125 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	DET		OAK	L,6-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.187	.163	.350	9						P
35	211	130 (4)	Aug 30	DET		SEP	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.159	.183	.159	.342	9	1.77	-0.178	.10	-0.01%	-1.96	P
Sept		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
36	212	135 (4)	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.188	.165	.352	9	.50	-0.033	.01	0.00%	-0.26	P
37	213	139 (3)	Sep 7	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.172	.194	.172	.366	9	1.45	-0.057	.01	0.00%	-0.38	P
38	214	143 (3)	Sep 11	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.168	.190	.168	.358	9	.70	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
39	215	147 (3)	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.183	.162	.344	9	.75	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-1.03	P
40	216	151 (3)	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.187	.158	.345	9	1.40	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
41	217	154 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.194	.167	.361	9	.86	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.20	P
42	218	158 (3)	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.188	.160	.348	9	.73	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
							26-16		125	106	5	17	0	0	0	8	4	0	41	0	13	2	1	2	0	0	.160	.188	.160	.348		.81	-1.174	.50	-0.31%	-14.43

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