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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Team Record in Appearances: 10-9 / in Starts: 10-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 1

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	4	46	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-3		99	2.2	4	3	3	4	1	1	0	10.13	11.23	16	5	2	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.219	.44	-0.05%	-2.41	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
2	5	50	Jun 9	DET		MIN	W,16-1	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	7	1	1	4	8	1	0	3.09	5.35	38	5	14	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.175	.10	0.03%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a15
3	6	55	Jun 14(2)	DET		LAA	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	2	0	4.08	5.49	26	5	8	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.264	.51	-0.08%	-1.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
4	7	67	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		12	5.1	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.91	5.39	20	5	7	2	5	3	55			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.157	.56	0.07%	1.28	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 1 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	8	77	Jul 5(1)	DET		WSA	W,7-6	GS-4		7	4.0	5	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.67	5.27	18	3	5	0	1	5	39			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.268	.34	-0.05%	-2.16	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
6	9	87	Jul 15(1)	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	5-5		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	5.11	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.11	0.01%	0.41	5b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d3
7	10	92	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-2	L(1-1)	3	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	3	0	5.10	6.11	9	1	3	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.217	.16	-0.04%	-2.10	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
8	11	94	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	3-7	L(1-2)	1	3.2	2	2	2	1	4	0	1	5.08	5.66	15	0	7	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.013	.17	0.00%	1.33	3b 12- 1 out d4	7b 12- 0 out tie
9	12	101	Jul 26(2)	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	L(1-3)	4	7.0	7	5	4	2	2	0	0	5.09	5.19	30	6	15	3	4	5	45			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.378	.08	-0.02%	-2.11	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	13	107	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS-6		5	6.0	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	4.63	5.09	25	2	13	2	0	3	59			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.138	.01	0.00%	1.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
11	14	111	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-9		3	8.1	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	4.09	4.79	33	10	9	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.221	.00	0.00%	2.32	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
12	15	116	Aug 9(2)	DET		KCA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-3)	3	6.1	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.96	4.81	23	7	8	1	0	4	57			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.101	.02	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
13	16	121	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	0	3.58	4.61	34	8	12	2	0	3	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.84	0.324	.00	0.00%	3.23	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
14	17	126	Aug 20	DET		LAA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	6.2	5	4	3	1	8	0	0	3.62	4.27	25	7	4	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.062	.01	0.00%	-0.08	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
15	18	130	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-4		4	3.1	6	6	6	1	3	3	0	4.15	4.65	17	3	4	1	0	6	26			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.472	.01	0.00%	-4.35	1b start a 2	4b --- 1 out tie
16	19	135	Aug 29	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	GS-6		3	5.1	5	1	0	4	3	0	0	3.89	4.59	25	4	9	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.083	.11	0.00%	0.98	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	20	142	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-4	L(3-5)	8	3.1	6	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.25	4.66	18	2	5	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.354	.03	-0.01%	-3.68	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d4
18	21	152	Sep 20(2)	DET		CLE	L,2-7	6-7		12	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.25	4.76	8	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.08	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
19	22	161	Oct 1(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(4-5)	10	9.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	4.05	4.43	33	7	13	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.31	0.421	.00	0.00%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							10-9		W-L:4-5	4.3	100.0	84	48	45	37	70	16	1	4.05	4.43	416	0.57		6%	4%	82	52	2	0%	0	1	0	373	16	1	0	6	1	2	.98	-0.616	.12	-0.13%	-1.30

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