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: 21-12 / in Starts: 18-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	23	2	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,11-4	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.00	1.85	13	4	4	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.026	.39	0.04%	0.30	7b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
2	24	5	Apr 18	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	0	1.80	2.22	26	6	8	1	1	5	70			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.157	1.85	0.24%	1.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	25	10	Apr 27	DET		CAL	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	8	7.0	6	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.65	2.75	29	5	10	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.166	3.55	-0.27%	0.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
May				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
4	26	16	May 4	DET		CHW	L,6-10	GS-3	L(0-2)	6	2.0	5	6	2	2	2	0	0	3.32	2.83	15	1	5	1	0	5	30			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.10	-0.566	3.09	-0.95%	-5.48	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d3
5	27	17	May 5(1)	DET		CHW	L,0-4	6-7		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.43	2.52	8	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.045	1.36	-0.07%	-0.11	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
6	28	21	May 9(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.2	7	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.90	2.88	29	5	8	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.318	2.71	-0.37%	-1.21	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out tie
7	29	26	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,12-8	GS-2		4	1.2	4	5	5	5	4	2	0	5.22	3.98	14	0	1	0	0	4	26			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.329	2.32	-0.47%	-4.29	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d5
8	30	31	May 19	DET		WSA	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.99	3.56	31	9	10	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.422	1.84	0.50%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	31	43	May 31(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-3)	11	7.0	8	3	2	3	5	0	0	3.77	3.38	30	5	9	2	0	8	53			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.103	3.74	-0.17%	0.04	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
Jun				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	32	48	Jun 7	DET	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS-5		6	4.1	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4.35	3.38	22	6	3	1	0	5	33			2	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.164	1.93	-0.20%	-1.35	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d1
11	33	53	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-5	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	7.0	8	5	4	3	8	1	0	4.45	3.38	31	5	7	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.203	1.77	-0.25%	-2.51	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a3
12	34	55	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,6-5	1-7		2	6.2	6	2	2	2	14	0	0	4.26	2.94	28	3	3	0	0	6		2	0	1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.022	1.20	-0.03%	1.51	1t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
13	35	59	Jun 19	DET		KCA	W,8-2	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.98	3.06	36	9	13	2	0	6	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.217	1.12	0.33%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	36	64	Jun 24	DET		CAL	W,3-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	0	9	2	0	3.76	3.09	31	7	10	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.504	3.15	0.74%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	37	69	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(5-3)	3	8.2	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.70	3.17	35	6	15	0	0	6	62			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.353	2.19	0.51%	0.94	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out a1
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
16	38	73	Jul 3	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	SHO(5)	W(6-3)	4	5.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.51	3.07	16	6	6	0	0	1	68			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.283	1.90	0.35%	2.15	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
17	39	77	Jul 6	DET		NYY	W,8-0	SHO	W(7-3)	2	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	1	3.20	2.93	33	8	8	0	0	7	80			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.240	.89	0.24%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
18	40	81	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.16	3.01	27	7	7	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	24	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.156	2.17	0.16%	1.04	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a1
19	41	84	Jul 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	GS-8		5	7.1	5	1	1	4	6	1	0	3.04	3.09	30	8	7	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.035	3.68	0.05%	1.04	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
20	42	89	Jul 21(2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	12	1	0	2.90	2.96	30	5	10	0	0	3	89			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.474	2.15	0.62%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	43	93	Jul 25(2)	DET		CHW	W,13-2	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	11	2	0	2.84	2.99	32	7	8	1	0	5	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.20	-0.007	.45	-0.01%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
22	44	97	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-4	L(9-4)	3	4.0	4	4	3	0	5	2	0	2.95	3.09	17	4	4	1	0	4	45			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.222	1.32	-0.29%	-2.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
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
23	45	102	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-7	L(9-5)	3	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.93	3.04	26	10	7	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.034	1.21	-0.04%	0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
24	46	108	Aug 8	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.0	9	5	5	0	4	3	0	3.11	3.22	28	3	12	1	0	9	38			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.323	.70	-0.13%	-2.34	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out tie
25	47	113	Aug 13	DET		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	11	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.99	3.14	37	7	13	2	0	11	65			1	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	0.573	1.43	0.27%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	48	120	Aug 20(1)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-5)	6	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.84	3.08	33	10	13	2	0	3	84			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.653	1.07	0.28%	4.19	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
27	49	125	Aug 24	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	1	2.79	3.12	36	8	12	2	0	8	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.45	0.139	.25	0.05%	1.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
28	50	129	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	2	3	2	0	0	2.80	3.13	24	7	7	1	0	5	51			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	.84	-0.096	.15	-0.01%	-0.45	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
29	51	147	Sep 15	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-4	L(12-6)	17	4.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.88	3.19	18	5	5	0	0	4	42			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-1.21	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
30	52	149	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	W(13-6)	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.84	3.16	10	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.465	.00	0.00%	1.67	8b 1-- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
31	53	152	Sep 21	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(14-6)	2	9.0	7	2	2	2	12	2	0	2.80	3.17	36	5	10	2	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.52	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
32	54	155	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	10	1	0	2.73	3.12	34	6	10	2	0	7	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.314	.00	0.00%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	55	160	Oct 2(1)	DET	@	WSA	W,9-1	CG	W(16-6)	6	9.0	5	1	0	5	5	0	0	2.61	3.12	36	10	11	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.411	.00	0.00%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
							21-12		W-L:16-6,Sv:1	3.7	220.1	174	73	64	62	192	25	2	2.61	3.12	881	0.74		6%	0%	174	61	3	0%	9	5	0	807	23	6	1	15	1	7	.94	2.792	1.50	1.12%	24.24

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