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: 19-18 / in Starts: 19-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	94	1	Apr 11	DET	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	9.00	5.29	19	4	3	0	0	6	36			1	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.226	1.60	-0.30%	-2.44	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
2	95	5	Apr 16(1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	6	3	3	5	6	2	0	4.85	5.62	37	7	13	0	0	6	64			1	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	1	1	.96	0.058	2.21	0.08%	0.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	96	9	Apr 21	DET		MIN	W,12-4	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	8	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.50	5.59	32	10	8	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.072	1.65	0.11%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
4	97	13	Apr 28	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-2	L(2-2)	6	1.2	4	5	5	2	0	1	0	6.23	6.23	11	2	3	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.480	3.54	-0.78%	-4.50	1b start a 2	2b --3 2 out d3
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
5	98	17	May 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	4	2	1	1	5	0	1	5.20	5.29	24	7	6	0	0	4	62			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.068	2.00	-0.13%	0.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	99	21	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	5	6.2	7	3	3	4	7	2	0	4.98	5.45	30	3	9	1	0	7	51			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.046	4.26	-0.09%	-0.52	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out a1
7	100	25	May 14(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	4.2	6	6	6	4	4	2	0	5.77	5.87	22	2	6	0	0	6	28			0	1	0	18	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.517	4.77	-1.34%	-4.11	1b start a 1	5b --3 2 out d3
8	101	30	May 20	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	8	1	0	4.88	5.25	34	7	11	0	0	7	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.399	4.13	1.00%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	102	34	May 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-5)	3	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	0	4.42	4.98	25	8	7	0	0	3	72			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.196	3.43	0.50%	1.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	103	38	May 28	DET		WSA	W,3-1	GS-9	W(5-5)	3	8.2	7	1	1	3	10	1	0	3.96	4.68	37	9	8	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.363	3.45	0.84%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
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
11	104	42	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,2-8	GS-8	L(5-6)	3	8.0	8	8	4	4	9	3	0	4.02	4.90	36	8	7	0	0	8	47			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	1	.95	-0.220	4.50	-0.62%	-4.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d8
12	105	47	Jun 5	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(6-6)	3	11.0	7	2	1	5	8	0	0	3.59	4.57	45	11	14	0	0	7	80			3	1	0	39	2	1	1	0	0	2	1.91	0.370	8.67	1.01%	2.42	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
13	106	51	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(6-7)	3	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.71	4.54	30	8	9	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	2	.71	-0.192	3.36	-0.54%	-1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
14	107	55	Jun 13	DET	@	MIN	W,15-10	GS-5	W(7-7)	3	5.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.99	4.61	24	4	6	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	.95	-0.271	4.21	-0.72%	-2.77	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
15	108	58	Jun 17(1)	DET		KCA	W,7-6	GS-3		3	2.2	7	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.16	4.74	18	3	3	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.257	5.36	-0.68%	-2.13	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d2
16	109	62	Jun 19(2)	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	W(8-7)	1	9.0	4	1	1	1	12	1	0	3.89	4.48	32	7	8	0	0	4	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.329	3.06	0.70%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	110	66	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-5	L(8-8)	3	4.1	5	3	3	3	5	3	0	3.98	4.74	21	4	4	1	0	5	43			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.195	1.99	-0.47%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d3
18	111	71	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	L(8-9)	5	7.2	7	4	4	0	5	0	0	4.03	4.52	30	4	14	0	0	7	54			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.075	3.13	0.14%	0.98	1t start tie	8t 12- 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
19	112	75	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(9-9)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.82	4.45	32	10	12	0	0	3	80			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.639	4.24	1.22%	2.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	113	79	Jul 8	DET		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.56	4.38	34	8	16	2	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.603	6.29	1.57%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	114	83	Jul 13(2)	DET	@	WSA	L,1-6	GS-6	L(10-10)	4	6.0	6	6	3	1	2	0	0	3.60	4.30	27	10	8	1	0	6	43			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	2	.40	-0.346	1.63	-0.85%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
22	115	87	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS-6	L(10-11)	3	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	0	0	3.76	4.20	25	6	9	0	0	8	38			1	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.285	1.61	-0.58%	-2.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
23	116	91	Jul 21	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	W(11-11)	3	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.71	4.08	28	8	6	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.209	2.34	0.39%	2.00	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a4
24	117	95	Jul 27	DET	@	BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-11)	5	9.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.51	3.95	33	5	17	1	0	7	77			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.94	0.399	2.70	0.69%	3.69	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
25	118	98	Jul 30(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-2	L(12-12)	2	2.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.68	3.94	12	3	2	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.309	4.97	-0.93%	-3.23	1b start tie	2b 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
26	119	103	Aug 3	DET	@	BAL	W,5-0	SHO(7)	W(13-12)	3	7.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.53	3.83	25	7	8	0	0	3	76			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.342	3.76	0.83%	2.87	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
27	120	108	Aug 8(1)	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(14-12)	4	10.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.39	3.79	35	13	12	0	0	4	84			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.568	7.44	2.06%	3.22	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
28	121	114	Aug 12	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GS-9	W(15-12)	3	8.0	8	4	4	2	1	3	0	3.43	3.97	34	12	11	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.023	3.61	0.06%	-0.62	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a1
29	122	117	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-3	L(15-13)	3	2.2	5	5	5	1	2	3	0	3.62	4.14	13	3	3	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.414	4.46	-1.39%	-3.75	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d2
30	123	121	Aug 20(1)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	W(16-13)	3	8.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	1	3.56	4.12	32	4	15	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.229	4.08	0.56%	0.97	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
31	124	127	Aug 24	DET		MIN	L,2-4	GS-8	L(16-14)	3	7.1	11	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.56	4.11	32	8	9	2	0	11	46			1	1	0	28	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.49	-0.132	10.11	-0.54%	0.16	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d1
32	125	132	Aug 29(1)	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	W(17-14)	4	9.0	3	2	1	3	5	0	1	3.46	4.06	35	7	16	2	0	3	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.33	0.305	7.93	1.09%	1.51	1b start tie	9b 3 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
33	126	136	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	L,0-5	GS-6	L(17-15)	3	5.2	7	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.45	3.99	22	5	7	0	0	7	48			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	.93	-0.077	7.73	-0.39%	-0.73	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
34	127	141	Sep 6(1)	DET		KCA	W,8-5	GS-6		3	5.0	4	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.53	4.07	21	8	4	0	0	4	44			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.327	6.41	-1.27%	-2.22	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d1
35	128	146	Sep 10(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-1	L(17-16)	3	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.59	4.05	6	0	2	0	0	2	43			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.190	16.91	-1.47%	-1.61	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
36	129	152	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GS-3		7	2.0	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.72	4.05	12	1	3	0	0	4	32			1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.394	19.28	-4.46%	-3.49	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out tie
37	130	163	Oct 1(2)	DET		CAL	L,5-8	GS-3		12	2.2	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.79	4.08	11	2	4	2	0	4	39			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.125	40.76	-3.14%	-1.02	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out a1
							19-18		W-L:17-16	3.6	235.0	209	110	99	73	161	35	3	3.79	4.08	976	0.75		3%	0%	208	54		---%	16	8	0	882	34	7	3	11	7	14	1.01	0.108	5.07	-7.85%	-11.62

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